Sorry I haven’t written in like a week, I have been very busy. My sister Jennifer got married last Saturday, September 20th. It was such a great wedding, it turned out perfect and was so much fun. It was kind of a weekend event really. My mom picked Ariyana up on Thursday from daycare and took her home with her. Then my aunts and grandma watched Ariyana while my mom went down to the mall with my stepdad to pick his tux up. Zach and I also went to the mall to get his tux and actually ran into my mom and stepdad. We ended up eating dinner with them. Then Zach and I were on a manhunt to find shoes for Ariyana to wear with her dress to the wedding. While looking for shoes, I found another dress for her to wear to the wedding (that makes 3 dresses I have bought for the wedding). This one was so cute, but the only shoes I could find that would really match it were black ones and the dress was white and pink. After we finally got home, we packed for the weekend and by the time we were done, it was midnight and we went to bed.
Friday Zach and I worked til noon and then headed straight down to the mall. We had to go to Mall of GA because I need a bra so I could wear my dress to the rehearsal dinner and they only had it at that mall. After doing that, we drove to Northpoint mall to pick up Zach’s shirt because the one from yesterday didn’t fit right so they had to order another one. When we ordered the second one last night, we didn’t realize we would have to go to Mall of GA or we would have had it ordered there. But since we didn’t know, we had it delivered to Northpoint because it was on our way to the rehearsal. Around 3pm we finally make it to the hotel to get dressed for the rehearsal. We saw Ariyana for like 5 minutes and then we had to leave. She stayed at the hotel with my aunts and cousins while we went to rehearse. After the rehearsal and the dinner they had a desert bar for all the family at the hotel. We got there around 8pm and we could finally see Ariyana for a little while….she looked so cute. We were all eating cake and Ariyana saw it and wanted some. She started reaching for it and got so upset that she couldn’t have any. Melissa and I decided to give her some whip cream….big mistake because then she just wanted more and more. When I got finished with my piece she started crying because she wanted more. My mom ended up giving her a couple of bites of cake. At about 10p, Melissa and I had to take my dad home and Zach headed to the hotel that the boys were staying. Poor Ariyana was so tired by that time, but she was still up with everyone hanging out at the desert room. She didn’t end up going to bed til like 11p, and she spent the night with my mom and stepdad because I stayed with the bridal party and Zach stayed with the boys.
The next day was the BIG wedding day. The bridal party and moms went to the salon to get our hair and make up done and Zach was with Robb so Ariyana hung out with my aunts and cousins. When the wedding started and I was walking down the aisle, I saw my little Ariyana in the arms of my cousin. She was with her the whole wedding (a little over an hour) and didn’t even cry once. She did babble at one point but it was only for like 2 seconds. And one time I heard something drop on the floor and it was Ariyana playing the “uh oh” game. I was very proud of her because I was worried she would be cranky since she went to bed late and I wasn’t sure whether she had a nap or not.
I finally got to hold Ariyana at the reception after the dinner. She was so cute all dressed up and she let us dance with her for a little while (although she was doing her worried look some of the time). Then we went outside on the patio for a little while to get some air. We put Ariyana down to let her walk around for a little while. The ground was like tiny packed in rocks….well Ariyana fell down and scratched her knee. It started bleeding and we had to put a band-aid on it. At about 8pm, Ariyana started to get really tired so my grandma held her in her lap and Ariyana just fell asleep. After the reception, Ariyana had to ride back to the hotel with my aunt because we all rode on the party bus. We got back to the hotel and change and then went downstairs to the hospitality room to hang out with our family. When Zach and I got down there, Ariyana was in her pjs but wide awake. We hung out for a while down there with everyone and then at like 11:30p we all went to bed.
The next morning Ariyana slept til 9:45 (she usually sleeps til 6:45) because she was so exhausted from the weekend…and she would have slept longer but I woke her up because we had to get ready to check-out. everyone left that morning except my aunt whose flight wasn’t until later that day. So my mom, stepdad, aunt, Zach, Ariyana, and I all went to lunch and then Zach, Ariyana, and me went shopping before going home. Before we left the hotel that day, I was in my mom’s room talking and feeding Ariyana some cereal and my mom told me that Ariyana had her 2nd tooth on the top right above the bottom one she has. She said she noticed it Friday and it was barely poking through the skin. How crazy is that, I haven’t seen my daughter enough this weekend to even notice that she got a tooth?? Anyway, it was a great weekend but we were all tired when we got home.
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