December 27, 2011

He Proposed :)

After dating for six years, there was no longer really a question as to if JD would propose, but only when and how! That being said, I had an idea that it was coming... especially after mom and walked I in on JD having "the talk" with my dad!

Because a proposal was expected, I was fortunate enough to be able to give input on the ring. JD and I spent the next few weeks shopping around and researching rings. After getting frustrated and overwhelmed with the whole process I told JD that I wanted nothing else to do with it and that it was all up to him! Little did I know, JD was in cohoots with Steel's Jewelry in Valdosta and working on creating a beatiful custom design to bring my dream ring to life!

Since it was right before Christmas we were planning on heading up to Atlanta. JD kept stalling and putting off going home, so I started to feel like something was up. Blame it on my over analytical girl brain, but I even developed this whole big theory that it was going to happen on Wednesday night before we went home on Thursday. I was so sure that I even told my mom and one of my closest friends in Valdosta that it would probably be happening!

Wednesday came and we made plans to go to a snazzy new restaurant in Valdosta complete with a roof top deck with a view of downtown (which conveniently overlooked the place where we had our first date!). Like I said, I was convinced this was it and he would surely propose on the roof. I went out and got a new dress, new shoes, did my hair and make up, the works. Bring on the big moment.

Well, dinner came and went. We went to the roof top deck, and we left the roof top deck. Nothing. I tried my hardest not to be devestated, and honestly thought I was doing a pretty good job. Apparently after six years JD knows me pretty well, and he called my bluff. As we drove off he asked if I thought he was going to propose at dinner. Of course I had to play cool and told him I didn't. Again, he saw right through that baloney! I immediately started texting my mom and my other friend, trying to play it cool, but secretly sad on the inside.

Fast forward about 45 minutes. We get home and I'm still getting cheer up talks from my mom and JD. This just sets me over the edge because I thought I was doing a pretty good job of holding it together. Again, clearly I wasn't! I change into my sweats and start cleaning house and doing laundry, obviously in a goopy, frustrated mood. I even curl up in the recliner, hoodie up and everything throwing one of the best pity parties the world has ever seen.

Then... it happens. JD starts his speech...

"I'm sorry tonight didn't go the way you thought it would..."

BAM! I pull a total brat move and interrupt him! I start going on and on about how I'm not upset that he didn't propose, but I'm mad that everyone thinks I'm mad, and I was trying so hard to hide it! I told him I was just so tired of waiting, and I wanted the whole thing to be over with. On and on and on, being a royal witch with a capital B!

Then... he drops to one knee....

"Well it will all be over with and you won't have to wait anymore if you just say that you'll marry me."

*Opens ring box*

I'm not even looking at him! Then it hits me what he's said. I turn to look at him, and there he is, with tears in his eyes, and he says it again.

"Will you marry me?"

I don't even realize it, but I start laughing and crying at the same time. I just couldn't believe the irony of it all. Here I was, being a total pain in the booty, and he was still asking me to marry him.

"Yes! Of course! Yes!"

We kiss. We laugh. We cry. We hug. Then all the while, our two pupsters are nose first in the ring checking it out before he even has a chance to put it on my finger. He puts it on my finger, and he says the sweetest thing he's ever said...

I didn't want to ask you at the restaurant because everyone would get to see you, and that's the side of you that the rest of the world gets to see. I knew all along I wanted to do it at home because this is the side of you that only I get to see, and that's the you that I want to spend the rest of my life with. That's the you that I want to marry!

So after all of that bratty, control freak complaining, that crazy boy still asked me to marry him. We started the phone calls to friends and family, and have been smiling ever since!

Now I know what a lot of you are thinking...

What about the ring????

Sorry everybody. You won't be seeing pictures of the ring online anytime in the future. If you want to see it you will just have to wait to see it in person. I could get up on my soap box about how the ring is not what a proposal is all about, but I'll refrain. Just know that you won't be seeing it here, on the website, Facebook, or Twitter. Sorry! You'll just have to make a point to come see me!


CELEBRATE!

Well the time is here! JD and I are officially engaged. Sound the alarms! Scream it from the mountain tops! I'm the luckiest girl in the world :)

We are currently thinking the wedding will be in November, so we have about 11 months to plan. JD and I are both very, very excited and are ready to get busy.

In today's world brides are more and more tech savvy so we will be keeping everyone updated in three different locations.

1. This blog! This will more so be my place to talk about the planning process and even give a few sneak peaks at what guests might expect to see on the big day.

2. Twitter! Follow me @Soon2BeMrsD for quick little blurbs here and there throughout the day.

3. Our official wedding website. You can visit our website for the more "official" updates and information. Please realize that the date listed on that site is NOT an official date. That is just a projected date that we put in for the time being.

Thank you in advance to everyone who will be supporting us as we go through this journey!