Once I finished my hair and makeup, it was time to head over to my bridal suite and change into my dress. My wedding coordinator, Lee, picked up my Mom, sister-in-law and me and dropped us off at the main mansion, where my suite was located.
When I got to the suite, my bridesmaids were all dressed and they looked fabulous.
They also decided to pump up the music and get the party started 
Next came probably one of the scariest moments of the day, getting my dress on.
While most brides were probably itching to get their dress on, I was petrified that it wouldn’t fit. My alterations woman had quite a hard time getting the dress to fit perfectly. There were a few stubborn pieces of lining that kept wrinkling around my stomach, of all places. It was such a fiasco to fix that it took 5 fittings and my dress wasn’t ready until a week before my wedding.
Needless to say, I was pretty traumatized by the whole ordeal and I was convinced that when I put it on I was going to hate it. But I dove right in anyway.
My bridesmaids took the dress down from our convenient chandelier hanger holder.
Then our photographer strategically placed me in front of her, making extra sure that she didn’t get a free show (not to mention the fact that my father was in the background).
After some wiggling, the dress was finally on my shoulders.
Then came, the moment of truth, time to zip it up.
And tie the bow in the back.
Then my fabulous shoes. Seriously, when else do people get on their knees to help you put your shoes on? I felt like such a brat.
And then it was time to do a lot of pulling and tugging.
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It seriously took four people to properly put my chest into place.
Then we had to get all the bottom layers to lie properly.
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But all those last minute tugs and pulls really made the dress come to life. And, most importantly of all, I wasn’t scared of my dress anymore. It actually looked really amazing, if I do say so myself. Now all I needed was my flowers.
*Unless other noted, all pictures taken by our lovely photographers, Procopio. My wedding dress was Jim Hjelm 8800*
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Follow our newlywed journey through love, laughter and happily ever after. I'm Mr. Adam's best friend, a wedding fanatic, a health food nut, a yoga fiend, an arts & crafts-ers, a DIY-er, a wannabe world traveller, a pinterest addict and a Jesus lover. I hope you enjoy our wedding/newlywed/travel/food/healthy living/crafting adventures.
