Wedding Bliss

This weekend we ventured to Northampton, MA for our dear friends Gloria and Stef's wedding. I met Gloria just over 3 years ago while working at Ethos and we quickly became friends. Shortly after, she met Stef and I have enjoyed watching their relationship grow and develop. We absolutely love being around Gloria and Stef, we feel like they are part of our family, and we're so happy we got to be a part of their special day.
They had a 2 day wedding extravaganza; it started with an Olympic Games on Saturday (they met at an Olympic Opening Ceremonies Party). It was held at a beautiful park and many of Stef and G's friends and family participated.

There were many games such as: eating a saltine cracker and trying to whistle, seeing how many cheese balls people could fit in their mouths, a water balloon toss, drinking out of a baby bottle, carrying a ping pong ball on a spoon, and flapping your arms like a funky chicken for a full minute to see who get the most flaps. There was a hearty BBQ with lots of yummy food!

If I learned one thing about Berke this weekend it is that he does better in small groups; he really gets a bit overwhelmed in big crowds. He had a hard time at the games for awhile until he found the bucket full of water with sponges and bowels. That kept him busy for a good 45 minutes; he was soaking wet, but hey it kept him happy!

Sunday was the wedding ceremony which was so beautiful. Both G and Stef looked so elegant and the ceremony was personal, beautiful and funny. It was so perfect.

We had fun getting all dolled up; don't you think we have a pretty posh looking family?

The lovely brides did a quick costume change in these lovely cocktail dresses; they looked so beautiful! Here are the newly weds with all our Ethos friends, what amazing people; I am so lucky to have so many wonderful friendships develop out of that job.

Dinner was amazing and we danced and danced all night long. Berke had one slow dance with mom and then wanted to stay in his high chair all night.

The big crowd was too much for him so he VERY happily playing with his toys, watched everyone dance and enjoyed when people came over to visit with him. Every time Christian or I would check on him and ask if he wanted to get out, he would say, "No, No, leave leave! Go dance Mommy." I will admit that it made the night very manageable. Christian and I busted up the dance floor and acted like we were young again, it was SO much fun.

But once this started happening, we decided the kid had been a good sport and we probably needed to get him home. As always, everyone loved Berke; he just makes people smile no matter where he goes. He did enjoy dancing, just in his high chair. People came up to him all night to visit with him which he was very happy about.

Congrats to Stef and Gloria; we couldn't be more happy for the two of you!
Best wishes and lots of love!