becoming the joneses: 'Whals in the Woods: Is this Love?

Long before we got engaged Mr. Narwhal and I were driving somewhere one day and Bob Marley's Is this Love? came on. Mr. Narwhal (a huge Bob fan) said, "I want this to be our first dance song." I kind of gave him a funny look, because it was an upbeat song and we had plenty of other songs that felt like "our" songs that felt like more obvious choices. He told me he loved the message behind it and I sat back and let the lyrics sink in.

As the months led up to our engagement, and our wedding, every time the song came on I would smile and think of dancing on our wedding night. In the weeks leading up to the wedding, we had a few practice runs in the middle of our kitchen, and the way Mr. Narwhal lit up and sang along as we danced, it just made the song that much more special every time I heard it.

After our toasts were completed, GM Bro told everyone it was time for our first dance. By this point in the night, my dress was starting to get quite filthy and it was getting hard to move around in (seriously, the progression over the next few posts is humourous), but we made it work, laughing, singing and smiling as we danced our first dance as husband and wife.

All photos courtesy of Isos Photography (some cropped by me), unless otherwise noted

I wanna love you and treat you right;
I wanna love you every day and every night:
We'll be together with a roof right over our heads;
We'll share the shelter of my single bed;
We'll share the same room, yeah! - for Jah provide the bread.
Is this love - is this love - is this love -
Is this love that I'm feelin'?
Is this love - is this love - is this love -
Is this love that I'm feelin'?
I wanna know - wanna know - wanna know now!
I got to know - got to know - got to know now!

I'm willing and able,
So I throw my cards on your table!
I wanna love you - I wanna love and treat - love and treat you right;
I wanna love you every day and every night:
We'll be together, yeah! - with a roof right over our heads;
We'll share the shelter, yeah, oh now! - of my single bed;
We'll share the same room, yeah! - for Jah provide the bread.