I'M MARRIED

I'M MARRIED I'M MARRIED I'M MARRIED.

I am a Mrs. I have a new last name. I live with a boy. It's fan-tastic.

Ok so the wedding was gorgeous. My mom did a beautiful job. The room looked soooo beautiful. My dress turned out great. I felt like a princess. My cousin's little boy danced with me....he's 2...and then told his mom, "I danced with the princess!" My dress was a little long, so people stepped on it all night, but it was okay. We got married in the Temple in the morning. Very few family and friends could be there because you have to be Mormon to see the ceremony. Gardner R, a man that I have a lot of respect for and someone who has known me since I was little, performed the ceremony. When he said, Nathaly, do you take Marcelo to be your husband for time and all eternity?" I broke down. I just cried and whispered yes, because I was sooooooooo overwhelmingly happy. I was like, this is it??? I'm really marrying Marcelo, literally the love of my life? It's really happening like I dreamed it would when I was 15 years old???? It was a dream come true and I lost a little control of my emotions at that point. But I made it through and it was fine. When we were supposed to kiss, it was a little awkward because we have never ever kissed in front of anyone. Plus we were in such a sacred place and we just felt weird. So he gave me this tense peck and everyone laughed. So when we got out of there I was like, "You're kissing me tonight. You're allowed. We're married." So at the ceremony at the reception where we did the whole walking down the aisle and exchanging rings and all that, he gave me a real kiss. The whole day felt so weird. It was like, one second we were not married, and then the next second we were. For me it didn't sink in until two days ago, when we got back from our honeymoon. More about that later. Anyway, at the reception I sang to Marcelo. It was a big surprise and no one knew i was gonna do it except my family and my brother. I was terrified because I have never sung alone in front of a big group of people. So to start out in front on 175 people was a very big jump for me. I just made myself be calm because I thought, if I'm nervous and my voice shakes and I screw this up, it will be embarrassing and horrible, so I tried very hard to stay calm. My older brother video taped it and I watched it during the honeymoon. I felt okay after I watched it because I did a lot better job than it was in my head. And Marcelo was really surprised. So it was nice. Valerie and Sweni were sooooo great. They helped me with everything. They were the best friends ever. They took care of things for me so I wouldn't be stressed out. I was SOOOO beyond stressed the day before the wedding. I had a break down. I got in my car and bawled when I was leaving work because I felt like there was soooo much to do and no time to do it. But my aunts from out of state were here and they helped my mom and everything worked out beautifully. We got sooo many gifts. Our house is filled. We bought a 3 bedroom 2 bath house! It has a huge orange tree in the backyard. I'm sooo excited to move in. For three weeks we're living in Marcelo's older brother's house. He also just bought a house and hasn't moved in yet, so he's letting us stay there until we close on our house.

Ok back to wedding stuff. The night went by soooo fast. But it turned out to be a great party. At the end of the night, we went to this beautiful cottage. The room was gorgeous. I couldn't have asked for more. Well, Valerie and Sweni decorated it with rose petals and candles, but by the time we got there, the owner had cleaned it all up because he said the rose petals ruin the linens and the candles are dangerous. But it didn't matter because the room was still gorgeous. I filmed it so I can remember it forever. When we walked in, our song was playing on the CD player...courtesy of Valerie and Sweni. There was sparkling cider and candles around the hot tub, where they were actually allowed. We had a great night, and in the morning we went to my house to open all our gifts. We got soooooo much stuff. That night, we stayed at Mikey's house (Marcelo's brother). And Sunday we left bright and early for the drive down to the airport. My mom, Tachita, Tia Marta, Conchi, Dianita, and Juli took us down. The car ride was so much fun because my aunts are all crazy and sooo funny. Then we got on the plane to the Dominican Republic. It was soooooooo gorgeous. The honeymoon was soooooooooo great. We were at an all-inclusive resort in Punta Cana, so we got all the piña coladas and food that we wanted. Our room was right on the ocean, so we went to sleep to the sound of the waves and just walked downstairs and onto the beach during the day. It was seriously paradise. I didn't want to leave. The pool was beautiful, the beach was beautiful and everyone was so friendly. We had an amazing time. I'll have to find a way to post pictures.

Alright, well, I'm at my parent's house picking up some things, and my husband will be here soon, so this is the end. Today is David's birthday so we're going out for sushi. yay!

Life is beautiful.