Daniel Bradbury has a terminal form of early onset dementia and will soon have to rely on the dozens of photos and videos taken of their magical day to jog his memory.
The 31-year-old and his new wife, Jordan, planned their wedding in just three months to ensure he could remember as much as possible.
Jordan was was concerned Daniel would forget his vows but he chose to speak from the heart – and left her with a powerful message.
She told the Mirror: "He told me to remember how he feels about me and that he will feel that way forever, even when the disease takes hold and he can't show me anymore. It was wonderful to hear those words.
“The next day we sat down and looked through all the photographs.
"If his memory starts to fade, we will have all those photographs and the video to show him how perfect our day was and how happy we were.”
Daniel said: “Everything went so fast, it was like a twilight zone, but it was the perfect day.”
Jordan added: "We had such a special and memorable day. We felt like we blinked and the day was over but we couldn’t be happier with how Dan was feeling on the day, and how supportive our family and friends were.
"A lot of them travelled from all over the UK to join us on the day and that meant a lot to Dan and I. I cried through most of my vows.
"Emotions were high and it just meant so much to me to be able to make my promises to him on this bittersweet journey."
The pair, from Nottingham, have 18-month-old twins together.
Soon, the young man will have trouble speaking and playing with them as the disease progresses and he struggles with speech and co-ordination.
Even now he cannot look after them by himself as he can't remember if they have had anything to eat or drink and can't carry them up the stairs to bed.
Yesterday the couple spoke to the Loose Women panel about his diagnosis.
He said: "I had an inkling. We did research ourselves before then but it's not good news to take onboard.
"I have found acceptance now and I'm sure Jordan has as well it is still hard."
He was diagnosed in September last year, and the couple decided to get married as soon as possible so they could both fully enjoy the day.
His disease is caused by a genetic mutation called PSEN1 inherited from his dad Adrian, who died from the condition when he was just 36 years-old.
Doctors only discovered Adrian had Alzheimer's 25 years after his death, when Daniel started showing the same symptoms.
Fewer than 600 people worldwide have been diagnosed with it.
Tragically they now know there is a 50 per cent chance the couple's twins will develop it to.
But the family plan to ensure they do as much together as possible before Daniel becomes more restricted.
They have a bucket list of things to tick off – including walking the twins to their first day of school and holidaying in Florida.
The Bradbury family and Alzheimer’s Society are urgently calling on people to unite against dementia and take part in Memory Walk – register now at memorywalk.org.uk
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