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do you see the ring? no? me either.  it took me a few minutes to even see what he was talking about!

my proposal story!

the beau left town last thursday morning for a work conference and was supposed to be back early monday morning.  when i still hadn't heard from him at around 9:30am, i called to see what his ETA was.  he told me that his boss was sick and told him to take the day off {which wouldn't be unusual}, so he decided to stay in baltimore to do all of his christmas shopping {more options than small town, va} and would be home that afternoon.  he called that afternoon to say that his dad had wanted to have lunch, so he still had a few more presents to buy, but would definitely be home by dinner. 

he got home and brought with him this totally over-the-top christmas floral centerpiece.  he said it was for the dining room table in honor of our first home-cooked meal in our new house.  we had dinner and i got up to do the dishes.  while i was in the kitchen, he asked me to come in the dining/living room because he got me something in baltimore.  i figured it was an ornament or something.  i walked in the dining room and asked what it was and he nodded towards the centerpiece and told me that santa had it.  when i looked, he had placed the ring on the flower in front of santa's sleigh.  when i turned around, he was down on one knee and i started bawling.

it was the perfect proposal for us.  personal and private.  i was wearing running pants and a ratty long-sleeve tee, he was shaking and forgot 90% of what he planned to say.  our puppy boy was sitting there watching the whole time and it happened in front of the christmas tree.

i am we are in full-on wedding planning mode and i am loving every second of it.  i have basically had my wedding planned since i was 6, so this is way too much fun for me.  this blog is TOTALLY going to turn into a wedding blog over the next couple of months, so get excited.  thank you for all of your sweet congratulations and well wishes.  we couldn't be happier!