A WORD TO ALL THE GIRLS WHO HAVENT HAD THEIR DAY COME YET (LONG)

I had a TERRIBLE a.m. the day of the wedding. My mom came charging into my suite singing some corny good morning chant and barged into my bedroom yelling 'YOU'RE GETTING MARRIED TODAY' .. she was SO excited .. sweet right?

No - it wasn't. I started crying immediately ... Imagine, first thing you do on the a.m. of your wedding is cry?!? I was SO SO SO nervous. I HATE being the center of attention and I let all this anxiety build up so much that I was a MESS the a.m. of. I tried drinking some mimosas, nothing helped. I had my hair done and HATED it .. had my makeup done and HATED it. I made her do it over three times. I felt so ugly and overwhelmed - I didn't even want anyone talking to me. It got so bad that my mother in law came over and was like honey - enjoy this time, dont let anything ruin this time for you. Just try to relax .. blah blah blah - nothing helped.

I finally was okay with my makeup - I fixed it myself and I decided that nothing was working with my hair - so I just wore it down.

I spent so much time worrying, crying and not enjoying myself that I ended up losing so much time. I only had an hour of pictures then had to be rushed back into my bridal suite because guests started to arrive.

As my bridal party were walking down the aisle - I was standing in the back with my bridal attendent CRYING! They were fanning me with tissues so my makeup wouldn't run. I WAS A NERVOUS MESS ..

Then - it was my time to walk. The music changed I took a few deep breaths and started walking, SLOW. As soon as I saw Bryan, it all went away. No joke and it sounds SO cliche but the anxiety, the crying, the nerves .. it all disappeared and I had the most AMAZING ceremony - I enjoyed every second. I let out a big yell like (woo!) after my vows were said and I stopped the officiant so I can hug Bryan when I was done with them (we wrote our own and they were LONG). I was very emotional but didnt cry at all during the ceremony. I let out another big WOOO after our first kiss haha.

SO - my word of advice - It's more the anticipation of everything. Once you're in it you will LOVE IT - so try to enjoy EVERY SECOND. and yes - its much easier said than done but dont freak out like I did. I regret not hanging w/my girls more the a.m. of. I was too nervous to even hang out with anyone.

Good luck girls!! AND HAVE FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!