How He Proposed

Approximately 8:40 Sunday morning, October 26, 2008.

I'm lying in bed half-asleep when I hear Grant say "Look at me" in an oddly serious-type voice. So I turn to face him, and he says very seriously, "I love you." "I love you too," I reply somewhat sleepily.

Then, COMPLETELY out of left field, "I want to spend the rest of my life with you." He pulls out the ring. My eyes fix to adjust. "Are you kidding me?" I say out of complete shock. "Will you marry me?" He asks. "Yes of course I'll marry you!" And the rest is history.

Truth be told, I knew the ring was coming, I just didn't know exactly when or what it would look like. But it's perfect. .9 Ct cushion cut with 32 diamonds on the setting surrounding the main diamond and down the band. I will try to get a picture uploaded, but it's kind of difficult to photograph.

The proposal was really special to me because the first time he told me he loved me we were just lying in bed talking one night.

I guess fairytales aren't limited to storybooks.

Holy Crap I'm Engaged!

Excuse me for being crass, but there's really no other thought that comes to mind.

I still can't believe it. I was never one of those little girls that pined for Mr. Right and walking down the aisle. I've been career-minded forever, always putting marriage on the back-burner as one of those things that would happen down the road once I had the dream job. Now I'm 23 with my dream man, a sweet rock on my finger and I really couldn't be happier.

If you're ready to vomit, don't worry, I'm done with the sappy beaming bride-to-be stuff.

We plan on having a long engagement, thus this wedding blog to keep everyone on the same page (pun intended), up-to-date throughout the wait, and an outlet for me to keep sane.

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