Mommy Mery: outfits

Wow. It's already the last day of August, so this is another last minute blogpost.

I've been working on an exciting new project, while trying to take time for self-care and obviously still taking care of my daughter and the household full time. So it's been a lot. Busy busy.

It's also my husband's birthday month! Happy Birthday again, baby. So in honor of our wedding and his birthday I'm dedicating this post to the man of my dreams and our dream wedding day two years ago!

I hope you enjoy this little throwback as much as I do every time I look at pictures of our perfect day.

I'm trying to choose pictures that haven't been posted a quadruple times on various platforms already. Don't expect any group photo and couple shot déjà vus.

All pictures and our wedding trailer were taken by talented Arkadiusz Klimek

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Location

We celebrated our destination wedding in Lagow, Poland in a beautiful old castle. The castle is being used as a hotel these days which allowed us to stay and celebrate on the premises. It is truly a magical place. The vines in the courtyard with the decorations of our choice made it feel like a midsummer night's dream. The castle is also located on a peninsula between two lakes, which makes it even dreamier to spend a long wedding weekend there.

Zamek Joannitow in Lagow, Poland

For our wedding colors we picked white, blush, navy blue and gold. To us these colors have a royal appeal and matched the castle atmosphere perfectly.

I'm inserting some pictures I used for inspiration. I obviously had multiple Pinterest boards with hundreds of pins, but this is basically what I was referencing when it came to the color scheme.

We had golden wooden numbers, as well as golden frames with pictures of us on each table.

The table numbers matched our age in the pictures. I found this adorable idea on Pinterest and just had to do it. Look at us cuties, when we were 3 years old!

All of our signs and cards were handwritten by my talented husband. Truly a man of many talents.

Getting ready with the bridesmaids

My beautiful dress is "Arlene" by Spanish bridal design house Pronovias.

The most comfortable wedding shoes I could've picked.

No one could see my shoes until I changed after midnight anyway.

In my flats I also wasn't taller than my groom - so sneaky!

Getting ready of the groom

My groom getting ready. This is one of my favorite pictures ever of him. So handsome.

This is such a great but simple flatlay idea. I love it.

And I love how we were both wearing special socks on our wedding day.

Our emotional wedding ceremony

I really loved the room our wedding ceremony took place in. The walls and ceiling are designed so intricately and give it vintage vibes but the flowers and the decorations made it look fresh and modern.

Next up: Double chins and vows.

Look at us married people.

Time for champagne and cake

I came across the concept of the "Groom's cake" and I loved it.

Since the traditional wedding cake usually depicts the bride - white, tulle, pearls, flowers - some couples have another cake, which is supposed to represent the groom. Since my husband is from Colombia he wanted a coffee cake. It looked minimalistic and most importantly it was delicious.

Dessert table aka Candy bar at our destination wedding in Poland

I still dream of all the delicious desserts on this dessert table also known as a candy bar.

We actually had this table full of cream puffs, mini pavlovas, mini tarts and cream filled golden eggs, as well as a actual candy cart with store bought candy. All the kids (and adults!) loved it!

Candy time!

Reese's cups, white chocolate Schokobons, old-fashioned Lollipops, center shocks, Hershey's kisses and vegan gummibunnies. Yummy!

A couple of group shots...

This one must be my favorite one of them all! I had to share even though everybody who knows me has seen it. I'm sorry. And we love you guys!

Uh-oh! Hehehehe

Our first dance

Will you still love me, when I'm no longer young and beautiful?

I know you will.

The only game...

The shoe game was the only game we allowed at our wedding. Solely because we find most of the wedding games inappropriate or just not fun. We believed that after spending so much time, effort and money we should be able to enjoy our day to the max and not feel awkward or weird about anything.

The game is very easy. We were asked questions and had to answer by lifting up our or our significant other's shoe. Most of the time we lifted up matching shoes, but there were a lot of laughs when we didn't. Entertaining and fun game for everyone, the couple and the guests.

Here are some examples for questions via fun squared.

And that is it for now, guys!

Maybe I'll make another wedding related post next year in August. Or I won't. We'll see.

Before you go...

Don't forget to watch our Wedding trailer!

You'll love it, I promise.

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

I really appreciate it!

I hope you enjoyed the post.

Mery

Jessi, one of my best friends, gave me a pregnancy photoshoot voucher for my birthday when I was around 3 months pregnant. We said we were going to wait until I had a huuuge baby belly to take the pictures so it's obvious I'm pregnant and it's not just a food baby! lol
When I was 32 weeks pregnant that time had come. I was SO pregnant I could stand up things on my belly. Finally pregnant enough for some pretty photos!

If you're just here for the photos and not for the tips - scroll down!

I brought couple different outfits and props.
I included a white dress and a black robe since I thought these were classy colors I would enjoy looking back on. I also picked a blush cozy sweater since I was having a girl and a red turtleneck sweater because that was my favorite thing to wear during that time (and it wasn't even from he maternity section!). The brightest outfit and a pop of unexpected color was the juicy couture track suit in vibrant pink! I used to envy all of the celebrities wearing juicy couture growing up and one of my favorite movies was and still is Mean Girls. I personally own three juicy couture track suits so I had to get my mini-me one as well!

We took the photos inside which I enjoyed and would recommend.
Taking photos outside can be a little tricky for the model, not only because of the weather but also because of the people watching you. While that's somewhat awkward in general, I feel like being pregnant makes the whole situation even more intimate and therefore more uncomfortable.

Feeling comfortable around the photographer definitely helped.
The prettiest pictures I own of myself were taken by people I like and feel good with. So consider that when choosing a photographer for your maternity photoshoot. Usually professional photographers make an effort to make you feel good and beautiful, so their photos turn out well but some don't and blame the model if she's unhappy with the outcome.

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