Wedding Weekend

Duane's cousin and best friend Heath got married this weekend. Duane was the best man, so you know that our weekend was pretty much filled with wedding festivities. Friday night was the rehearsal. Since it started at 6:00 and I had to work until then, Wesley and I arrived at the church after things were already under way. Wesley wasn't too sure about going into an unfamiliar church with unfamiliar people there. Wesley was OK until he spotted his daddy standing up front with the other guys, then he suddenly remembered that he hadn't seen his daddy in nearly 12 hours and that was long enough! He cried and fussed until Duane was finally able to hold him.

The rehearsal dinner was a nice, laid back event at the church where the reception would be held. Duane's cousin Linda (sister to the groom) made the food and it was soooooo good. Wesley really enjoyed the lasagna and fruit tart. The other thing Wesley enjoyed was playing with the big boys. Heath has two sons - Ace (7) and Damian (3 1/2) and they were very intrigued by Wesley. They chased him around the room, crawled on the floor with him, tried to get him to walk, and played with his toys. Wesley was especially fond of Ace's spikey hair! It was cute to watch these three boys just having fun!

unfortunately, Wesley was a little too wound up by the rehearsal, because sleep was not really part of his agenda that night - a bit of a problem since the groom was sleeping at our house. Wesley woke up at 1:00 and stayed up until nearly 3:00. You would have thought that he'd sleep in after his middle of the night party, but he was up bright and early! We managed to keep him quiet enough that Heath got some sleep, but that was a small miracle.

Duane and Heath got ready for the wedding here, and after they left I got myself and the little dude all gussied up. I told Wesley in the car that if he was quiet for the ceremony, he could make as much noise as he wanted at the reception. Apparently he thought this was quite the deal. We sat in the very last row of the church in case Wesley had a cranky attack, but he did not make a peep! I had several people tell me they had no idea he was there. He pretty much made up for it at the reception. He wasn't obnoxious or anything, but he was more vocal. Duane had to sit at the head table and Wesley is going through a clingy phase, so not even Grandma W. could help me out with him. We managed though. Wesley enjoyed some reception food and really enjoyed the cake.

After the reception, Wesley spent the night with Grandma and Grandpa H. My best friend from high school moved to California last year and she is back for a visit this week. A whole bunch of use went to Shadowbox last night and had a fantastic time. Unfortunately, Cheryl had to cut her night a little short because her son was sick. I'm just hoping we get more time to spend together this week. I have missed her so much!