Charlie at the wedding

I was worried the wedding would overwhelm C-bear. A whole day where I couldn't pay him 100% attention, where he was in a crowd of noisy strangers, where his routine was turned upside down, but I shouldn't have worried, he LOVED the day, had a blast, here's Charlie's highlights.

- Little guy held the hand of bridesmaid V and walked behind me down the aisle
- He gave his Daddy a big hug in front of all the guests whilst I was outside doing my pre-ceremony legal parts with the registrar
- He was a little noisy near the start of the ceremony, but sat with his Aunty N and snuggled up for a mini-doze whilst we were pronounced husband and wife
- Nana gave him a red robot, he loved it and didn't let it go for the whole ceremony, he still calls all robots 'Momo' after the robot doll from Show Me, Show me
- Great Uncle M took him for a long walk across the fields near the barn, cue lots of cute photos
- There were 8 under 3s, plus a 5 year old and a 9 year old, C-bear had lots of fun running around with them all
- Aunty N was his designated babysitter, but there were so many family and friends that he could pretty much run around and always have someone looking out for him
- He was good throughout the wedding breakfast, particularly enjoying the ice-cream and wafers. We bought him a wooden jigsaw to play with and it kept him busy for ages!
- All tables with kids on had pots of bubbles, so C loved watching them as they blew across the room
- The favours for the kids were mini-books, the two we gave C occupied him for about 2 mins
- When we cut the cake, he ran up to the table saying "caaaaakkke"
- All the babies loved the disco lights and had a blast running around in the hall before the first dance
- During the speeches Aunty N took him outside and put on his smart black coat, back in the warm he refused to take it off, and looked like a mini Mafioso
- During the first dance he ran up to T and I and joined us for a family hug. Everyone went 'ahhhhh' thinking it was v. cute, when T and I knew it was actually a jealousy thing, C-bear hates to see us hugging without him
- We took his pjs, dressing gown, slippers and toothbrush with us, Mum was able to get him ready for bed and everyone cooed over the cuteness of the outfit
- Mum drove him home at about 8pm, he fell fast asleep in the car and she was able to carry him to his cot without waking him. K, a family friend then watched him so Mum could return to the party