Rebecca & Jerry
How they met…
While working on her documentary Wet Dreams about the fountains at Las Vegas’ Bellagio Hotel and Casino, Romijn meets actor Jerry O’Connell (left) in Las Vegas. “We met Jerry at a party,” Romijn tells PEOPLE. “We told him what we were doing and he was like, ‘You’re making a documentary out of this? I want to be the boom operator!’ He was totally game.” The two stars eventually begin dating and get engaged the following year.
The wedding…
“Jerry and I couldn’t be happier.” Rebecca tells PEOPLE.
After three years of dating, Rebecca Romijn and Jerry O’Connell exchanged vows during a romantic outdoor wedding at their home outside Los Angeles. “Having the wedding at home makes it personal,” O’Connell has said of the decision to keep the ceremony simple. “It becomes more about you as a couple.” Still, the day did include the element of surprise. After a small group of family and friends—who had been invited to a “special barbecue”—were let in on the secret, the celebration of life and love began.
Romijn’s father, Jaap, escorted her down the grassy aisle. The bride paired her lace Ralph Lauren gown with a gold bracelet and chandelier earrings with multi-colored diamonds borrowed from famed jeweler Neil Lane. And her something blue? “I had a tiny blue bow sewn inside my dress,” Romijn says.
O’Connell serenaded Romijn not once but twice during the celebration. After speeches from the well-wishers, the groom got up to sing guest Vanessa Williams’s “Save the Best for Last.” The artist herself got up to finish the song.
“The wedding was about celebrating with out friends and having fun—not about being stressed”
The twins…
Appearing on the August cover of Self, Romijn expresses her desire to have a baby. “Hopefully, I’ll have children, if I’m lucky enough.” Romijn is apparently extra lucky: she and O’Connell welcome twins girls, Dolly and Charlie, on December 28, 2008.
Romijn has her hands full with twins Dolly Rebecca Rose and Charlie Tamara Tulip. But “she’s the most relaxed mom I’ve ever seen,” actress Lindsay Price, who’ll costar with Romijn in the upcoming ABC series Eastwick, tells PEOPLE. “With twins and the demanding schedule of one-hour television, she keeps her cool. She never drops a line. She’s completely present. I don’t know how she does it.”
Following in their model mom’s footsteps, Romijn’s twin girls make their debut in the June issue of InStyle. “Being a mom makes me feel whole and like I understand the meaning of life,” the actress gushes. The new mom also enjoys sharing her style sense with her daughters, saying, “I know they’re going to have a lot to say by the time they turn 2, so until then I get to dress them however I want.”
Credit: People & InStyle
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