Intimate wedding at Ottawa City Hall: Lesia and Chase |

This intimate wedding at Ottawa City Hall was the best start to my 2018 wedding season I could have asked for. It was the perfect way to ease back into it the world of weddings. Short and sweet, but no shortage of love. It had also been a while since my last City Hall wedding, so it felt great to be back! I hadn’t yet met Lesia and Chase, so I was that awkward person in the lobby asking random men in suits if they were “Chase”. I must be watching way too much Paw Patrol with my son because I almost responded “Chase is on the case” when I finally did shake the real groom’s hand. My parents out there…you know what I’m talking about. If you don’t, your missing out.

The bride and groom along with their immediately family gathered at City Hall on a beautiful Friday afternoon to say “I do”. We gathered in the waiting area until the officiant came to find us.

Bride and groom walking into city hall before their civil ceremony groom holding the wedding bouquet as they wait for the ceremony to start mother of the bride adjusting the bride's veil bride and groom in the waiting area before their civil ceremony bride and groom and their families walking to the ceremony space

Once gathered in the tiniest room in existence (seriously, it shocks me every time that they couldn’t splurge for a bigger room with a window or something!), everyone was seated while the officiant briefly explained how the ceremony would unfold. She tried to crack a few jokes to get a few smiles out of the groom who was visibly nervous. But oh so adorable.

bride and groom and their parents laughing before the wedding ceremony bride and groom holding hands before the wedding ceremony

An exchange of vows, rings and a kiss and the deal was done!

Bride and groom standing together at the alter of their civil ceremony groom putting on the bride's wedding band bride and groom first kiss bride and groom laughing after wedding ceremony bride and groom walking together with arms interlaced

I love this photo. One: the groom has looped his arm through his wife’s arm. Adorable. Two: I only noticed this after, but he’s fiddling with his wedding ring which I see almost instantly after every ceremony but it happens so quickly that I’m never able to snap a photo!

bride and groom laughing on the staircase as pedestrians walk up the stairs bride and groom standing underneath interesting architecture bride and groom walking up a staircase

We wandered around downtown with no real destination which is my favourite. Just looking for opportunities to stop and take a few photos. I have to say, we found some real gems!

bride and groom smiling at each other with Parliament Hill and the canal in the background bride and groom standing against shades of grey tiled wall bride and groom snuggling close bride's train blowing in the wind bride holding beautiful white and green floral bouquet bride and groom snuggling against shades of grey tiled wall bride and groom on rooftop garden Bride and groom laughing as groom holds the bouquet bride and groom walking together holding hands bride and groom cuddling together among architectural landscapes bride and groom cuddling with architecture bride and groom sitting together by the canal under the laurier bridge bride and groom kissing under the Laurier Bridge in Ottawa bride and groom holding hands in front of old loading dock bride and groom cuddling in front of old loading dock door