From Miss to Mrs: Making it Official

Until now, the majority of my recap posts have been on the photos. And while they are pretty and fun to look at they aren't really the point of the day. Finally, here is where we get into the real meat of the wedding day, when we gathered in the dinning room to sign marriage license and ketubah.

I did write this post before the wedding, about the history of ketubot and ones we were considering ordering from Ketubah.com. For a brief explanation, a ketubah is the Jewish wedding contract, and historical what Jews used to legally become married within their religion.
I had the boy sign first since the groom was listed first on the actual marriage license. Unfortunately the bride signs first on the ketubah, and that's where the boy signed. I remember feeling proud of myself that I didn't completely freak out about it. And now every time I look at our ketubah (it's hanging in our bedroom), I can't help but smile a little.
Thankfully he managed to sign the wedding license correctly, since that was the one that was legally binding.
The I proceeded to sign as the "groom." I'm pretty sure that's what all the smiles on our bridal party in the background are about.
I have no idea what the boy is saying as I signed our license, but at least my grandmother found it amusing.
Then we had our two witness sign, the best man (above) and my MOH (below). Traditionally the witness signing the ketubah are supposed to be Jewish men, not related to the bridal couple. But since the boy isn't Jewish, and since our rabbi didn't say a word about it, we didn't give it a second through. And in general, it's really only really orthodox couples that stick to those rules.
As our rabbi started to sign my dad asked her if we were officially married. "No," she said, "Although in the Jewish religion it was official as soon as he put a ring on her finger."
Once she finished signing she continued, "But now, it's official." To which the boy responded, "Now I guess that means we can go home, right?" Here I am below, attempting to keep the boy in his seat. After all, I'm pretty sure if we left that minute we'd have a lot of upset guests to deal with.
This is probably the main reason why most couples wait until after the ceremony to sign their license. Although by signing it first, we made sure we didn't forget to do it. And traditionally the ketubah is signed either before or during the ceremony.

If you're already married, when do you sign your marriage license? And what type of mistakes have you made when signing something, similar to the one made by the "bride"?

All photos in this post courtesy of Sabree Hill Photography.
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