The final result!

My mom did such an amazing job - I can't express how appreciative I am of her.  It was really perfect; I just wish I did her dress justice by losing some weight!  She made more than 93 bows (93 bows on the dress, others for trials), then sewed each one on by hand.  I will treasure it forever, and hopefully, my future daughter or daughter-in-law can wear it or take some part of it for their wedding dress.

These are some non-professional pictures of it.

This is not a good picture of us, but it is the only picture I have so far where I don't hate how I look in the dress.  Our ceremony was delayed... and the sun was shining in a really unflattering way in most of the pictures so far.  I'll just say it - I look around 2-3 months pregnant in most of the pictures.  Hopefully I'll have better pictures to post on my married bio!