The Bachelor alum Nick Viall and his fiancee Natalie Joy have tied the knot at her family's farm in Georgia.
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The new parents of a two-month-old daughter River Rose said, "I do," and got married on April 27 in an "ethereal, romantic" ceremony at her family's beautiful 300-acre farm outside of Savannah, People reported.
"It's a place that has always been very special to Natalie," Nick told the magazine. "When I first visited, I was struck by its expansive landscape and vibrant colors."
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The wedding festivities began with a "country-chic" welcome party on Friday, April 26.
"I figured since we're on a farm and we're in Georgia, it would be fun to really lean in and have cowboys and cowboy hats and boots and all the animals roaming around," Natalie shared of the event, which included a mechanical bull, barbecue, and cornhole game. "It's just very relaxed and fun!"
The next day, Nick and Natalie's 170 wedding guests -- including Bachelor Nation's Jared Haibon, Ben Higgins, Ashley Iaconetti, and Victoria Fuller -- hopped in vintage trolley tour busses and sipped on champagne and cocktails heading to the ceremony, which took place underneath an arch of flowers and next to a naturally-fed spring pond.
The wedding decor featured white and blue flowers, and it was certainly a fancy and formal affair, per Nick's request.
"I've always wanted to have a tuxedo black-tie event. And even though we're having it on the farm, we're doing both," Nick said. "So it's kind of like a 'Vogue on the farm' kind of vibe."
Natalie said her wedding dress gave "drama in the best possible way," and River -- who was born in February -- rested comfortably in Natalie's arms during the ceremony.
"River made me fall even more in love with Nick. I didn't even think that was possible, but it just makes you closer," Natalie gushed. "You just see this human that's both of us. And Nick is so great about everything with her."
Nick and Natalie exchanged traditional vows, after which a flock of homing pigeons were released into the sky.
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"Natalie and I very much have intertwined our life," Nick explained. "We're fully diving into us. If nothing else, this solidifies that we do everything together and thankfully enjoy doing it."
The reception then took place in a grand tent, with Natalie revealing, "We wanted it to be extremely fun -- no long speeches, no formalities. Just pure enjoyment for everyone."
Nick and Natalie's first dance was to "One and Only" by Adele, and then the party featured a champagne tower, sparklers, and confetti cannons.
Nick, a two-time The Bachelorette contestant who also appeared on Bachelor in Paradise, and Natalie, a surgical technician, welcomed River on February 2.
"Named after Natalie's great grandmother and niece... The best part of life starts now," Nick captioned a carousel of images featuring Natalie and their baby girl.
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The pair announced they were expecting their first child together in early August 2023.
"Our biggest dream came true," the pair captioned two black-and-white maternity photos as well as a sonogram image via Instagram on August 8.
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Nick and Natalie got engaged in Venice, CA, in January 2023 after three years of dating.
In July, Nick revealed he bought the lake house his grandfather had built in 1965 for his mother so that it will stay in the family.
"[This is now] the place we will make new memories with our kids [one day]. Finally home," The Bachelorette alum shared with his social-media followers.
Natalie also wrote on Nick's Instagram post, "What a JOURNEY this has been!! We will create the most beautiful memories here and our children will get to grow up enjoying the same slice of heaven their dad grew up enjoying."
Nick and Natalie have been together for over three years, and so Nick told E! News in February 2023 that the couple was "definitely anxious to get married."
"We definitely didn't get engaged to have a long engagement, so it's been great. It's exciting," he shared at the time, adding, "We just started talking about [the wedding]."
At the time, Nick and Natalie were trying to figure out where to get married.
"I don't know if our goal is to have the biggest wedding of all time. I think for us, something we've talked about is it's important to involve people who know our relationship and know us. So I think that would be kind of the driving force," Nick said, hinting that California was an option.
And Natalie chimed in, "Also convenience. We want it to be super easy. I have a lot of older, sick family members that I want to come and I don't want anyone having to fly to Mexico. I want it to be easy for everyone."
Nick and Natalie first became romantically involved in 2019 but attempted to keep their relationship private for more than a year and didn't go public until after widespread reports that they were dating surfaced in January 2021.
Nick and Natalie had been living together prior to Nick proposing marriage, and so their engagement didn't come as a big surprise to fans. The couple had openly talked about the possibility of getting married and having children together for some time.
"We're having those conversations that everyone is scared to have, but they're definitely needed," Natalie said during a joint interview with Nick on the "Call Her Daddy" podcast in June 2022.
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Nick even got emotional when talking about his strong feelings for Natalie and confessed that, for the first time in his life, he would "not be okay" if Natalie left him.
According to the former The Bachelor star, he had typically anticipated a breakup in each of his prior relationships but Natalie made him feel "so safe."
During the interview, Nick also revealed he and Natalie initially met through friends but she was the one to make the first move.
"She slid into my DMs. It was very romantic," Nick recalled with a laugh, adding that he first met her when he was with some of his friends in New York.
Nick starred on Season 21 of The Bachelor in 2017 after several prior attempts to find love on the franchise didn't work out for him.
After competing for Andi Dorfman's heart on The Bachelorette's tenth season in 2014 and finishing as the runner-up behind winner Josh Murray, Nick also appeared on Kaitlyn Bristowe's The Bachelorette season the following year.
Kaitlyn ended up giving her final rose and getting engaged to personal trainer Shawn Booth, whom she split from in November 2018 after three years of being together. (Kaitlyn just ended her second engagement to The Bachelorette 14 alum Jason Tartick in early August after splitting from Shawn in November 2018).
Nick continued his search for love on reality television following his split from Kaitlyn through a stint on Bachelor in Paradise, but when a romance with Jennifer Saviano didn't work out, ABC selected him to star on The Bachelor's 2017 season.
Nick got engaged to Vanessa Grimaldi, who worked as a special education teacher at the time, but their romance kicked off with more challenges than the average The Bachelor couple to come out of the show given Vanessa had been living in Canada and Nick preferred to stay in the United States.
Shortly after getting engaged for the first time, Nick also competed on Dancing with the Stars, which soaked up a lot of his free time and energy.
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As for Vanessa, she announced her engagement to Canadian businessman Josh Wolfe in August 2020, and the couple got married on August 2021 in their hometown of Montreal, Canada.
Vanessa and Josh welcomed their first child in October 2022.
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