I have never seen a more beautiful backdrop to a wedding than the one behind my dear friend Janell as she married her college sweetheart.

I brought OBaby with me out to Oregon for the ceremony because through a series of events and never being in town at the same time, Janell had not met him yet.

He was so excited to be there.

The wedding was at a vineyard which was open to wine tasters until an hour before the wedding started. OBaby was a big fan of the excitement, all the people around to smile at, and all of the adoration he got in return.

I let him run it out for a while to get out those toddler jitters, and O My Success, did that ever work. I wore him in the silk sling for the entire ceremony and he was asleep by the vows.

It really did look like something from a movie or a wedding magazine – a perfectly cloudless day, rolling hills of grapes as far as the eye could see, tall trees granting shade to the guests’ seats, a sun setting slowly over the Oregon coastal mountains in the distance.

The only thing more beautiful than the setting was the bride.

They took their pictures before the ceremony, so the groom, Nate, waited up the aisle with his back turned to see his bride for the first time on their wedding day. The musicians were playing some wonderfully romantic chords as Janell walked up behind him. It was one of the more perfect moments I’ve ever witnessed.

Ok, so the same could be said about the entire wedding. Perfection.

I’m so glad we were able to be there to see it, and I’m so honored to have been a small part of it.

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