Wedded Bliss

Saturday, March 28th, 2015

Mitch had decided he wanted to have a combined bachelor/bachelorette party to celebrate before our wedding.  I was not terribly excited about it because I had an eight hour shift at work scheduled and being pregnant is exhausting!  Not to mention I can't drink with my friends.  However, I was excited to see all of our friends!  As soon as we arrived I had to use the restroom and Mitch went outside to see all of our friends.  When I came outside, his brother, Nathan, told me I missed a lot and wanted to show me photos on his phone.  I scrolled through them a bit and then came upon one that was a photo of Mitch doing his "blue steel" look while holding a sign saying "Kira, I love you!" and was then told to turn around.  Mitch was down on one knee, with the ring my mom had been saving for my future husband to give to me, and he asked if I would marry him.  I'm pretty sure I said "Are you shitting me?!" at one point but I definitely said yes!  I never in a million years expected him to formally propose, and it was amazing!


Sunday, March 29th, 2015

We had both of our immediate families meet up at our favorite pub to eat and get married.  The food was great, conversation was easy, and everyone seemed thrilled for us.  My sister in law presented me with a headband that said "Bride" and a clip in veil, and the rest of Mitch's family presented him with a tuxedo t-shirt.  It was so relaxed and casual and perfect. I'm so thrilled that not only did I officially marry the man of my dreams and my best friend for almost 7 years, but I get his family, too.  I never in a million years would have pictured my wedding night like that, but now that it's happened I couldn't think of a better way to get married.  However, I would have liked to have something to do at the end of the evening, we ended up being tired and unsure of what we wanted to do and both had work the next day so we spent the evening watching netflix before bed. Oh well, casual was what we were aiming for, right?!  And I still get my white dress and commitment ceremony/reception with ALL of our loved ones.  That will just wait until post-baby.


And although everything happened so fast, it's poetic for us.  We always said we learn best with trial by fire, and always like to just jump right in to things so here we go!