Wedding Day

Covenant Presbyterian Church

Ceremony

The Bell Tower

Reception

Our Wedding

Blair & I’s first time locking eyes was after Matt & Rachel Bolton’s wedding. I was holding a 40 ounce Budweiser & Blair was looking mighty fine. I kept trying to flirt & get to know her better that night but she was trying to play it cool and basically left it as if “if this is truly a thing, we’ll see each other in Nashville”. Quite strong self control in my woman. Meanwhile, I left Raifords in a sketchy Uber driver van that lent me $20 cash to eat Taco Bell that night BUT the ground had been laid. After months of getting familiar with my new town of Nashville & having great conversations each time I saw Blair - I finally mustered up the strength to ask her out in the kitchen of John Pettit’s home. She said yes and the rest is… Not history.. We went on dates for 3 months in which Blair really made me #work & I didn’t know fully if she liked me at times. But alas on August 14th after spending a night at Neighbors & enjoying our mutual friend’s, (Jayne Garber)company - I finally convinced Blair that she wouldn’t know if she’d be able to marry me unless we dated first. This was on Sunday (which is big day of our relationship) and we went to the 5pm Midtown 12S service after with both excitement and a little nerves! Fast forward a few months & I tell Blair I love her, which may have been quick but I had known for quite some time + I really wanted to beat her to the punch to show her what she meant to me. She didn’t know this until later, but before we even started dating I called Blair, “Blair Baird” when I was talking about her to my former roommate Phillip and walking up the rickety steps of 3515 Gen Hood Trail (RIP). This is important because when Blair told me she loved me (a month or so after I told her) on a SUNDAY, I couldn’t hold it in and blurted out “Blair BAIRD”, which was certainly not taken well at the time & probably made her question my self awareness. BUT we did get over that hurdle & plenty of others & now we are getting married in almost exactly 4 months in a beautiful church with our best friends & family & we cannot wait to celebrate with you all! Thanks for reading this far - we’ll see ya out on the dance floor 😎

Our Story

Photos

John Mark Baird

Madding McFadden Hudson

John Abraham

Casey Smith Ward

Matt Benton

Abby Atkins

Wirt Dunbar

Macey Baird Benton

Baxter Elliott

Tessa Berner

Franklin Garstin

Rachel Halford Bolton

Jack Luckie

Jayne-Stuart Garber

Lawrence Martin

Sarah Gorham Johnson

Charles McEuen

Anne Russell Lancaster

Jackson McFadden

Margo Macey

Will McFadden

Betsy Baird Martin

Wade Meena

Meredith Martineau

Matthew Oellerich

Mary Denton McFadden

Josh Peaster

Jane Morrison

Toler Presley

Weldon Saunders Wilfong

Hayes Riser

Robert Tramel

Wedding Party

Things to know!

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Hampton Inn & Suites Nashville- Downtown

5 minute walk from the Bell Tower &amp; 5ish minute walk to Broadway!

Hyatt Centric Downtown Nashville

Travel

Our favorite spot for breakfast tacos!

Ladybird Taco

Richard's favorite spot downtown :)

Robert's Western World

If you want to learn something this weekend, this is a great activity downtown!

Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

If you are staying downtown, you can walk to Fifth + Broadway for shopping, food, and live music!The campanelle pasta at Sixty Vines is our favorite!

Blair & Richard

Blair & Richard

Travel

Hampton Inn & Suites Nashville- Downtown

Hyatt Centric Downtown Nashville