On Thursday night, we went over to Uncle Neil's house for a bratwurst dinner and hanging out. David's infamous baby name game became a topic of conversation, and even though the focus of the weekend was supposed to be on the wedding, the bride reaaaaaally wanted to know the name. The game unfolded, and Dave and Cindy played over the phone too.
Friday consisted of plenty of pre wedding chores. We picked up Nico's suit from Men's Warehouse (and could he look ANY cuter, by the way!?!) and then did some shoe shopping for him. We had no idea it would take going to 6 stores to find brown shoes. We then had the rehearsal at 2 pm, followed by rehearsal dinner at Maggiano's later that night.
He was soooo proud to try on this suit. He had been talking about it for months. Brought a tear to my eye to see him looking so grown up.
Rehearsal was quick and easy. Really impressed with their venue.
At Maggiano's, it all started to feel more real that my little brother is getting married!
When they brought the family style desserts, Nico picked up the giant serving spoon and started inhaling the chocolate cake. Unexpected and pretty funny.
Wedding day started for us girls at 8 am when we met over at Hilary's house for professional hair and makeup. My mom and I felt so out of place having that much makeup on, but it ended up looking really, really good!
The guys got ready in the hotel suite. Love this picture of Ryan and my little man getting ready.
Some pre-wedding photos of the group. She made such a beautiful bride!.....
And the wedding began!!! I didn't fully keep my composure walking down the aisle. Couldn't help but get teared up out of happiness for this day (...and pregnancy hormones?!)
Cutest ring bearer ever. He was so nervous about the rings and didn't want to hold onto them until right before the wedding. Then, when he was given them just minutes before the wedding, he wouldn't take his hand out of his pocket with them. He took his job so seriously and made us so very proud. It was probably the proudest mom moment I have had thus far.
Meet Jessica Elson 2.0!!.....
A quick bridal party post wedding shot to kick off the reception!
Nico had a little buddy, Ella, that kept chasing him around. He acted like he didn't like it, but we all know that he was eating it up.
I told him that after I brushed my teeth, I would come read a bedtime story to him. In less than a minute later, this is what I found...
Successful wedding weekend.
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