We are Leo & Vanessa, married March 14, 2009 on a gorgeous sunny day in Orlando, FL.
Leo is a consultant and is from Albany, NY. Vanessa is a fashion designer and is from Orlando, FL.
We currently reside in NYC. We live in Hell's kitchen, home to some really good restaurants!
I love this photo that was taken in Costa Rica, because it shows how, even when we first started dating, we were always looking towards the future together.
Our wedding day was not perfect, by any definition of the word... but we had so many beautiful moments that made it funny, precious, and endearing.
That day, as I started walking down the aisle with my dad, he turns to me and says "Vanessa, I will be strong for you, because I'm your dad." In a way it was like his final duty as my parent, and it really tugged on my heartstrings. That walk down the aisle- boy was it hard. But I put on a stoic, smiling face and overcompensated with some serious pageant waves and silent hellos to our guests. (It's pretty hilarious watching our wedding video with these antics.) Then *boom* we get to the end, to the altar, and I caught a glimpse of Leo's sweet face and it hit me like a ton of bricks. I had to lay my head on my dad's arm and ball my eyes out as the gorgeous organ music finished playing. THAT was the longest and hardest walk of my life.
Once we got to the reception, as we completed our first dance and the DJ invited the guests to join us on the dance floor, there was no space around us to move, but in Leo's arms, it felt like we were the only two people in the room. It was an amazing feeling.