The Royal Wedding

I have to start this post by saying this: I usually don't care about weddings of people that I don't know. Especially celebrities or political figures. But I, along with a bunch of other crazy people, am up at 6 am to watch Prince William and Katherine get married. I didn't plan on getting up to watch it. I was actually going to go to my friend Jayme's house (even though she is completely unaware of that fact) and watch the wedding at a more Kristen-friendly hour. However, the baby woke up at just before 6am and I couldn't go back to sleep. So I'll blame it on my defenseless 8-month-old.

I am SO glad I woke up for this. I turned my tv on just in time to watch Kate and her father driving to Westminster Abbey. All I could think of was that apart from this girl, who is about my age, being on her way to marry a PRINCE, she is a daughter. Can you imagine? Riding in a Rolls Royce with your daughter so she can marry a PRINCE??? If I were Kate's mom, I would so be thinking "I have MADE IT!" Being the mother of 2 daughters, this was my first thought. My second thought was of how beautiful Kate looks. Her dress is so classic! It almost looks understated, but I'm sure if I were close enough to see the detail, that wouldn't be the case. Her sister, Pippa (cute name!) is the maid of honor and her dress is amazing as well. I think the cowl neckline is my favorite part.

When I saw Prince William and Prince Harry walking into the sanctuary, dressed in their royal finery, my hand immidiately flew to my heart. This is the ultimate fairy tale. In less than an hour, Kate will be an honest-to-goodness Princess. Every little girl wants to be a princess. When Kate reached the front of this impossibly long church, Will told her that she looked beautiful. I almost cried...lame, I know, but for my generation of Disney-Princess-movies, this is so romantic. Except for the whole part of the wedding where the bride and groom goes to sit down and they all sing...that's weird to me. But still. She's becoming a Princess. That's the important thing. Wait no...this is her wedding day. Everything else should pale compared to that fact. It's hard to think that this is the wedding of two people because of all the pomp and circumstance. I couldn't handle it for sure. I mean, MILLIONS of people are watching. Trafalgar Square is PACKED and everyone is waving British flags and singing. That is so much pressure!

Random thoughts:

The Bishop of London opened the service with the statement, "Every wedding is a royal wedding, for we are all subjects of the King of Creation." I loved that statement.

I thought trees as part of the wedding decorations fit so well in the interior of Westminster Abbey. They looked awesome!

If I ever have a 3rd wedding, there will be a full orchestra, a boys choir and flipping horse-drawn carriage. And a full cavalry. Definately.

**Update: Kennedy is ticked that I didn't wake her up to watch the wedding. She was so into the whole thing when she got up for school. We watched the Prince and Princess travel to Buckingham Palace in the carriage and Kennedy said, "Mom this is just like a fairytale. All that's missing is a dragon." HAHAHA!! Also, she gets so embarassed when she sees 2 people kissing, but she almost missed her bus to see them kiss. Awww. :)