Built For Two: Cut the Cake and Cut a Rug

With toasts over it was time for one of the most important parts of the wedding - the cake (from Baker's Pride)!  You may remember our amazing cake tasting, which was basically us sitting in Forsyth Park eating cupcakes and drinking champagne.  We decided on a three-tier round cake with a hummingbird top and bottom layer, vanilla center layer, and white buttercream frosting.  You may also recall the gold fleur de lis cake topper I planned on using.  Well, we got onto the dance floor for our first dance and I got my first glimpse of the cake.

Unless noted, all photos by Ashley Daniell Photography

 Yum, the cake looks delicious!  But wait - something is missing.  Where is the cake topper?!

The first half of our first dance was spent with me trying to figure out what happened to the topper.  Eventually Mr. B asked who I gave it to.  Uh...  I think I gave it to no one.  I think it is sitting in a box in our hotel room.  I lasted about 30 minutes of the reception before I asked our DOC to go back and get it, a 2 block walk from the reception.

There we go!  Much better.  We chose Blake Shelton's "God Gave Me You" to play for the cake cutting.

 Cake cutting is serious business!

We had a deal that there would be no cake smashing or other antics and things went very smoothly once we got past the logistics of actually cutting the cake.

It was delicious! 

While we are on the subject of things not going exactly according to plan, I will mention our guest book.  I ordered a wine box for people to sign (the top) and put gifts/cards in (the box).  I ordered it from Ebay with not a whole lot of time to spare.  It was supposed to arrive on the Wednesday before we left for Savannah but when it hadn't yet arrived by the time we hit the road on Thursday, I asked our neighbors to grab it from the porch and bring it with them when they came up the next day.  Spoiler alert - it never arrived.

Meghan, the super sweet coordinator at Garibaldi, heard that we weren't going to have a guest book and took it upon herself to come up with a backup plan.  She had everyone sign a Savannah calendar and Stepdaughter A took great pride in walking from table to table, gathering notes and well wishes.

With the formalities out of the way it was time for the dance party!

Throughout our entire engagement we kept a shared note of songs to be played at the reception.  We ended up with a completely random assortment of music that our DJ made work.  Songs included "You're my best friend" by Queen, "Tearin' up my heart" by *NSYNC, "Summertime" by Kenny Chesney, "Lucky one" by Vertical Horizon, and  "Love you like a love song" by Selena Gomez.  Completely random.  Completely amazing. 

We all had so. much. fun.  It was everything I hoped our reception would be and then some.  Shoes came off, drinks flowed, and everyone seemed to be having a blast.  But, as much as I would have loved this night to go on forever, it eventually had to come to a close...

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• We got to Savannah and hosted a haunted pub crawl.
• We spent the day getting our nails done and playing golf.
• We rehearsed the ceremony.
• Our rehearsal dinner was delicious and fun.
• I woke up early and made some bad TV decisions.
• I give the girls their gifts.
• The guys get ready.
• I become a bride.
• We see each other for the first time.
• We take pictures around Savannah.
• The bridal party joins us for pictures.
• The bridal party processes.
• I pay tribute to my father.
• I walk down the aisle.
• We make it official.
• We take family portraits.
• We take advantage of the “golden hour.
• We are introduced and dance our first dance.
• We eat a delicious dinner. 
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