although i can’t imagine forgetting any one of the amazing weddings eileen and i have been privileged to photograph, there’s no doubt brittany and eric’s big day will stand out in our memories. what a celebration! i mean, i’m usually a little giddy on wedding days anyway — all the excitement, the nerves, the positive energy from family and friends who’ve come in support! how could you not be giddy? but this day, i was experiencing a heightened sense of emotion, and i was even more keenly aware of how much happiness brittany and eric have to look forward to as a newly married couple.

that’s because i arrived at brittany and eric’s rehearsal dinner having just driven eileen and our newborn baby, jasmine, home from the hospital. i mean just. we got our doctor to release us early; i had time to get us home, take a shower, and then bolt out the door. i was three days without sleep and never felt better in my life! (thankfully, with the help of eileen’s parents, i got a full night’s sleep before the wedding. probably more than most brides or grooms can say.)

so i spent the day basking in all the moments and details that make a wedding such a beautiful celebration of life! it was truly good for the soul, if you know what i mean. then, to top it all off, eileen showed up at the wedding reception with baby jasmine. i guess she couldn’t pass up the chance to celebrate with the newlyweds, either. especially when they are a couple like brittany and eric. along with their families, especially brittany’s mother barbara, these two have been such a blessing to us. we met randomly at a trade show, and now our daughter sleeps with the cute rag doll that these new friends sent for her first (err.. zero’th) birthday. wonderful how God occasionally allows you to cross paths with people like that in life, isn’t it?

also, many thanks to our pal alyssa alig for stepping into eileen’s shoes for this wedding. i love the shot she snagged of a dragonfly (damselfly? maybe you can tell…) on brittany’s bouquet. all the best to you, brittany and eric! oh, and about what i said before — about all you have to look forward to (partly alluding to “babies,” perhaps). NO pressure! don’t rush it!

…but i should add, you don’t know what you’re missing out on. and your parents do really deserve to enjoy some grandchildren, don’t they?? (that one’s for you, barbara. i’ll collect from you when we see you next.) 😉

very fun tradition. and the first time i actually saw it done: the bridesmaids sign the bottom of the bride’s (incredibly awesome, superman-colored) shoes. the name left least worn off at day’s end is the next bride. hmmm…

i think eric has already found his niche as a great brother-in-law. i had a great time getting to know brittany’s little brother, too. what a cool kid! he probably didn’t deserve this headlock. but what are brothers for?

the cake was delicious! but you have to see the groom’s cake. (keep an eye open. it’ll definitely be in the slideshow!) a nearly perfect facsimile of brittany and eric’s dog, molly. she couldn’t be at the wedding; but she was there in..err, cake. i did feel a little guilty eating that one, though. 😛

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