I know that everyone has received a lot of advice lately and you're probably sick of hearing about peoples experiences. But, my advice is a little different than what you my typically hear. Leading up to my wedding day, I was so nervous. I was mostly afraid of crying at the ceremony in front of everyone and looking like a big baby. Let me tell you this; I cried and it was the best thing I could have done. It sounds weird,> but I was so incredibly happy that I was laughing and crying throughout the entire ceremony and the release felt wonderful. To look into my husbands eyes and give him my heart for eternity was a magical moment that you may never experience again. The vows were not just words. They were everything that defied us and we got to share it with everyone. It was the single most wonderful time in my entire life and the memory will be seared in my head forever. So, don't let your self get worked up about the ceremony. It's ok to cry and it's ok to laugh and to be silly. But just remember to BE YOURSELF! At one point a mosquito was on my dress and I had a mini freakout. Everyone laughed and it really broke the tension. This was all while I was trying to recite my vows. The entire ceremony was so true to ourselves that it touched everyone's heart and most of our guests were laughing and crying with us. It was such an amazing and beautiful experience. My second piece of advice is to delegate to your bridal party. I literally didn't have to think about a THING on my wedding day because everyone helped me in every capacity throughout. Delegate, delegate, delegate. My third piece of advice is about photos. First of all, make sure your bridal party understands the importance of being available for photos. So many times during the night we would need to get photos and our bridal party was distracted my champagne or other people that they lost focus and it was a little frustrating for the photographer. So, please stress the importance that they need to be available at all times and literally drop what they are doing and be ready to move. Also, don't let your photos consume your reception. Sure, it's all we have to remember of the day. However, it got to a point in the night where we didn't get all of the photos I wanted but I kindly told everyone that I really wanted to stop taking photos and enjoy our reception. This is the BEST move I could have done because a lot of people will leave following the cake. I would have missed out on saying hello or goodbye to about 25 people. Photos are not everything. Do not be a photo whore because a wedding is not a photo shoot. Spend as much time at your reception as possible because you can NEVER replace those memories. We had an amazing wedding day and we can look back today and remember everything being absolutely perfect. We forgot things and eerything wasn't exactly as planned but it was AMAZING nonetheless. Everyone asks me if it's everything I thought it would be and I have to say, it's so much more. I hope you enjoy these non-pro pictures of our wedding day and I wish you all the best of luck.