Already?!

SJ is going to be two months old next week.  How is time flying so fast?!  She's outgrown the infant insert in her carseat and all of her newborn clothes and diapers.  People keep giving her bigger sizes of clothes (some 9 and 12 month things) and I keep telling her she's not allowed to grow into them, but I'm pretty sure she has no intentions of listening to that!  Of course, I'm thrilled she's so healthy and growing so well, but I just can't believe how quickly the time is passing.  We've definitely been keeping busy, mostly in preparation for this past Friday.

Friday evening, my sister, C, got married!  The wedding was supposed to be held in the beautiful gardens outside the reception hall, with the cocktail hour under a tent on the other side of the building and dinner and dancing inside at 6:30.  C is a meteorologist and has been tracking the weather for her big day since it came into the 15-day forecast window.  At first she saw models predicting hurricane Matthew to slam into the coast of New Jersey on October 1, which would definitely have ruined her hopes for an outdoor ceremony.  Thankfully, Matthew fell apart, but his remnants were absorbed into tropical storm Nicole.  Nicole also weakened but moved straight up the coast, dumping over 5 inches of rain in eastern PA on Thursday into Friday morning.  The forecast was calling for the storm to pass overnight, with clouds turning into sun by early Friday afternoon.  At the rehearsal Thursday night, the wedding coordinator said that we would decide where to hold the ceremony by noon on Friday, so that they could set up chairs accordingly.  The storm was slow to clear Friday morning, and a little after noon it was decided that the wedding would be held under the tent (but still outside), and cocktails would be moved into the dining room before the reception.  By 3:00, the skies were clearing and my dad convinced the management to move all the chairs back to the garden.  The groomsmen and fathers of the bride and groom helped the staff re-set everything in the garden, and by 5:00 when the wedding started, the skies were blue and nearly cloudless.  It was about 70 degrees and absolutely perfect.  The ceremony was beautiful and the bride and groom were even able to go to the park across the street and get the pictures they had be hoping for.  The cocktail hour was held under the tent and everyone moved inside just as planned.  The bridal party was introduced into the reception and then the bride and groom shared there first dance to the Brad Paisley song, "Then."  They looked so incredibly happy together, it was perfect.  I didn't expect to find myself feeling so sad about M's absence, however.  It took a lot of effort to keep from bursting into tears watching C & B on the dance floor!  The fact that the photographer was directly across the dance floor from me gave me a little extra motivation to hold it together, though.  I didn't want to be bawling in the background of all their jubilant first dance pictures!!

The facts that The Wedding has come and gone and that SJ will be two months old next week and that I will be heading back to Hampton Roads in two weeks remind me again how fast the time is passing though. Looking ahead, it still feels like December is a lifetime away, but looking back I know that it'll be here before we know it.