Getting ready at the charming Claridge House hotel in River North, the bride and groom spent the morning with their closest friends. They exchanged the sweetest gifts to each other. They had customized their own scents and wrote messages to each other on the bottles.

Heading to the Lincoln Park honeycomb for their first look, the sun was bright and the wind was gusty! Hayley’s cathedral veil was blowing fiercely in the wind. She eventually had to lose the veil so she could finally see her handsome groom.

Underneath the honeycomb, they said their own personal vows to each other. It’s so sweet when couples take a moment just for themselves before the ceremony. What you can say to each other in privacy can be more sentimental than what you say in front of all your guests.