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A/N: Here's the next chapter, chock-full of wedding day excitement! I hope you enjoy it, I'm really having fun writing it. My own wedding was nearly 6 years ago, and this is taking me down memory lane... :)

Chapter 46:

"Want me to go get the baby?" asked Mattie as the ladies returned to the hotel.

"Well" said Mac, "at least go check on her. We've got a lot more to do than the men do, so if she's doing OK with her daddy, we may just leave her there till her next feeding."

"Alright" said Mattie, and she headed towards Harm's room.

"I just love your hair, Mac" said Jen for the hundredth time.

"Thanks…again!" said Mac. "I'm really happy with everyone's hair."

"I'm gonna go see how Bud fared with the boys while I was gone" said Harriet. "I'll be back shortly."

"OK" said Mac, "we've got a little time yet before we need to start doing make-up."

Mattie was about to knock on Harm's door when she saw him step off the elevator with Ainsley. She was wrapped in a towel to where the only thing showing was her face.

"Hey"said Mattie, "been swimming, I see."

"Yeah" replied Harm, "well, we played in the water for awhile, then when she got cold I gave her to Uncle AJ and I swam about 40 laps. Your hair looks great."

"Oh, thanks, I like it too. Did she like the water?" asked Mattie, reaching out to take the baby so Harm could dig the room key out of his swim trunks.

"Oh, yeah" he answered. "She splashed and smiled, she loved it."

"Cool" said Mattie as they walked into Harm's room. "Mac just wanted me to check on her, see how you were doing."

"We're fine" said Harm, "she took a bottle right at 10:30, thankfully she didn't fight me on it at all, then we went down to the pool."

"So she'll be hungry again when?" asked Mattie.

Harm thought for a second. "Anytime now, it's been almost 3 hours."

"OK" said Mattie, "well, Mac wanted her back for the next feeding, so I guess I should just take her with me now, huh?"

"Yeah, probably be a good idea" said Harm, "that way I can shower and be ready to take her back later on."

Mattie grabbed the diaper bag. "Say bye-bye to daddy, Ainsley" she said, as she took the baby's arm and made her wave.

"Bye, precious girl" said Harm, giving her a kiss atop the head. "Thanks, Mats."

"Don't mention it" she replied. "I'll bring her back whenever Mac asks me to, OK?"

"I'll be here" he answered. Mattie carried Ainsley towards the elevators.

"There's my baby girl" said Mac as Mattie entered the room with Ainsley in tow. "How'd she do?"

"Harm said she did great" answered Mattie, setting the diaper bag in the corner. "He fed her at 10:30, said she didn't fight him over the bottle, then they went down to the pool till just a few minutes ago."

"I figured they had" said Mac with a smile, "not too many other reasons why she'd be in her swimming suit. Did she like the water?"

"He said she loved it" replied Mattie.

"That's good" said Mac, "we want her to learn to swim early on, so it's great that she already seems to love the water." Just then, the baby began to fuss and squirm.

"Hey, sweet girl" said Mac, "let's get you out of that wet suit and into a dry diaper and some comfy clothes, huh?"

"Oh, she's probably hungry, too" said Mattie as she looked at herself in the mirror, admiring her hair once more.

"Yeah" said Mac, "that's her hungry cry. I'll nurse her as soon as I get her changed."

"When are we supposed to be at the church?" asked Jen as she sat at the table in Mac's room munching on a granola bar.

"We have to be there, completely dressed and ready for pictures by 4:30" answered Mac. "We're gonna do as many pictures as we can before the wedding so that all we'll have to do afterwards are the ones Harm and I are in together."

"That's a cool idea" said Chloe, "that way everyone's not waiting 2 hours for you to get to the reception."

"That's why we're doing it that way" said Mac, "we figured it wouldn't be very nice to show up halfway through our own party, especially considering it's a New Year's Eve party and all."

"So are all the guys supposed to be there and dressed by 4:30 also?" asked Mattie.

"Yep" answered Mac over Ainsley's cries. "And they better be there!" The room door opened, and Harriet entered, a humorous look of exasperation on her face.

"Would you believe" she said, "that Jimmy threw his sneakers into the pool while we were gone?"

"He didn't!" said Jen.

"Oh, but he did" laughed Harriet. "Bud was using the blow dryer on them when I walked in. Jimmy was on the bed crying that he had to stop swimming."

"Where was little AJ in all this?" asked Mac as she sat in the chair across from Jen and started nursing Ainsley.

"He stayed in the pool" said Harriet, "his Uncle AJ watched him while Bud brought Jimmy and the soaked shoes upstairs."

"That was nice" said Jen. "Did Bud say when the guys are planning on leaving for the church?"

"No, he didn't" said Harriet, "but I reminded him again that they all have to be there and ready for pictures at 4:30."

"Good" said Mac. "I'm not worried about them making it in time, I mean there's no way Harm will let them be late!"

"Definitely not" agreed Mattie. "He was gonna shower as soon as I brought the baby back down here, and he said he'll be ready for her again whenever you want to send her that way."

"Who's responsible for getting her dressed for the wedding?" asked Chloe.

"I am" answered Mac. "I've got her dress hanging up in the same garment bag as mine."

"I assume we're waiting till the last minute to put it on her, right?" asked Harriet. "The last thing we want her to do is spit up all down the front of it!"

"Oh yes" said Mac, "we're not putting her into that dress until minutes before the pictures!"

"When did you say we need to start our make-up?" asked Mattie.

"Well" said Mac, "do we want to do that here or do we want to wait and just do everything at the church?"

"I say church" said Mattie.

"Yeah, church" agreed Chloe.

"OK" said Mac, "well then, we'll need to pack everything up and be over there no later than 2:00."

"Um, Mac" said Jen.

"Yeah?" she said as she put Ainsley up to her shoulder.

"Your internal clock must really be fried" said Jen, "because it's 8 minutes till 2:00."

"No way!" exclaimed Mac. "Wow! Um, OK then, let's gather everything up and get it downstairs. Mattie, can you take her back down to Harm, please? He's got her car seat base in the SUV, not to mention he's still got the seat itself from this morning, so he can take her to the church."

"Sure thing" said Mattie, taking her baby sister from Mac and grabbing the diaper bag on her way out the door.

"Oh, Mats!" called Mac as Mattie was halfway to the elevators. "Make sure he doesn't forget to bring her bottles and milk!"

"OK" replied Mattie.

"He's got the cooler for everything" said Mac, "just make sure he doesn't leave it here!"

"Can do" said Mattie as she stepped into the elevator. Within less than a minute, she was knocking on Harm's door.

"Hey" he said, "it's two of my three favorite girls!"

"Sorry to drop her off and run" said Mattie, shoving Ainsley into Harm's arms and dropping the diaper bag at his feet, "but Mac totally lost track of time and we've gotta leave for the church in like 3 minutes."

"Mac lost track of time?" asked Harm, not believing his ears. "She must really be nervous!"

"Oh, she is, believe me" said Mattie. "She wanted me to remind you not to forget the bottles and milk."

"I won't" assured Harm, "I've reminded myself all day not to leave without them!"

"Cool" said Mattie. "I gotta run, I'll see you at the church!"

"Love you" he said as she hurried back to the elevator.

"Love you, too" answered Mattie. She returned to Mac's room as fast as she could.

"Alright" said Mac, "everyone please grab their own dresses and whatever else they need, and meet in the lobby."

Back in Harm's room, he was having a philosophical discussion with Ainsley.

"Your mommy's pretty nervous about today" he said as he sat with her on the bed. "Yeah, don't tell anyone, but daddy's pretty nervous, too. Yeah, he is. I mean, your mommy is gonna look so beautiful - not that she doesn't always of course - but today she'll be extra beautiful and so will you. Yes you will, baby girl. Everybody says you look like me, but tonight you'll look much more like mommy, all dolled up in your pretty dress. Daddy's gonna try not to cry, but between you and your mommy, I don't think I stand much of a chance, what do you think?"

Ainsley looked at her daddy and smiled.

"That's what I thought." laughed Harm as he lifted his daughter up and blew a raspberry on her tummy.

A/N: We're getting closer to the wedding - can you feel the excitement:)