Second Chances At Love

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A few months later..

March 17th- Wedding Day

Here I go...

I was reading over my vows in my dressing room while my hairdresser was fixing up my hair. I was shaking so bad and I was nervous. But in a good way. Not in a bad way at all. In just a couple hours, I'll be Christina Roberts.

It's crazy of how I'm not going to be Christina Alexander but that name describes who I am. My dad gave me that last name and I am so glad that I'm an Alexander but now also a Roberts.

Obviously my dad isn't walking me down the aisle so who is, you asked? I asked Mom to do the honor. Stephanie and Sophia were already my bridesmaids. Little Katie was my flower girl and she looked so adorable in her dress.

At 23 years old, I got engaged and now today is the day in beautiful Pensacola. The reason I didn't get married in Tallahassee was because Pensacola is Jason's and my home where we met and were raised.

And here's something new! I am now 3 months preggo! Yes, oh my gosh. It's actually happening and it's happening pretty fast. We told the news at our engagement party in Tallahassee.

Now I can't believe that I'm going to be a wife and a mother soon. Everything is just happening so fast. I just graduated and got my Bachelor's degree last year in June and now I'm going to be a mom. Katie is going to be a big cousin soon.

Oh my gosh!

The wedding music started playing and I had so much on my mind right now. But my mom grabbed my arm and we walked down the aisle. And the setting was perfect and the weather was nice and cool. 78 degrees outside. We can breathe!

I saw Jason's face starting to tear up and so did Sophia's. Emotionally people. But I saw everyone and everyone was smiling and staring at my dress. I had a ballgown on which I didn't plan on getting but I just looked like a princess. Jason's princess.

Jason walked down and hugged my mom and we grabbed my hand and we walked back up to our minister. I then handed my flowers to Stephanie. Our minister then said what he had to say.

I have to say, this part of the wedding goes by pretty darn fast. Within probably 20 minutes, we got to our vows. Of course I had to start. Immediately, I started to cry tears of joy.

"Jason, we met almost 11 years ago. You are the most beautiful, smart, and generous person I have ever known, and I promise always to respect you. With kindness, unselfishness, and trust, I will work by your side to create a wonderful life together. I love you. You are my best friend. Today I give myself to you in marriage. I promise to encourage and inspire you, to laugh with you, and to comfort you in times of sorrow and struggle. I promise to love you in good times and in bad, when life seems easy and when it seems hard, when our love is simple, and when it is an effort. I promise to cherish you and to always hold you in the highest regard. These things I give to you today, and all the days of our life. I promise to love and care for you and I will try in every way to be worthy of your love. I will always be honest with you, kind, patient, and forgiving. But most of all, I promise to be a true and loyal friend to you. I love you."

He then really, really teared up and I think I just finally told him exactly how I felt about him. But then he said this.

"Christina, from the moment I first saw you, I knew you were the one with whom I wanted to share my life. Your beauty, heart, and mind inspire me to be the best person I can be. I promise to love you for eternity, respecting you, honoring you, being faithful to you, and sharing my life with you. I promise to love you without reservation, comfort you in times of distress, encourage you to achieve all of your goals, laugh with you and cry with you, grow with you in mind, and spirit, always be open and honest with you, and cherish you for as long as we both shall live today. Together we will create a home, becoming a part of one another. I vow to help create a life that we can cherish, inspiring your love for me and mine for you. I vow to be honest, caring and truthful, to love you as you are and not as I want you to be, and to grow old by your side as your love and best friend. You made me a better man. When I saw you again at Starbucks, I honestly fell in love with you and I'm just the happiest guy in the world. I love you so much."