Arriving back at the Murthy’s house to prepare, it was lovely to have some time alone, with only a few friends and family members there. I jumped in the shower to get the rice out of my hair and remove the remaining bangles (which ended up being quite a difficult task – at least half of them broke coming off, and I had several cuts on my hands by the time I was done!).
Ali and Gabby got to work on my hair and make-up, while Sid enjoyed some time to rest. As soon as we were ready, we headed to the mansion house to finished getting dressed and ready there. 
I put on my dress, and Gabby helped my with my tiara.
Soon it was time for the ceremony to begin. After a disorganized rehearsal the night before, the beginning of the ceremony started off a little disorganized as well. I didn’t have anyone assigned to cue the string quartet, I forgot they were rolling a red carpet out for me and started walking too early, and then the red carpet didn’t stay anyway – it started rolling back up. But, once Daddy and I finally got ourselves down the aisle, everything went smoothly!
The ceremony went quite fast, especially compared to the morning ceremony. I came close to crying as Jenni sang “You Raise Me Up” but somehow managed to contain myself for the rest of the ceremony. Linda did an excellent job officiating. It was all just how I wanted it to be. We had written our our ceremony, so I was thrilled that it came together so nicely. 
After the ceremony and another quick photo session, we enjoyed a cocktail hour – with a penguin!
We soon moved around to the reception side as the wedding party was introduced and Sid and I had our first dance together. We received very touching (and funny!) toasts from Papa Murthy, Daddy, Chris, and Sowmya. Sid and I enjoyed some food and downtime before making our rounds to say hello to our guests.
My dad and I shared a father-daughter dance together, then we really got the party started by getting everyone else out to the dance floor. For the rest of the night, we danced danced danced. I had so much fun!!!
We did the cake cutting and bouquet toss (Jenni caught it!) and then went back to more dancing. I was happy that before the night was over, I got a swing dance in with Chris. 
As we danced our last dance, said goodbye to everyone, and began getting our things together, I couldn’t help but think that the day was everything I wanted it to be. But more importantly, I knew that my new husband was everything I wanted – and more.
