The next
part of the story passed by so quickly. You remember that we had intentionally
hung out for the past couple of months, so when we started dating, we were both
fully in, it was wonderful. It was nice to not have to guess how he was
feeling, he would tell me or I could ask him. We were boyfriend and girlfriend,
the real deal. We could now hold hands, he could give me a real hug and even
kiss me- wooohoo!!
The game
changer happened about 4 weeks into dating. I had just gotten back from a trip
to Indy and Chris picked me up at the airport. Which by the way, I loved having
someone pick me up J After so many years of having to figure out who to
take me to the airport, taking public transportation or parking my car, it was
so nice to have someone want to pick me up. Anyways, he picked me up, I loved
it. We were back at my house just hanging out and talking. Chris got really
serious and said that he had something he wanted to tell me. He was being very
serious. I was getting a little nervous. We are sitting there and he looks into
my eyes and tells me the most precious words I had ever heard- I LOVE YOU!!!
YAYAYAYAYYA!! He had fallen for me, he loved me! I of course already knowing
that he was the one and that I loved him, said it back calmly, I love you too!
We were in love!! Since I said it so quickly back to him, he said it again and
was like you know what this means. I knew what I wanted it to mean, but I said
I didn’t b/c I didn’t want to say it meant more than what he thought. He told
me that he wanted to meet my parents, talk to my dad; he wanted to be with me
FOREVER! He chose me, he wanted me! I was elated, he was it!! I mean, yes, it
was only 4 weeks of dating but he loved me and I loved him. This was it. He was
the one I had been praying for and waiting for. I was the one he was praying
for and waiting for. God answered my prayers, it was such a sweet moment of
God’s provision and perfect timing. Chris had been praying that the next girl
he dated would be the girl that he married, which is why he waited so long to
officially start dating me. When he told me he wanted to date me, he was 90%
sure he wanted to marry me. I loved that. I loved that the guessing game was
over. God is so good and I still feel so overwhelming blessed to be married to Chris! I
am in awe of the way God works!
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Our first picture together
I called
my mom and told her, she was beyond excited. I told her that we wanted to come
down so that Chris could meet them and talk to dad. They were maybe taken back
a little bit by the quickness but they also had been praying and trusted in the
Lords timing. We booked flights to fly down a couple of weeks later.
We fly to
Orlando and the weekend was the most chaotic weekend of all time. You see, the
same weekend we were there was the same weekend my brother was bringing his
then girlfriend, now wife home to meet the family for the first time. My oldest
sister has in town with her 4 kids because her husband had mono and they didn’t
want the kids to get sick, so they came to Orlando to stay for a little bit. My
other sister started dating her now husband that weekend too- it was crazy! Plus
my parents had planned a massive memorial day party for that weekend for tons
of people. We flew into town and went to dinner right away with my parents and
oldest sister. As crazy as everything was, I was so grateful that so much of my
family got to meet Chris. Right after dinner, we pull up into the driveway and
my dad asks Chris if we want to go out and talk. The only free time to talk was
that first night. Let me tell you, knowing that you dad is talking to your
boyfriend and he is asking for permission to marry you is unreal. I was
nervous. I knew I had nothing to be nervous about but it is a big deal. Well as
you may imagine, my dad said yes. He did ask Chris if he thought he could
handle me, apparently I have a strong personality J Of course he said yes!
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| 4th of July in Charlotte |
June came
around and I had to fly out to Colorado for the whole summer. Chris had to stay
in Atlanta with his job so we did the distance bit for 2 months. Let me tell
you, it is no fun. We are both not phone people, so this was no fun at all. You
add the 2 hour time difference and our conversation were not always the best. I
would like to think that it made us stronger; I mean it really did but I was
grateful when the time did come to an end. I did get to fly back to Atlanta on 4th of July.
We went to a wedding of some friends and then drove to Charlotte so that I
could meet his whole extended family. It was such a fun weekend and so great to
spend time with his family. 4th
of July is Chris’s favorite holiday. He loves getting to be with his family and
be on the lake and I loved that I got to spend it with him! I thought that
maybe he might propose that weekend. I mean he had already asked my dad, we
both loved each other and we knew that we didn’t want to wait long. But he
didn’t ask. He did pick out and buy that weekend J
As July
rolled on, the convos continued and I was quite the impatient one. We both knew
that we were going to get engaged, we had actually set a date but still weren’t
engaged. I bought my wedding dress out in Fort Collins, CO before we were
engaged as well. Sometimes you got to switch things up. I actually did it b/c I
was with all my sisters and mom and wanted them to be a part of it. With the
dress picked out, the date set, I was just waiting for that ring to be on my
finger…..
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