anniversary.

jim and i celebrated our anniversary at buona terra, a little italian place in logan square.

i had a great time because the food was yummy, the prosecco was bubbly, and my dinner date was super cute.

later that night, we shared a slice of our wedding cake -- it wasn't even frost bitten!

on to our second year of marriage. and hopefully at least 70 more.

one year.

 

happy anniversary to my hubs. 

i thank my lucky stars every day for you.

scruff

i love it when my hubs is a little scruffy. 

basically the definition of cuteness. :)

gobble gobble.

this thanksgiving i am thankful for my new husband. 

his limitless kindness and patience astounds me every single day. 

i also like how he picks up clothes that i leave forget on the bathroom floor.  

wedding photos taken by the fabulously talented Jennifer Davis.

the teeniest bridesmaid

this one is for blue jean amy.

this is amy's daughter, harper, and she was the best baby to ever sit through a catholic wedding ceremony.

i love this pic. baby feet kill me.

{wedding photos by Jennifer Davis.}

bridesmaids: the album cover

sassy women in brooklyn heights.

{wedding photos by Jennifer Davis}

groomsmen: the album cover

i do miss that bridge. le sigh.

{wedding photos by Jennifer Davis.}

our exit

since we were married in the Catholic church, we were only allowed to play non-secular music during our wedding ceremony.

this was sort of tough because, um, i don't really know a lot of non-secular tunes?

one song i do remember from church when i was little was a Celtic christian song called "Lord of the Dance." it's catchy and up beat and i've always just sort of liked it. so we decided to use it as our exit music.

it was joyful and perfect for the moment, and i kid you not, i skipped down the aisle.

here are the lyrics:

I danced in the morning when the world was begun
I danced in the Moon & the Stars & the Sun
I came down from Heaven & I danced on Earth
At Bethlehem I had my birth:


Dance then, wherever you may be
I am the Lord of the Dance, said He!
And I'll lead you all, wherever you may be
And I'll lead you all in the Dance, said He!
I danced for the scribe & the pharisee
But they would not dance & they wouldn't follow me
I danced for fishermen, for James & John
They came with me & the Dance went on:

Dance then, wherever you may be
I am the Lord of the Dance, said He!
And I'll lead you all, wherever you may be
And I'll lead you all in the Dance, said He!


I danced on the Sabbath & I cured the lame
The holy people said it was a shame!
They whipped & they stripped & they hung me high
And they left me there on a cross to die!


I danced on a Friday when the sky turned black
It's hard to dance with the devil on your back
They buried my body & they thought I'd gone
But I am the Dance & I still go on!


They cut me down and I leapt up high
I am the Life that'll never, never die!
I'll live in you if you'll live in Me -
I am the Lord of the Dance, said He!

Dance then, wherever you may be

I am the Lord of the Dance, said He!
And I'll lead you all, wherever you may be
And I'll lead you all in the Dance, said He!

{wedding photos by Jennifer Davis.}

i heart shoes

because life is just way too short for boring shoes...

i chose these pink ruffly bad boys for my wedding.

they were TALL, but i was flying high on adrenaline so they didn't hurt at all. even as i walked down the cobble stone streets of brooklyn heights!

of course, by the time the reception rolled around my shoes were off and i was dancing barefoot.

barefoot is best for boogying.

{wedding photos by Jennifer Davis.}

brooklyn lurve

our wedding photos went up online this weekend!

i grabbed this photo as a screenshot from our online gallery since i can't download them yet.

the best part of having 1,000+ pics is that i can see parts of the wedding day that i missed (my hubs and his groomsmen getting ready, guests greeting each other at the church, etc.)

so fun! i can't wait to order prints and put together a little album.

{wedding photos by Jennifer Davis.}

how was your weekend?

mine was productive which was actually sort of awesome.

and believe me, i am not the kind of person who thinks productive weekends are awesome.

i'm the kind of person that thinks weekends spent sleeping and lounging and feeding my face are awesome.

but maybe i'm getting old. or maybe married life has brought about the domestication of michaela {morris} reedy.

all i know is i got stuff done this weekend. and i liked it.

do i sound like Frank the Tank from Old School?

Well, um, actually a pretty nice little Saturday, we're going to go to Home Depot. Yeah, buy some wallpaper, maybe get some flooring, stuff like that. Maybe Bed Bath & Beyond, I don't know, I don't know if we'll have enough time.

-Frank the Tank

first look

we're still a couple weeks out from seeing the professional wedding pics, but luckily our family and friends took some for us so we don't have to wait. :)

i'm not entirely sure, but i think this photo is of our first time seeing each other on our wedding day.

 (we took pics before the ceremony so no one had to miss cocktail hour. because cocktails are important.)

our first look was arranged in the Brooklyn Heights Promenade. i stood with my back turned towards the entrance of the park as jim and his groomsmen made their way down a path towards me and my b maids.

i remember being so excited!

 jim tapped my shoulder and then i turned around to see him. i think we both giggled.

maybe i cried.

maybe...

double fisting

basically the best happy hour ever.

although, the big fat american in me gets a little sad when handed a teeny scoop of ice cream.

(i'm used to the Ben & Jerry's Vermonster, yo!)

no worries though. i can always steal some extra licks off the hub's cone while he's snapping pics.

pancakes in the pool

if i could teleport back to this poolside lounge chair right this second, i would do it.

of course, i'd need to take my hubs and our dog along for the trip too.

 i am missing from this photo because at the time it was taken, i was in the pool drinking iced coffee and ordering pancakes from the swim-up bar. 

question: who eats pancakes in a bathing suit? 

answer: me. 

and that's what i call livin' the dream.

BOOYAH!

caye caulker

on our first full day in beautiful Belize, jim and i sailed on a catamaran to Hol Chan Marine Reserve to snorkel with turtles, sharks, and stingrays.

we stopped for lunch on the little island of Caye Caulker.

{lobster kabobs. can you say, YUM?}

there wasn't very much wind to help our boat get from Caye Caulker back to San Pedro. in fact, the trip home took almost three hours.

but it was sunny and breezy and deliciously warm which is a grand recipe for zzzzzz's in my book. 

by the time i woke up from my little nap on jim's shoulder we were back at the dock.

so i guess the trip went quickly for me. :)

don't stop belize'n

while we were in belize, jim and i stayed in ambergris caye on the little island of san pedro.

getting there meant taking a teeny plane from belize city to san pedro and then a water taxi from the city center to the resort.

(getting there is always half the fun, don't you think?)

home

our 'moon was UNBELIZEABLE.

but it feels good to be home in chicago with my new husband (feels so good/weird/funny to say that!) and our little smoosh faced monster of a bulldog.

more pics of our adventures in new york and belize to come.

xoxo,
mrs. reedy