At last, Connor is taking a nap and I am FINALLY uploading pictures and videos from this wonderful event. Let me start off by saying that Lara and her mother, the Weems family and anyone else involved thought of absolutely everything and the whole weekend was a lot of fun....every detail was perfect. :)
Mr. & Mrs. Nealon were coming to the wedding as well, so we all piled into Brian's company car (thank you J&J) and headed for Philadelphia on Friday morning, November 14th. If I am remembering correctly, it took us a little over 7 hours to get there and Connor was a champ. We were a little cramped in the back seat with 2 adults and a pretty big car seat, but Leslie and I were able to keep him happy and entertained the whole time (thanks to rattles, musical things, and a little Baby Einstein on my laptop!). He was a little trooper the whole weekend, but I am especially thankful he was good in the car....that could have been LONG ride!
After we arrived on Friday and got settled into our hotel, the Nealons babysat while Brian and I went to a cocktail hour hosted by Mr. & Mrs. Weems that followed the rehearsal. It was fun to get to see the crew again and although we missed our little man, it was nice to have a night out without him. :) I'm also not sure how it could have happened (I blame multiple moves and having a baby) but Brian and I met Bert Bondi for the first time! Bert is Megan's husband and I feel like we've been friends for years because I've heard so much about him, but it was great to finally get to meet in person. Megan, he's a keeper (despite the whole SEC thing :)). By the way, Bert, you owe me lots of pictures from the wedding and the cookoff....I know you say people always just say they'll send pictures, but I'm waiting!Overall, the whole evening was a lot of fun, and only a precursor to the next day. I have no pictures of Lara because she was only there for a very short time...I don't blame her....she needed her beauty sleep. :)
The wedding was the following day in the afternoon. We sat in the back row with Connor in his car seat in case he decided to erupt for some reason. Thankfully he was an angel and we enjoyed the entire, beautiful wedding.
Just Married! Mr. & Mrs. Aaron Weems
I love this one because you can see Lara's beautiful dress!We killed time between the wedding and reception by driving around Philadelphia and Pat and Leslie got to see the Liberty Bell for the first time. I obviously have no photos since I was in the car with munchkin.
The reception (like the wedding) was absolutely stunning. It was held at the Rittenhouse Hotel in historic Philadelphia. There was a cocktail hour and then a beautiful dinner and dancing. The band was absolutely fantastic! (see video below) and I think it is an understatement to say that everyone had a good time. Once again, Connor came through in the clutch and was a great little baby. I think he was very entertained by all the people, lights and movement. He stayed with us through dinner and many of the reception milestones, then I took him and the Nealon's back to the hotel, then went back to the party myself. I missed some of the fun parts of the night including "It's Raining Men" that I looked forward to because of Bert's love of it, but I'm glad Brian got it on video. :)
Here are 2 videos of the fun reception. The bride and groom were so busy we weren't able to snap any of just the two of them....
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