Honeymoon 6/20-6/27

VIVA MEXICO BABY! After a fabulous wedding celebration, Bailey and I enjoyed the day after with family that was still in town. We had a BBQ and gift opening evening and an early night to bed since our flight left at 7:30 Monday, June 20th.

We boarded the plane bright and early, and we both slept the entire way to Mexico so it was a quick flight. We arrived in Cancun, loaded the bus, grabbed a Corona, and couldn't wait to get to Valentin Imperial Maya. When we landed it was raining, so our first afternoon there was spent waiting for our room, enjoying drinks, playing pool and taking a nap. We got upgraded to the highest level of rooms that the resort had and we had our on patio, living room, jacuzzi tub, and private pool/bar. IT WAS AMAZING THAT WE GOT THAT FOR FREE!

Each day we would wake up and spend the day by the pool all afternoon relaxing or reading books. On Wednesday, we went on an excursion for the day to Xplor. We went zip lining, swam through caves, hammock lining, 4-wheel driving and we were exhausted by the time we got back to the resort.

Each night we enjoyed dinner out at one of the restaurants and entertainment put on by the band or crew for dancing/shows. Our favorite restaurant was the Hibachi Grill and we met some really cool people both nights that we ate there.

We had sunny weather the entire stay and enjoyed getting our tan on. Towards the end of our stay we were continually checking to see if Baby Eli had arrived, and luckily we only missed his arrival by one day. Our last morning was rainy, rainy and more rainy. It dried up enough for us to depart and head back to Texas.

We weren't ready to leave our lovely resort and we enjoyed every minute of our honeymoon together!

June 18, 2011

It has taken me awhile to post about our wedding day, but I am finally here to post. June 18, 2011 was the BEST day of my entire life as I walked down the aisle to marry my best friend in the whole world.

The day began with all the bridesmaids and myself going to get our hair at make-up done at Toni's Hairworks. We spent all morning there hanging out, drinking mimosas and of course chick-fila for lunch. After finishing up there, we all headed to The Colleyville Center to get ready for the pre-ceremony pictures. We had the best time getting ready, telling stories and taking pictures. It was of course a sneaky task to make sure that Bailey didn't see me before the ceremony. I had kept my dress a secret for over 500 days, and I wasn't about to let the secret out hours before the big reveal.

As soon as they told me I need to head over to begin the ceremony, I of course began to get really emotional and nervous but my girls held me together. Waiting for my moment to walk down the aisle I took many deep breathes before grabbing my dad's arm and walking down the aisle to "Nothing Fancy" by Dave Barnes, which holds a special place in Bailey and I's college years together. As soon as my eyes met Bailey's, I knew everything was going to be exactly like I imagined it would be.

We spoke our own vows and we were finally announced as husband and wife after 5 and 1/2 years together. As soon as Dave Anderson said, "Let me announce for the first time 'Mr. and Mrs. Chris Bailey,'" the DJ hit it and we danced down the aisle to "Sexy Back" by Justin Timberlake....a song I knew would be our exit song for quite some time. Our wedding party joined us in dancing to exit the ceremony. Our guest enjoyed drinks and dinner while we completed some pictures and got ready for our big reception introduction.

We entered to "I gotta feeling" by Black Eyed Peas and started our first dance off with another one of our favorite Dave Barnes songs "On a Night Like This...." but a 1:30 into it busted out to our choreographed dance that nobody knew about. We had the best time performing and we hope that our guest enjoyed watching our grand performance.

We enjoyed the evening, dancing, drinking, photo boothin it up and spending time with family and friends. Thank you so much to everyone that came out to celebrate our big day, it was more than we could have imagined it would be. We love each and every one of you so much.

We are enjoying married life as Mr. and Mrs. Bailey every single day.