We've got a Latte Love: The boys

E stayed at a hotel closer to the wedding events the night before the wedding (about 40 minutes from my parents house)

So while we were on our way, Chris met the guys at the hotel to take pictures of them getting ready.

this is the best man, Alex. He and E met in college and are two peas in a pod. Shortly after our wedding, Alex moved to the east coast for law school and we both miss him!

he is handy to have around

E with his friend since jr. high, Austin. The one who got married two weeks ago

E making plans to meet for the first look, while Alex flips through my 15 page wedding packet :-)

then they took some group shots

you can't really tell in any of these pictures, but the suits are brown!

silly boys

and then they were off!

Next up, the first look!

all photos, unless otherwise noted, by Little Hands Photography

Previously, on We've got a Latte Love:

The day before the Big Day

The Rehearsal...Disaster

Getting Pretty

The Girls and the Details

ties I just gotta have

I saw these wonderful ties over at Bridechka and the Wedding, from Etsy seller, Toybreaker, and now I'm coveting.

(especially the one on the right)

Our colors: sage green and brown.

Our mood: Ok, I know, I've talked about our mood/theme enough. fairytale woods/rustic(our reception venue is surrounded in oak trees!)

doesn't this just fit perfectly?

The problem? Fi wil never approve. It's so not his style, which I guess means, it's not our wedding's style. (I'm trying to be compromising here. trying!)

*sigh*

back at it: tuxes and a good vendor review!

It's been a few days, but I had a good excuse.

FH has just been dropped off at the airport, tears wiped away as we countdown (again) til the next time we're together, and I am back at work as though my routine hadn't been altered a bit with holidays, shopping, wedding planning and, of course, quality time with FH. But it has, and I have lots of news!

We accomplished a lot this weekend, but amongst registering, DJ interviewing, pre-marital counseling, and more...





We picked out a tux, and I LOVE it.

I am really excited about this right now. Still have to decide on a color scheme for vests/ties...but we can get more specific later. The cut is classy, clean, and the pants only have on pleat (if you have seen two pleated tuxes...you will know why this is a good thing)

We stopped by Men's Wearhouse Tux, and didn't have a great experience with the salesmen there. It might have been a little bit cheaper there, but the woman who helped us at Formally Modern Tuxedo was so much more helpful, and with seven tuxes, we get two free! FH decided to be nice and split the cost with his GMs and it will come out to about $125 each guy.

There are three Chicagoland locations for Formally Modern, but I had a good experience at one of them and I would imgine they are similar at the other two locations.