Happy birthday to the love of my life. I’m very lucky to be spending the rest of my life with you. The world became a better place because of the day you were born. You’re sweet, beautiful, loving, selfless and passionate. Thank God for your life. And I can’t wait to continue this life’s adventure with you.
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I know…I know…it’s just dancing.
But this is actually a big part of the day. Literally, all eyes are on you. I know folks that don’t think about it till the wedding day itself, and some stress over it. Lola and I decided we wanted to do something special, and have fun. Something to make sure our guests would not get bored looking at us.
There was just one problem…my 2 year old nephew can dance better than me! I’m a keep it simple, left to right, kind of a guy. Lola on the other hand has been in dance groups, and can probably enter dancing competitions anywhere in the world. Here are some things we quickly decided to do to help US ME with that special first dance as husband and wife.
Kept the dance short. We felt like people start zoning out after 2 mins of any song (ask any good DJ).
Danced to a couple of songs. Yes. We decided to go with 3 different songs. About a minute each. The songs we selected were up-beat, semi up-beat and a slow one. The favorite was “You’re the one that I want” from the movie Grease.
Communicate with our DJ before the wedding day on what songs we selected. Also, very important, on when to transition the songs. Since we only used about a minute of each song we wanted to make sure he had it right. And since I have two left feet, we were going to practice. Which brings me to the next thing…
Practiced. I’d be honest with you…we didn’t practice till two nights before. We both had crazy schedules leading to the wedding. So that part had me nervous on the wedding day. But I think we pulled it off. Lola gave me a passing grade
Since we are Nigerians, there’s a chance some folks would want to shower us with money while we danced. Believe me…I wanted to be showered with money at any opportunity possible. LOL. But we had our MC announce to folks not to interrupt us during our first dance. There would be many other opportunities for this (as you saw in our wedding video).
Some addtitional tips…
If possible create a back up CD of the music you plan on using. If it’ll be multiple songs, like ours, write down the transition points. Any professional DJ would be prepared, but it doesn’t hurt for you to have a back up.
Last thing I want to say…and I think it’s the most important part. Be into each other when you’re dancing – forget the cameras and your guests. It put me at ease when I was looking at Lola. And I almost forgot people were looking at us.
p.s., all photos by Dotun Ayodeji.
I’m making googly eyes at the pictures…I mean I was there, LIVE and IN PERSON and It was fantastic! I think I just fell in love )
Yay!
A new post!!!
You dont want to know how many times Ive refreshed this page in the past 1month!
Yup u guys officially have a stalker, hehe )
I love u guys so much! Your story is amazeballs and truelove shines through all the time everytime!
I must have watched your wedding video like a-gazillion times! and it still gets me teary eyed every time!
(Hopefully when le boo eventually pops the question, it’l b all that and a million sprinkly red-velvet cupcakes )
May God keep you hot for each other always & forever!
Toodles
xoxo
@Funto…Amen and Amen!! Thanks so much!!! that’s really appreciated. And when le boo proposes, you BETTER keep us posted. Much love, Wale (& Lola)
@BeeEss…i can’t wait for your first dance. it’s going to be a dance off???
Our first valentine’s day as husband and wife.. yay! Wale is Mr. Valentino so everyday is Valentine’s dayhowever… we still decided to go out for dinner to celebrate the lover’s day.
We had a lovely dinner at Del Frisco’s Grille in DC on valentine’s day. The food was amazing! If you live in DC and have not been there, please try it out sometime soon. We got the specials that they offered that day and hmmm… we can’t wait for our next visit there.
Our church, Jesus House DC hosted a valentine getaway for married couples at a hotel in MD; Pastors Sola & Bimbo Fola- Alade spent some time with us discussing some very important topics related to marriage and then the evening ended with dinner and dancing. It was plenty fun! Pastor Sola also gave Lola one of his amazing books – The Little Things That Can Make a Big Difference in Your Marriage
Awesomeness! Looking lovely and sharp. We are definitely going to Del Fris.
Definitely one of my favorite couples! Just whispered a prayer to God for you! May your marriage be heaven on earth
Thanks so much @Damyb and @She. Amen!!!!
We really appreciate it!
U guys r so swit, may The Lord bless u in al areas. I respect n admire u guys. Pls I nid inspiration from u guys. Muaaaaaah n big hug
Lola I lyk. Ur dressss, cumin to steal it
Thanks … Will make the nextbguybwhontries to toast me carry me there … Hehehe
Typo.. Sorry .. “Who tries to toast me
Looking lush guys. Love!
Lola, I absolutely love your style and simplicity! Dont worry I am not crying this time around haha! Wale looks smashing too
You two make marriage look even more beautiful! Lovely dress and earrings. Goodluck!
That dress!!!!!
we decided to take a trip to the lovely Dubai for Christmas/new year. the weather was great… not too hot and not too cold.
I have been stalking your blog waiting for an update (lol). Nice pictures!
aww.. thanks @Opeyemi; I know we have been slacking off. We will try to update more frequently. thanks for following our blog!
Tenny - Good one Wale. Keep it up.
Happy Bday to the wife.
Ak - Aww, so sweet. Happy birthday Lola. May God continue to bless you
Btw, you two need to blog more. You inspire me
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