A stepmom surprised her husband on their wedding day by dedicating vows to his son while the three stood on the altar.
Andi Taylor, from Boynton Beach, Florida, met her now-husband, Johnny, in 2018, and after a first date, Johnny was adamant Andi was someone he could see his future with.
That meant his son, Little Johnny, needed to meet her, too, so the trio went out to a Cheesecake Factory, which started with the younger Johnny, then aged four, sitting on his dad’s side of the booth before moving next to Andi before the end of the evening.
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This gesture perfectly encapsulated how Andi and Johnny’s relationship started and continued to flourish, and Johnny was right by his father’s side when he proposed in 2020, holding a sign that read, “Will you marry my dad?”
From that moment, Little Johnny said “we” every time he was referring to the wedding, and so Andi knew she wanted to include a loving gesture to him on the big day.
Few people knew what Andi had planned, but on the day itself, she read out her vows and started explaining how the wedding was not just “mine and daddy’s day, but our day.”
As Andi went on, she explained how she had never met someone with a bigger heart than the younger Johnny, who had welcomed her with open arms and always shown her so much love.
The loving gesture caused Johnny, his dad, and guests to all burst into tears, and Andi then said she would always support the youngster and love him, too, and not just his dad.
Andi shared a video of the moment, which took place on April 9, 2022, when Johnny was eight, on social media a few years later.
She said: “I had only told a handful of people that I was writing vows to little Johnny.
“It truly caught everyone off guard and at that point in the ceremony; I don’t think there was a dry eye to be seen.
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“Our friends and family still talk about it to this day.
“It was really so special, and that moment truly holds a special moment in my heart.
“The first time I met little Johnny, I met them both at Cheesecake Factory in Boca Raton.
“In Johnny’s vows, he tells the story of how at the beginning of the night little Johnny was next to him on his side of the booth but by the end of our date, he was right next to me.
“We instantly had a bond and from that point on, we’ve never looked back.”
