Wedding Pickle: Leslie & Chris DC Wedding

I'm not even sure I can express how much I love DC and how I miss living so close to that fascinating city! Imagine my excitement when I see this submission and the first picture I see has the Washington Monument in the background! I am happy to feature this wedding from Documentary Associates of two lawyers in love! You are going to see so much emotion in these photos! We also get the story from the bride herself. Congrats to Leslie and Chris and for being married nearly a year. :-) Many blessings to you both!

My husband and I met as summer associates at the same law firm. We were friends and then realized our favorite part of the day was sitting next to each other at work. I thought Chris might like me when he asked me to go to a Redskins game. I knew he did when I realized it was the game against the Cowboys.

Chris had planned to propose a few weeks before my birthday in February 2010. He had originally planned take me out on a Saturday night after I had spent the whole day helping a friend pick out a wedding dress. Due the incoming blizzard, however, he had to push up the proposal because he did not know how bad the weather would be. I was having an awful day at work that Thursday, so he thought what better way to cheer me up than to propose!

He got me to leave the office a little early so that we could go have a drink at the St. Regis hotel. Afterwards, he took me home and walked our dog, Tank, and I took out my contacts and washed my face. When I came out of the bathroom, he was on one knee and had the ring on Tank's collar. Since I did not have my glasses on, I did not see it and did not realize what was happening until he asked me to marry him. His favorite part of the story is that I did not look at the ring until after we called our parents. I was so excited to marry him, what the ring looked like did not matter (although I loved it).

We got married on 12.11.10. The morning of our wedding, we were still waiting for our rings to be delivered. I started to panic but Chris had a backup plan. We would use his parents rings if ours did not arrive. Even though they were not ours, they would still be special because his parents had a wonderful marriage and since his mom had passed away, it would be a way to have her there with us. While we were able to get our rings just before the ceremony, I still wore his mom's ring the whole day.