2 year old at wedding, need help!

For us as we will have a few youngsters around that age in the wedding we are using a friends sitter who is great. The kids love her and she will be escorting the 3 young ones all through out the day and night. Instead of by the hour we all agreed on a set amount from start to finish she will eat and dance till an hour passed bed time with the kids then head to the room with them and keep them till noon the next day. We had family offer but felt odd having them leave. For us to enjoy with family and friends it was worth the extra money.....in the big picture to the wedding cost its really pennys!

Arrange for a sitter or a friend who is willing to be Nanny for a day. I did that for my cousin who had a 1 1/2 and 2 1/2 year olds when she got married.

At the time if the wedding, my son will be 20 months and I will have a 5 month old. They will be with my mom most of the time but I'm sure passed amongst my sisters and other family members as well. Will you family like to take care of him?

That is all great advice! I have only been here in South Carolina for almost 2 years so I don't have many babysitter connections. I have one high school senior from church who has watched my son twice. I'm struggling to find someone who would be able to watch him till late but not miss out on the wedding. Most of my family is flying in from Arizona. They would love to spend time with Ryland, but I don't want to make them "babysit" on their vacation if that makes sense. Plus I don't want to make family members leave the party to take him home for bedtime. It's a really big venue and the upstairs has a kitchen. I considered bringing a portable crib and letting him sleep there since the hotel is 2 miles away from the venue. Or is that like bad parenting? He's a deep sleeper.

You can always look on care.com for a sitter. I am a nanny and they have references and background checks on there so you can feel secure. I would recommend having a sitter so that you aren't stressed that day trying to figure out what to do with him and so that none of your guests have to leave early.

My MIL is going to be in charge of our two year old. She said she doesn't want to stay out too late so she is going to take her with her back to the hotel she said around 9-10pm.

Update: I spoke to the high school senior about watching my son and said she could bring a friend. How much would you pay her and would you pay the friend something too?