funny story. thursday, october 14th, i left work early feeling oh so terrible. i called nick crying on my way home blubbering about how terrible i felt and i just didn't know what i was going to do about it. (i'm not very good at being sick.) this phone call was followed with a phone call to my dearest mother who promptly left work to drive an hour to go with me to the doctor and take care of me. after a couple of shots and some much needed rest i felt much better but still not 100 percent.
in the mean time, i was getting a little upset that every time i had talked to nick, he seemed much more concerned about our date friday night than how i felt. i was excited to celebrate our lucky number 7 year anniversary as well, but if i'm sick, i'm sick.
anyway. i did start feeling a lot better and friday we got to go on our date. kensey and i went to bobbi brown so sweet katie could do our makeup (for no particular reason...i had booked us appointments months before for their grand opening. complete coincidence that it happened to be the same night that i would be receiving a new piece of fabulous jewelry.) and then kensey proceeded to talk me out of getting a manicure. she thought i knew what was going on and was trying to throw me off, but i was just really in need of some nail care.
there are so many details to this story about how i could not have been more complicated about the entire night, but i'm sure most of you know these details and would rather see the pictures. (i like to look at pictures a lot more than i like to read.) so from now on only captions!
after a lovely dinner at desperado's (i've already forgotten what i ate, which makes me sad, because this blog is supposed to remember the memories that i forget) nick insisted that we go back to my house. i didn't completely understand it, but went along with it after a few annoying questions of why we weren't going to his house to see everyone. i was on the phone with alex when we were walking in the door and immediately saw flower petals (dispersed by sweet baby ava, our flower girl to be) from the doorway to the screened in porch. i think i kind of hung up on her. and i think this is when i started crying.
there were candles everywhere and the sweetest, sweetest powerpoint of all of our years together. i was still crying. the last picture was nick, on one knee, with an open ring box in his hand. i cried harder. and said yes, maybe just nodded because i'm pretty sure words weren't possible at this point. and nick just kind of sat there and maybe cried a little bit with me. (if i'm telling the story, he did. if he's telling the story, he would probably leave that part out. he would probably leave lots of parts out. storytelling is not his forte.) and then i might have asked where the ring was... because i didn't see it anywhere and i needed something to seal the deal! he put my gorgeous ring on my finger and then i cried some more.
i never did really get it together after that. i cried all night, even after i had made phone calls and we were in the midst of celebrating with everyone. mom, heather, bobby, and ava had been riding around the neighborhood while all of the proposing was going on. they were in charge of setting everything up for nick. it couldn't have been more perfect!
so overwhelmed that i had to take a sit to call mom (mainly to tell her it was ok to come home.) see the mascara? i'm telling you. lots of crying. we finally made it to nick's to celebrate. kensey and chase brought over the cutest bottle of wine with a picture of nick and i on the label. always going above and beyond, that girl! at nick's we celebrated with champagne and i had another cry fest when lindsey and micah surprised me all the way from decatur!
precious heather came with cupcakes! already going above and beyond her MOH duties!
hugs for the groom
hey, flower girl!
nick and i are so, so blessed to have each other. it's been a long time coming for us, but i couldn't have been more surprised about the entire night or impressed with his thoughtfulness. everything about it was perfect. even after 7 years, i can't imagine loving anyone more or spending the rest of my life any other way than with nick.
so save the date! may 21, 2011. (by the way, save the dates are another blog post all of their own. i swear they are coming, people.)
lots has happened since this night, especially in the wedding planning department. be expecting more exciting posts to follow!
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