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Still none? Come on ladies...I know someone has to have had somehting surprisingly great happen.
I am not married yet, so I don't have any stories, but loved reading yours! That was so thoughtful!
I had originally decided no kids for the wedding, except for family and wedding party. A friend of mine called on the Thursday because she wanted to double check her daughter wasn't invited (she had just gone to a wedding where the daughter [who is 5] was not on the invitation, but she was actually invited). We had had some last minute cancellations, so I decided that I'd let her bring her daughter since I knew it would mean a lot to her (she lost her newborn baby boy in February).
Her daughter was the life of the party! I'm so happy that I had her come ... it was great.
Nothing really. My wedding day was more about my guests and I sort of had the opposite happen. The biggest example is everyone KNEW I really didn't want kids to be able to act out at the ceremony or even be present at the reception, but I gave in and allowed them to attend both as a favor to our siblings (who are the parents of the 8 children). No one tried to quiet our flower girl as she screamed through the entire ceremony and no parents made any attempt to get to toddlers off the dance floor during our first dance. It makes me really mad to this day hwo they felt so entitled to have their kids be teh center of attention when it was our wedding day and they KNEW I was already sensitive about sharing it with all the kids present.
My childhood friend had a broken foot and she danced the WHOLE night with us!!
Also, we took a boat from our reception to the hotel afterwards and we ended up getting SO lost. At first it was a little scary but it ended up being an adventure and our very first thing we tackled as husband and wife~!
@Lindsay12.31.2010: Thanks! :) I hope you get some on your day.
@awakemysoul:AWW aren't kids great and funny?!
@moderndaisy: I'm sorry that happened to you.
@PitBulLover: That's a great friend!
It happened a few days prior to our wedding, but our amazing photographer www.hazeltonphoto.com emailed me to see if it would "be ok" if she brought along a third photographer. Do you even have to ask!? Of course it's ok!!! The more the better! The third photographer is an intern and was looking for some more experience. She shot with black and white film and I am sooooo excited to see how those pictures turned out!!
Also, our budget ultimately dictated that we wouldn't have a videographer, but I remember thinking after the wedding how nice it would have been to have the ceremony video taped, especially since my brother sang and because the ceremony ended up being one of my most favorite parts of the day. Turns out, a family friend videotaped it for us and already showed my husband's grandmother since she was ill and unable to make it!
Truly, it's amazing to me how well the day turned out. Of course things went wrong, or didn't go quite accordingly to plan but, to me, the positives far outshine the negative.
My DH booked a limo for us for the end of the night - even though we had planned on not using one! I had wanted one but we decided it was too expensive and unnecessary since our hotel was 1 mile away! He totally surprised me and I was soo happy!!!
Two great surprises on our day:
At our rehearsal dinner, a friend of mine whose husband had passed away in Iraq a few years ago gave us the platter to her china set that she received when they were married. It was so touching that I just burst into tears right then and there. We now pass it down to our friends who will eventually give it to her daughter when she is married someday 
@2PeasinaPod: omg that is so sweet I just started crying!!!! How thoughtful
@2PeasinaPod: That is so amazingly sweet.
I'm not married yet, but I was a BM for my aunt recently. Her hubby had the florists add stephanotis to her boquet.. She really wanted them but they were on a tight budget so she cut them out. He also hired a harpist for the ceremony (another item that got crossed off the list due to the budget). Halfway through her walk down the aisle, she realized that the harpist was there. She burst into tears and gasped, she was so happy. Haha, many of the guests probably had no idea why she suddenly started crying, but for those of us that knew it was such an absolutely sweet moment.
@2PeasinaPod: Wow that is the sweetest thing ever!!
@TinyTina: Awww what a great surprise for her
@2PeasinaPod: That's so sweet!
As for me, my sister saved up, she was unemployed at the time, to buy me pearls because she knew how much I love a bride in pearls. When she gave them to me, I just cried and cried because I knew it was hard for her to do that. Now can someone please force her to live closer to me?
@PrncssDva: She is a fantastic sister! I'm very lucky to have two great siblings who I miss all the time because they're so far away.
We have a few bad surprises and a few good ones, but I'll just mention the good:
Similar story to PrncssDva, we definitely didn't have a videographer in the budget, and I was a bit bummed we weren't going to have any footage. DH's best man's dad is a professional videographer, and he ended up taking some footage of the reception. His son (the BM), also had an old 8mm camera and he got some footage of the guys getting ready. A girlfriend also got a video of our first kiss :)
Also, almost none of my family could attend the wedding, between distance, health problems, etc. DH and I had a chance to visit them later in the month, and they gave us very generous cash gifts. Of course, it doesn't make up for the fact that they couldn't make it, but it was a completely unexpected and really kind.
All of these are so sweet. Honestly, I usually don't like surprises. If I know they are coming at all and don't know what they are it just makes me nervous and anxious, but those surprises are wonderful. They kind that you have no idea about and can leave you with tears in your eyes. So sweet! I hope I get at least one.
@TheFutureMcBride: Where do they live in relation to you? I have a brother in Alaska! I miss him so much!
@June Bug: I am glad that you got osme footage. I am sorry that a lot of your family couldn't attend :(
@peacegrl099: Yeah I most definitely had no idea that they were coming. I hope that you get some too :)
@PrncssDva: I'm in southwestern Virginia, my sister is in Seattle, and my brother is in LA. He was in Japan, so it's an improvement. I keep telling my hubby that we're moving to be near my sister, my brother went back to college and I don't want to live in LA. He just needs more convincing because his family is in Jersey, Texas, and Europe with his best friends here for grad school.
@TheFutureMcBride: Oh ok got ya. It is very hard being away from siblings!
@PrncssDva: Heck yeah it is, especially when we grew up apart and became closer as we've gotten older. Are you close to your siblings?
My surprise was from my parents. Growing up I was very close to my maternal Great Grandmother. I thought she was just the coolest lady. She and my Great Grandfather were married for over 60 years. (they both passed away when I was in Junior High). On the day of my wedding my mom gave me my Great Grandmothers wedding rings. They are so beautiful and I was so blessed to be able to wear an amazing "something old". I cannot wait to give it my daughter some day.
This is all so sweet. Having a surprise on what is already an awesome day is really overwhelming and wonderful!
We weren't planning on having an arch. We got married on the beach and due to budget, it was one of the things I cut out since the beach is so beautiful just as it is. When I got down to the ceremony site with my dad, there was my hubby standing under an arch with our officiant. One of our friends paid another wedding party $$ to borrow their arch for our ceremony. The other wedding was inside the resort and they had already finished up way before we even started, so it was nice of them to let us borrow it and so nice of our friend to think of it and get it into place for us.
We had a few amazing surprises but here are a few of my favorites: while I was getting ready for the ceremony my husband's friend and groomsman's wife surprised us by decorating the rock aisle down the beach and our arch with flowers, my brother and BIL tossed back a few mid-day at an Irish Pub and met a bagpiper they befriended and ended up hiring to surprise me before I walked down the aisle (an Irish girls dream---that spurred the first tears of the day).
My favorite: many guests noticed that right before I came down the aisle a long necked sleek water bird landed on a floating dock right in front of our arch and watched us through the whole ceremony. My father passed away when I was a toddler and my aunt (his sister) and many others insisted that it was my dad coming down from heaven to share our special day. Here is a picture the photographer took when we first kissed as husband and wife. He stayed just long enough to see me become a wife ;o)
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@Shaema.....Oh my gosh, that is the sweetest thing I have ever heard! I just teared up a little bit. How perfect that your photographer was able to capture that.
@Shaema: Holy geez, that is amazing. Your story made me cry! And what a perfect picture.
@PrncssDva: I know this thread is already a little old but my parents surprised us with a videographer. I was so excited and our wedding video turned out beautifully.
These are such great and thoughtful surprises that you all received! You must have some amazing friends and family :)
My brothers dressed up as the Ghostbusters and asked the DJ to play the song, while they chased down a friend dressed in a sheet and did the dance! It was amazing!
Also the chef at our venue prepared turkey-shaped cookies! Our family owns a poultry farm, so it was very appropriate! What a great extra touch!
@TheFutureMcBride: Yes, I am very close to the ones that grew up with me (Maternal). I am very close to my older sister, but getting closer to the younge rboys (paternal).
@PunkinLover: That is VERY sweet! SO you still have them?
@stellablue5997: That is great! I had an arch at my wedding and loved it. The place was so naturally beautiful that it didn't need much.
@Shaema: Ok so THAT made me cry! WOW!
@CaraMia10: I can't wait to see our video :)
@marjojo: Was he aware of your family's business?
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I had a few sweet surprises on my wedding day and I want to share. ONE: My playbrother, that did our Engagement Shoot and Save the Date design for fee, is a videographer also. We were going to have him shoot our wedding for a discounted price, but after we had to pay for everyone else out of pocket we changed our minds. I was really sad and wanted a video of our day. I never told this friend or anyone else.
I was outside, on a balcony, getting pictures taken of me before the wedding. He walked out all casual like with his video camera and work shirt. I told him and the photographer to give me and minute. I immediately broke down into tears. I was so happy that I was getting a video of the wedding, but even more so touched that he thought of me and did it on his own. He was a regular guest to the wedding but told me that he couldn't show up without bringing his camera. He was going to be there anyway. I thought that was THE sweetest gesture!!
TWO: My favorite maternal aunt died of ALS a few years ago. Her son couldn't make the wedding either. A friend, and her husband, of them attended the wedding. They live in Murphysboro, IL and I am in Memphis, TN!! It really meant alot to me that they came all the way down just to represent for my aunt and cousin. They also showed up to the Brunch the morning after the wedding.
Did you get any sweet wedding day surprises?