May 24, 2009 finally came…. I will try to describe this day in as few words as possible but it was such a wonderful day it is just hard to put it into words. To see all our wedding photos, you may go to our wedding site.

Myself and the girls (bridesmaids and moms) head up to Hotel Charleston for a nice breakfast and Spa Day.

We all received a 1 hour massage, pedicure, manicure at the spa.  The hotel is beautiful and from what we heard, it is President Uribe’s (colombian president) spot when he travels to Cartagena. They made us feel like royalty and we were all relaxed after this, much needed after all the days of partying and planning.

We then headed to our room, a very nice suite with a separate living room area. The hotel prepared trays of food for us and really went out of their way to meet every one of our needs on this special day.

I had hired Diego Moya (very famous stylist from Colombia who has worked with celebrities and beauty pageants) to do our hair and makeup. He sent 2 assistants who began with our hair and each of us got personal attention from Diego who managed to do exactly what we had dreamed of. Everyone’s hairdo was beautiful.

Around 4:30 it was time for me to get into my dress… I had not stressed out or gotten nervous up to this point. It was funny now that I remember, but not so funny at the time… my mom was not ready, she did her hair and makeup last… and she was the only one who had been with me at the store learning how to put that dress on…. so I started panicking when I realized it was so close to 5pm (the time of the ceremony) and I didn’t have my dress on! I gathered all my girls, 5 of them, and between all of them they helped me out so much. But we did have a hard time getting it the right way.

One of my bridesmaids also had trouble with her dress not zipping up… so it was a bit chaotic for about 15 minutes between them trying to get her zipper to work and me trying to get my dress on…. it all turned out ok in the end!

When I was finally ready, my dad arrived at the hotel, along with the photographers. As my dad entered the room, the minute he saw me he started crying…almost making me cry! I kept telling him Dad not now! I can’t ruin my makeup! hehehehe.

We headed out to the main entrance of the hotel to take pictures with my parents and the bridesmaids…. the photographers, again, did an amazing job.

When the photoshoot was done, my girls had to head out to the theater. My dad and I stayed, waiting for our horse carriage to arrive to take us to the theater. I have to say, my wedding planner is amazing, everything was so organized, so well planned, so on the dot. Two of her assistants arrived to be with me the whole time and make sure everything was ok. I was ready at 5pm but they were in constant communication with other people at the theater and heard that many of our guests had not yet arrived…. I thought I’d be one of those brides that would make everyone wait but instead my guests made me wait!

My dad and I hung out at the hotel, waiting to go….