It’s now four years since our first date. Three of these years we spent dating long distance and the forth we lived together.
It’s Freddy’s 34th birthday and we are deliberating on what to do. It falls on a Friday so we can do some really special and even travel! He says, he will pick a restaurant for us and I leave it at that!
The Wednesday before his birthday he says that he has a work trip to Harrisburg, which normally takes him the entire day and he comes back in late of night. I think noting of it. During the day I tried calling to see how he is doing with the long drive and his phone was off. He came home in the late night, and everything was perfect!
It’s Friday now and he says he will is taking me to Seven Springs, which is a winter/summer resort in the mountains, an hour away from Pittsburgh!! And I am told to wear a nice dress! 😉
And I have this brilliant idea! I know that we will be in the car for an hour so I decided that I will bring up our priorities and creating a family and he will have to listed … because well ….. he is stuck with me in the car for an hour! 😉
He called me mid day and said he is on his way home from work to pick me up! He said, he left earlier so that we can get going for our trip! I get ready, but an hour and a half passes and he is not home. I don’t think much about it, mostly because I use the entire time to pamper myself 😉and he finally comes home! We jump in his car and get on road!!! I am loving it 😉
So slowly but surely, I am chipping away from the BIG SUBJECT I’ve been wanting us to discuss for SO LONG! And he is just sitting and listening, nodding from time to time!! Things like “it’s time for us to align our goals. …. I know you want a family too … I know we are both ready … I know we want a few things to be in order before kids come, but …. we can continue to get things in order while pregnant and raising a family! That’s not going to change! …. and on and on and on!” …. 😉
We arrive to this beautiful restaurant, a little apart from the resort. And I am starting at this point! So I am explaining to him how we need to get in as quick as possible so that I can order some appetizers …. we walk towards the restaurant and there is pond with a little bridge, big red fish in the pond. Beautiful!! But I don’t care, I just want to get in, I am cold and hungry … he stops and asks me to look at how beautiful the water and pond is and …. I roll my eyes but I stop never the less … not really annoyed that he is making me wait!
And this is where I realize … life is going to change …. did I really make this happen in the car? Is he really going to propose right now? …. is it because of my speech … lol!
He falls on one knee and …. tells me that I am the best thing that ever happened to him, that he loves me and he would like to marry me ….. I feel my eyes watering! And I notice he is fully crying ….. I said yes and ….. it was so perfect!
I couldn’t believe it! I remember shaking and being so happy!!!!
We walked into the restaurant and were taken to this private area with one 3 tables! There were two couple and us. In the progress of the night, we shared that we just got engaged and the couple to the right of us shared that they were celebrating their 20 year wedding anniversary and the other couple said they were celebrating their 50 year birthday for the husband! It was special as we were all celebrating this magic day, October 8, 2010!
We retire at the hotel there, curtesy of our extended family, who all new that this was happening today and couldn’t wait for the call!! We called everyone as soon as we got to the hotel!! Then he tells me the truth!
He decided that his birthday may be a special day that he can use to do the proposal. He decides that the week before … 😉 He had no ring, so on the Wednesday before the birthday, we flies down to Miami to pic the perfect diamond 😉 then he flies back on the same day!! That’s why his phone was off the entire time I tried to call him! 🙂
Then on the day of his birthday, when he called me to tell me he is coming home early and that I should get ready, he said that we was actually at his father’s house, borrowing his father’s nice car. He was going to take it for a quick wash and vacuum, so it’s perfect for our drive! He wanted to make it super special for me. On the way back from the car wash, …. he hit someone at a stop sign! The guy was stopped at the stop sign and Freddy didn’t stop …. lol …. he explained that he was felt nervous for what was about to happen and got in a fender bender. He proceeds to call whoever they needed to call. The car went to where it was supposed to go and my hubby is back to his regular car and picking me up 😉
I can’t help but smile …. it was such a special day with so much happening in the background that I didn’t know of! But I was fully ready to plan a wedding! I was born ready!
Thankfully, Freddy’s amazing sisters helped me, or should I say, they did most of the work!! Engagement party, rehearsal dinner, wedding!!!
It rained on our weeding day, May 7, 2011! It rained on and off but … we didn’t care! It was still sunny and beautiful! We both cried at the ceremony! He was crying when my brother I were coming down the isle. He doesn’t know that I was crying way before then …. and when I saw him crying I became even more emotional! I’d like to say that the waterworks stopped there …. but it didn’t! I felt so emotional the entire 30 min of ceremony. I couldn’t stop the tears. But then again, I am know for being too emotional! The priest has to stop at one point and ask me “Are you ok!” ….. I really can’t explain it. It just felt like I was waiting my entire life for this moment right now and the tears of happiness just kept coming ….
Later on …. a few of our guest said that … they too were crying with us!
Our FIRST DANCE was very special. We had our our three nieces and their family perform live the song for our first dance, Crazier, by Taylor Swift! We had our dance choreographed … and as the music started, Freddy led me to the dance floor and as we were walking to the middle of the dance floor, like real dancer, everyone started applauding. It was so special!
And then the PARTY started and all I remember was dancing the entire night! The shoes came off and it was amazing! We did some traditional Bulgarian folk dancing as well, to honer my culture and roots and everyone participated even though most have never seen dancing like that! I even fell on butt ….. just as I am dancing, I feel I am slipping on my dress, both my feet are in the air, and the next thing I know I am on by butt in front of everyone. Quite embarrassing, right … lol! ….. In less than a second, one of Freddy’s college friends who was directly behind me, grabs my waist and picks me up like I weigh nothing and I am back up on my feet like nothing happened! And the dancing continues till the early hour!
If someone had told me when I was 17, that I will be right here, right now, dancing with this amazing man ….. I would not have believed it.
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