Oh our wedding day... We chose late September because we just knew it would be a cooler fall Saturday. Boy were we wrong!! . Living in Florida you take chances with outdoor weddings in late summer/early fall for several reasons... #1 - Rain... well it's Florida and it rains... ALOT! and hurricane season is right during September. #2 - Heat. I like to think that Florida has some bipolar tendencies. Today the high is 82 degrees with a low of 62... I know to some of you that sounds hot, but after coming out of August, 80 degrees sounds like heaven to Floridians. September 26th of 2009, the High was 97 DEGREES!!! I mean goodness... Tim is already hot natured and will tell you that he could sweat in a snow storm so 97 degrees was not the greatest news for him. #3 - Love bugs. If you're not from North Florida you have no idea what I'm talking about. Love bugs are these little black bugs that the University of Florida created to eat the mosquitoes. If you've ever been to Florida in the summer time you're probably wondering why they don't do their job... because they don't. I don't know which is worse... diseased mosquitoes or the annoying little bugs. Thankfully they only have 2 seasons per year. One at the beginning of summer and one at the end. You may wonder why love bugs would be a big deal... Well the little pests are attracted to the color white. So for a bride on her wedding day these nuisances can be known to be very annoying and ruin pictures as they swarm around a beautiful white wedding dress. But enough about the bugs because thankfully they weren't one of my problems. Neither was the rain... but the heat was dreadful!!!
Moving on and trying to block out all of the sweat and sticky hair from that day,I can truly say it was a stress free and smooth day other than having an allergy flair up and being congested and having an awful cough. HA! But really, even with 10 Bridesmaids and groomsmen, 3 flower girls, 1 bell ringer and a ring bearer everyone managed to keep me relaxed and stress free all day. Here are just a few pictures from our great day!
We had an awesome photographer who took everything in stride. I know it wasn't stressful for me but for everyone behind the scenes it was a little chaotic. Anna Weaver did an amazing job with capturing our day exactly the way it was :)
Now...our wedding day was wonderful and happy and I'm so glad it turned out the way that it did. But, the memories that Tim and I have made over the past 4 years has definitely put things into perspective. All the planning and stress leading up to your wedding day is worth it for the Wedding but even more worth it for the times that you'll share with that wonderful person you're marrying. Here are some memories from the past four years that I will cherish just as much as the hundreds of photos from our wedding day.
These are all taken the during the Fall and Winter right after we got married. We were living in Raleigh/Durham, North Carolina and were loving it! We had great friends and we got our first "baby" Bella.
One of my favorite things about our marriage is that we haven't forgotten how to have fun :) I put just one dab of whipped cream on his face and this is what happens!
I have realized that we love Fall.... most of our favorite memories and pictures are taken during the fall. Here are two taken the Fall of 2010. One is at the NC state fair (amazingness) and the bottom one is from a trip we took to my aunts cabin in Cherokee, NC with several of my cousins.
Fun times with our NC favorites :)
In December of 2010 we found out we were expecting our first baby and we were beyond excited! Just 1.5
months later we were packing up and moving home to Florida.
On August 24, 2011 we were blessed with this bundle of joy and our lives had never felt more complete!!
Just a few shots from our family session by one of the best!
July 4th, 2012 with our sweet boy!
My Sweet Pea and I at my best friends wedding.
and to end the picture extravaganza our newest addition. With only being 7 days from my due date I figured it was appropriate to include Miss Ayda in our walk down memory lane :)
My hope and prayer is that Mr. McNeal and I always share the laughter and joy that you can hopefully see in these pictures. Not that everyday is easy or even that the majority of them are but with the help of Christ we seem to always make it work.
I love you more than I loved you then and I promise to love you more tomorrow than I do today.
Happy Anniversary, Sweet Pea!!
-xoxo-
Melissa
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