Welcome to our wedding website!

Here you'll find all the information you need regarding our August 8, 2010 wedding in Seaside, Oregon* and August 21, 2010 reception in Chicago, Illinois.

Click HERE to RSVP for the reception.
Click HERE for the reception details.
Click HERE for our gift/registry information.
Click HERE to read about how we met.
Click HERE for more photos of us :)
Click HERE to read more about Norman.
Click HERE to read more about Leila.

If you have any questions at all, please email Leila at leila.noelliste@gmail.com or call (773) 550-3587.

Enjoy,
Norman and Leila

*Our wedding ceremony will be attended by 20 of our close family and friends.

Chicago Reception Details

Our reception will be held at the historic Pleasant Home (pictured above) in Oak Park, Illinois.

Saturday August 21, 2010
3:00 p.m.
Pleasant Home
217 Home Ave.
Oak Park, Illinois

There will be plenty of street parking.

Both vegetarian and non-vegetarian hors d'oeuvres will be served.

If you are traveling from out of town and need hotel information email Norman at enbaldwin@gmail.com

RSVP for our Chicago reception

RSVP by typing your name in the comment box. Married invitees are welcome to bring spouses and unmarried invitees are welcome to bring a guest. Please notify us (again, in the comment box) if you intend to do this.

Oregon Wedding Details

Our wedding in Portland will be attended by 20 close family and friends. Here are the details:

Saturday, August 7
12:00 p.m.
Brunch at Pig N' Pancake
223 S. Hemlock
Cannon Beach, OR 97110

2:30 p.m.
Meet at Garibaldi Charters for environmental boat tour
607 Garibaldi Avenue
Garibaldi, OR 97118

Sunday, August 8
3:00 p.m.
Meet at Wayfarer Restaurant & Lounge, 1190 Pacific Drive
Cannon Beach, Oregon 97110

Walk out to ceremony location on Cannon Beach

Reception to follow at Wayfarer Restaurant & Lounge

Gift/Registry Information

We would love to own a home!

We're not registered anywhere, because we feel we have enough stuff. But it's our dream to own a home soon so we're requesting that gifts be made in one of the following ways:

1. A deposit to our housing account at Chase Bank (email Leila at leila.noelliste@gmail.com for the account and routing number)

2. A cash/check gift mailed to

Norman Baldwin

2112 S. Springfield Ave

Chicago, IL 60623

3. Cash/check at the reception

This would help us out way more than any home appliance. And we'll be sure to invite you to the house warming ;)

How we met

Us, circa 2008... Norman hasn't had locks for a while.

Through a mutual friend, on Facebook in 2007. Seriously, that's the story in a nutshell.

Together we've survived an economic recession, being laid off (both of us! but not at the same time) and subsequent brokeness, my (Leila's) crazy career change, constantly re-defining and re-evaluating who we are, losing close friends, experiencing family difficulties, death of loved ones, road tripping to Washington DC in below 0 degree weather to watch Barack Obama's inauguration, having our tires blow out at 2:00 a.m. on said road trip.

Through all of this, we have loved, laughed and learned that we work better together than alone.

And we are looking forward to spending our days together.

Norman

• Bank & credit analyst at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
• Freelance photographer
• 2006 graduate of Rutgers University, NJ
  
• Volunteer at the Young Men's Educational Network in Lawndale
  
• Proud lifelong Chicago resident