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So after all that excitement…

The wedding day, as well as the weekend, was wonderful. It’s difficult to say that it met or exceeded my expectations, because truthfully it’s difficult to form expectations of the warmth, love and laughter that will surround you on your wedding day.

We can plan certain details, like who will give the second toast, and determine whether things went according to plan, like did that toast happen at 7:45 PM or 8:02 PM but as cliche as it sounds, there were more important things afoot.

While the details and logistics certainly contributed to the wedding, what stands out to me the most about our wedding weekend was the feel of it—that very loving, happy feeling intertwined with the smiling faces of our family and friends.

I was pleasantly taken off guard by how much of the happy momentum of the wedding came from our guests—not from whether I had left out enough ceremony programs or picked the right hors d’oeuvres, but rather from the sincere joy, love and good wishes that truly made the weekend what it was.

I am so thrilled that we have the lovely images below, taken by our photographer CK Hwang of 39 East Photography (talented and genuinely kind, to boot) unless otherwise noted, to help capture and remember the feel of that day.

Warning: this is long, more so than it has already been

It started with bustling preparations in the bridal suite with makeup, hairdos, bubbly and friends galore. I had invited my friends to come by for “open hours” during the morning so that we could spend some time together…

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Some of us kept cool and calm…

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Then things got kind of quiet as the people filtered out and I put on the clothes that would make me a bride…

Mr. Pug put on his final touches…

I showed him what an embarrassing amount of money and effort can do for my appearance…

And then we took some very, very important family photos…

That’s quite enough for now, yes? To be continued…

Note: As you can tell, our professional photos are in—yippee! I wanted to give you an overview of what the day was like in a few posts, and then use an innumerable number of subsequent posts to go into some of the details. Does that sound like a plan? I love asking questions of a silent audience.