Re: deposit at the bank question - update
We deposited everything all at once - we had sooo many checks and a lot of cash, and I went to the customer service desk at Chase and said I just got married and had a large amount to be deposited and asked what would be the easiest way to do this, and they brought me to a desk in the back and we did it back there so a line of people weren't backed up behind me. And we deposited over 10k and had no issue.
