Today Was A Fairytale

Two years ago today, I was toasting champagne with my bridesmaids and putting on my wedding dress. I was readying myself to make the most important walk of my life. Months of preparation and 50 wedding dresses later, it was finally my big day. Surprisingly enough, I was not nervous at all. It was confirmed that all the groomsmen were alive and mostly sober and there was no sight of rain...my biggest concerns were over.

Jared and I were married at 5:30 on May 16, 2009 at the Dow Museum in Saint Augustine. Our reception was in the Flagler Ballroom of the Casa Monica Hotel in St. Augustine. Everything was perfect and I could not have been happier. The next few hours flew by, but luckily my photographer knows me too well and took an amazing 1300 pictures. As we celebrate our 2 year anniversary today, here's a look back at my favorite pictures from our wedding...

My beautiful bridesmaids

After trying on 50+ wedding dresses in all of NE Florida and SE Georgia, I finally found the perfect dress at Wedding Angels Boutique in Atlanta

Putting on the veil...team effort

The groomsmen 

Getting ready with mommy watching :)

My grandmother's diamond and my great grandmother's wedding band

  Jared and I dying laughing because my dad was crying hysterically

The Dow Museum of Historic Homes 

 High-fiving my husband...and then kissing him :) 

Our wedding wine from San Sebastian Winery in St. Augustine 

The kids in our wedding party...precious :)

The wedding party

My favorite picture...this is the wedding portrait that hangs in our house

Bridesmaids

Groomsmen

Watching our first dance

Although this is a hideous picture of me, it was the first time on cried at our wedding...dancing with my daddy

The reflection in the mirror of them dancing...this is my favorite picture of Jared and his mom

My brother making a speech...aka: my mom and I holding our breath :)

With my brother and sister-in-law

The cake with a Precious Moments topper and a GIANT bow of course :)

So inappropriate... 

Casey's Maid of Honor speech...aka: her and Jared making fun of me 

Phi Mu love 

Kappa Sigma 

Our grand exit

Riding away in our horse drawn carriage

Well now it's two years later and we're still going strong! There isn't a single moment from our wedding or our first two years of marriage that I would change. Since I always love to steal cliche lines from Taylor Swift, that day was a fairytale and so has been everyday after it. 

Everyone knows that I love a good tradition, so we have decided to abide by the traditional wedding anniversary gifts each year. The gift for the 2nd wedding anniversary is cotton, so I can't wait to see what I am going to get made from cotton today! See if you can guess what it is going to be :)