Groom Mickey
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Jul 5, 2010
This is not a typical planning journal. As you can clearly see we are a non-traditional couple getting married at Disney World. This blog will also be non traditional in the fact that there will be no wedding dresses or hair (since I have little... neither does Jeff).However, There will be plenty of posts on invitations, rings, cake, floral (love roses), bridesmaids dresses, photography, planning session and everything else that goes along with a wedding. This is where I am going to need all the help from the brides on the board.
Quick Summary of Us
Jeff (DF)is 47, a lawyer and great Dad. I am 37 and a stay at home Dad.
My DF and I have been together for 8 years (who says bar pick ups dont last), have a house, three boys (6,5,4), two dogs and two cats. We really are just your typical everyday family. We are also Foster Parents and just recently had three foster children ( 5, 2, 16 months) in our home (yes I had six boys and they kept me busy). They just recently moved to their "Forever Home", and it was one of the hardest things I had to do ( I knew we were not the perfect forever home, but still miss them). I am so glad for the wedding planning because it helps me wind down from my day. Who knew wedding planning would help someone relax.
The Engagement
After two years of dropping hint after hint after hint I began to think Jeff was NEVER going to ask me. I wanted to get engaged in Walt Disney World since I found out they will do our wedding (Disney calls them commitment ceremonies but since we will be married legally in Vermont and I feel like it is a marriage I will be calling it a wedding throughout). It was a visit in April of 2009, that really sealed the deal. I had not been to Disney in over 15 years and that visit reawakend my passion for all things Disney. I caught the fever so bad that when we got back from that trip Jeff and I purchased our DVC membership (best thing ever). As part of the promotion to entice us to purchase we got bonus points, which we used to visit again in Jan. 2010. Now I had been dropping hints all along about wanting to get engaged at WDW and I was hoping this was going to the trip. On the first night there I even made a wish for a proposal at Snow White's wishing well in the MK. It was not to be. After we purchased our DVC membership my sister decided finally to get hers so she invited me to go on her trip in May ( Jeff stay home while I had a vacation without any kids!!!!) It was a glut of Disney trips and I was in my glory. I kept dropping the hints.... recording Disney Dream weddings, sending the Fairy Tale wedding website and showing him WDW engagements on YouTube(hint, hint). I hoped Jeff was going to come through ( now he is not romantic, but one can hope). I knew he was not going to propose on this trip. It would have meant he would have had to find a sitter for the boys fly down and prepare. That is just not his MO. I could still dream.
Now on top of everything my sister had gotten us dinner in Cinderella castle ( could this finally be it...could my sister be in on it?). It added fuel to the fire. We got to the castle I kept thinking will he do it? No he would never fly down here, but, I did make that wish at Cinderella's wishing well by the castle during our January trip. I even threw in a quarter just to give it some extra oomp. It had to happen this place was magical and Disney couldn't let me down. So we got our picture taken with Cinderalla and head up to get seated (please ,please please by a window... everyone knows that is where you are seated for a proposal) We get seated in the back by the railing, not even close to a window (heart crushed... oh well I knew it was not going to happen). I did bring one son with me so at least we were going to have a good time meeting the princesses. We start to looking at the menu ( and dodging the play sword they had given him) and not even two minutes later to our left (next to the window) a woman is getting proposed to (lucky her, are you kidding me!) I then realized that when I wished for a Disney proposal at the well I forgot to wish for it to be MY proposal LOL. Disney gave me exactly what I had wished for "A Disney Proposal".
I do not know what I had done to anger Tinker Bell but come on throw me some pixie dust. At the rate I was going some dust from the Haunted Mansion would have been something. Jeff and I have been together eight years and three kids and I was wondering why I was still not married? On the way back to the bus I started to text Jeff. I knew it was not going to happen but what more did I have to do? Why could he not have stepped it up once and surprise me? I knew it was my fault for having such high expectations and I had built this up in my head so it was not his fault. So we get on the "Mickey Bus" (that is what the kids call it) and head back to the Saratoga resort ( which looks nothing like Saratoga as we only live 15 mins away) and start sending the texts about the nights event and start joking with him that it was supposed to have happend to me. That is when it happens IN TEXT " I know it is not romantic Marry Me?" I looked at the text shocked (that was not supposed to happen). I showed the text to my sister and looked at her and asked "is he serious?". I wasn't certain how to take it, but it did stop me from texting him (was that his plan ? was he tired of my texting?) I sent no response to his text. We still had a couple of days at Disney left and whenever I called I did not mention the text and niether did he. I figured it was a joke... but I did keep that text. The night we got home from the trip,and the kids went to bed, I pulled out the phone showed him the text and asked are you serious? He told me yes but was afraid to say anything because I did not text him back. I of course told him the answer was YES and that I have been waiting years for that question (who knew it was coming in the form of a text).
My dream came true! I got proposed to at WDW! Who knew it was going to be on a Mickey Bus, somewhere between Cinderella Castle and The Saratoga Resort through a text. It is not how I planned it but somehow it is even better. I truly do believe there is Magic in the Magic Kingdom, however, if you make a wish at Cinderella's wishing well watch out it is tricky. We are now getting married at SBP on May 10, 2011 and I can't wait!
Quick Summary of Us
Jeff (DF)is 47, a lawyer and great Dad. I am 37 and a stay at home Dad.
My DF and I have been together for 8 years (who says bar pick ups dont last), have a house, three boys (6,5,4), two dogs and two cats. We really are just your typical everyday family. We are also Foster Parents and just recently had three foster children ( 5, 2, 16 months) in our home (yes I had six boys and they kept me busy). They just recently moved to their "Forever Home", and it was one of the hardest things I had to do ( I knew we were not the perfect forever home, but still miss them). I am so glad for the wedding planning because it helps me wind down from my day. Who knew wedding planning would help someone relax.
The Engagement
After two years of dropping hint after hint after hint I began to think Jeff was NEVER going to ask me. I wanted to get engaged in Walt Disney World since I found out they will do our wedding (Disney calls them commitment ceremonies but since we will be married legally in Vermont and I feel like it is a marriage I will be calling it a wedding throughout). It was a visit in April of 2009, that really sealed the deal. I had not been to Disney in over 15 years and that visit reawakend my passion for all things Disney. I caught the fever so bad that when we got back from that trip Jeff and I purchased our DVC membership (best thing ever). As part of the promotion to entice us to purchase we got bonus points, which we used to visit again in Jan. 2010. Now I had been dropping hints all along about wanting to get engaged at WDW and I was hoping this was going to the trip. On the first night there I even made a wish for a proposal at Snow White's wishing well in the MK. It was not to be. After we purchased our DVC membership my sister decided finally to get hers so she invited me to go on her trip in May ( Jeff stay home while I had a vacation without any kids!!!!) It was a glut of Disney trips and I was in my glory. I kept dropping the hints.... recording Disney Dream weddings, sending the Fairy Tale wedding website and showing him WDW engagements on YouTube(hint, hint). I hoped Jeff was going to come through ( now he is not romantic, but one can hope). I knew he was not going to propose on this trip. It would have meant he would have had to find a sitter for the boys fly down and prepare. That is just not his MO. I could still dream.
Now on top of everything my sister had gotten us dinner in Cinderella castle ( could this finally be it...could my sister be in on it?). It added fuel to the fire. We got to the castle I kept thinking will he do it? No he would never fly down here, but, I did make that wish at Cinderella's wishing well by the castle during our January trip. I even threw in a quarter just to give it some extra oomp. It had to happen this place was magical and Disney couldn't let me down. So we got our picture taken with Cinderalla and head up to get seated (please ,please please by a window... everyone knows that is where you are seated for a proposal) We get seated in the back by the railing, not even close to a window (heart crushed... oh well I knew it was not going to happen). I did bring one son with me so at least we were going to have a good time meeting the princesses. We start to looking at the menu ( and dodging the play sword they had given him) and not even two minutes later to our left (next to the window) a woman is getting proposed to (lucky her, are you kidding me!) I then realized that when I wished for a Disney proposal at the well I forgot to wish for it to be MY proposal LOL. Disney gave me exactly what I had wished for "A Disney Proposal".
I do not know what I had done to anger Tinker Bell but come on throw me some pixie dust. At the rate I was going some dust from the Haunted Mansion would have been something. Jeff and I have been together eight years and three kids and I was wondering why I was still not married? On the way back to the bus I started to text Jeff. I knew it was not going to happen but what more did I have to do? Why could he not have stepped it up once and surprise me? I knew it was my fault for having such high expectations and I had built this up in my head so it was not his fault. So we get on the "Mickey Bus" (that is what the kids call it) and head back to the Saratoga resort ( which looks nothing like Saratoga as we only live 15 mins away) and start sending the texts about the nights event and start joking with him that it was supposed to have happend to me. That is when it happens IN TEXT " I know it is not romantic Marry Me?" I looked at the text shocked (that was not supposed to happen). I showed the text to my sister and looked at her and asked "is he serious?". I wasn't certain how to take it, but it did stop me from texting him (was that his plan ? was he tired of my texting?) I sent no response to his text. We still had a couple of days at Disney left and whenever I called I did not mention the text and niether did he. I figured it was a joke... but I did keep that text. The night we got home from the trip,and the kids went to bed, I pulled out the phone showed him the text and asked are you serious? He told me yes but was afraid to say anything because I did not text him back. I of course told him the answer was YES and that I have been waiting years for that question (who knew it was coming in the form of a text).
My dream came true! I got proposed to at WDW! Who knew it was going to be on a Mickey Bus, somewhere between Cinderella Castle and The Saratoga Resort through a text. It is not how I planned it but somehow it is even better. I truly do believe there is Magic in the Magic Kingdom, however, if you make a wish at Cinderella's wishing well watch out it is tricky. We are now getting married at SBP on May 10, 2011 and I can't wait!
. I just want a nice Mickey. Don't get me wrong the STD that Disney is sending are nice but the pumpkin coach and cinderella just do not work for us. I have had the card stock, gluegun and glitter out for the past two weeks and still have come up with nothing solid. If I could get the boys to stand still long enough I would have glittered them by now ( I have a major glitter addiction). After I stole my sister cricut from her closet today I spent the rest of the night trying to get a Mickey Icon centered (2hrs). Everything I have done looks so homemade. Let me tell you the Disney Brides on here are good. The stuff rocks. I am amazed at the creativity everyone has. It is putting my stuff to shame. I do have a call into Shelley at Impressions. I am hoping she can pull something out for me. If she doesnt the invitations will have to go out and I will still be working on these darn STD. I would post pictures ( I know they are popular) but I let my 4yr old take pictures with the camera and now there is not auto focus. In hindsight it was probably not the best choice. Oh well at least he was quiet for a couple of minutes and I did get some great pictures of the floor.
I mean how easy to save some money on the wedding.
- I think it makes all those DIY crafts much easier. I just bid on one on ebay. Now I can create my own tags, etc!
