Real New York Wedding | Allie + Steve at The Plaza {Part I}

We just love a great love story here at Merci New York, and Allie and Steve's certainly takes the cake. In fact, we love it so much that we had to split their wedding into two features {you'll understand why once you hear Allie's story in its entirety}... But for now, here's Part I.
From the Bride: Steve and I met as passengers on a plane a little over three years before we got engaged. He is my very best friend and I know I am biased, but he has to be the easiest man to fall in love with. Steve is a helicopter pilot for the National Guard, so the possibility of his deployment loomed over us during our initial stage of wedding planning. Sure enough, months after our engagement, he was given his orders to deploy over to Iraq for 1 year. After much thought, we decided to “break up” the deployment by getting married over his two-week leave home.
I picked Steve up from Laguardia two days before our wedding. It was the first time I have cried from being overwhelmingly happy... We were staying at The Plaza for the weekend so had a nice venue to get ready for the big day in.
These pictures capture the start of our big day...

Be sure to tune in tomorrow for more of Allie's story, and details from their gorgeous wedding celebration at the Central Park Boathouse.

Photos courtesy Solar Photographers