As many of you already know, on Sunday, May 11th (Mother's Day) was one of the best days of my life because Jason proposed to me. On Sunday after we left my parents house, we took the kids to get new shoes and then we started on our way to Alton to meet grandma with the kids. On our way to IL, I see Jason fidgeting with something. His mom had called me, and I told her that Jason was hiding something from me. I managed to see it was a black (or so I thought) box. Of course I had hoped there was a ring inside of it, but I was trying not to get my hopes up in case it wasn't. Later on, Jason said that he was trying to put the ring box in his pocket and he thought I'd be distracted enough talking on the phone that he could do that...but when he put the box under his leg to then move it to his left pocket, I saw it...oops.
I got off the phone and I'm asking him over and over again what the black box is. He says he doesn't have a black box and doesn't know what I'm talking about. I'm getting tears in my eyes already because I know he's trying to cover himself up and he knows that I know what's in the box. So finally, he admits to the box...but it was a dark navy blue, not black. So he's holding my hand...and (since I ruined everything!) asks me if I will marry him! I cried when I saw the box because then I knew for sure what was inside. Then I cried when I saw the ring...and I cried even more when he finally asked me. I thought I said yes, but apparently it was more of a tear-filled nod! And then he told me that he had like three different ways planned of how to ask me and present the ring and he was just playing it by ear trying to see which one would work best for the moment...and accidently, I saw the box and ruined all of his plans. I felt bad for that...however, he did say that he thought it would be perfect to ask me to marry him on Mother's Day because by saying yes, I would be a step mom to his children. I thought that was really sweet.
So I spent the rest of the trip back home calling a ton of people. I called my mom first, who I made cry accidently. When she answered, I was so excited and I'm saying, "Guess what? Guess what?" over and over again. She starts crying because I sound hysterical on the phone and she's trying to figure out what's wrong. She knew we were going to IL and then back to MO, so she figured we had gotten into an accident or something. She's crying and going, "Are you guys okay?!?" I'm like, "Yeah...we're fine!" She's going, "Then why are you screaming?" I said, "Because I'm excited!!!!" After I told her, she calmed down and was really excited for us. I then called my dad and the list went from there. When Jason called his dad, he had actually predicted that Jason and I would be engaged before summer...so that was kind of cool. His brother is in the Navy and asked us to wait until he's home so he can see everything.
Then I got on Myspace and started telling people on there and I sent an email to everyone at my church, and Jason and I received countless congrats and wishes. Everyone has been really supportive. One of the coolest things though was what my work did for us. That Monday that I got back to work, one of my co-workers, Valerie, handed me a card. It had this cute little poem in there about a congrats on your engagement. I assumed it was just from her. I opened it up and there's 17 signatures all together from people that I work with...in the pharmacy, managers, cosmetics, photo...everything. I thought it was really sweet.
When we got back to MO we went to the jeweler to see about getting my ring sized. The lady told me she'd have to send it off for a week to get sized. Jason said I looked like I was going to cry. She looked at me and asked, "Are you okay with that or do you want to hold on to it a little longer?" I said, "Well, I just got it like an hour and a half ago!" So she gave me one of those sizer things for the time being, so I could show my ring off. Finally, last Thursday night at work, I was in the drive-thru and my sizer broke. So, last Friday I took my ring in to get sized. I should have it back in a few days. I miss my ring though! For those that haven't seen pictures of it...here they are.
We've both been getting a lot of questions as to when and where our wedding will take place. The answer is...we have no idea yet! lol My mom has been driving me NUTS asking all of these questions and I don't have any answers. But I'm sure she's really excited, so I can't blame her. Right now there is a lot up in the air, so we'll let everybody know when we start figuring things out. As of now, we're both just happy and in love and enjoying this time right now. :)
Oh, one other thing that was kind of funny...Jason's step-dad John, always jokes around that if Jason doesn't marry me, he will. He thinks a lot of me. So after I called Kelly, I called John and said, "John...I just wanted to let you know that I can't marry you." He starts laughing and says, "Well I know...there are laws." LOL And I said, "Yes...but the reason I say that is because I'm marrying Jason!" Then he caught what I was getting at and it was kind of funny. After that, we went to my aunt and uncle's house for a quick visit and to show my ring off. Then we had planned on going out to eat, but we were so occupied with calling people and visiting (my mom asked us to come by the house while we were out), we weren't too concerned about where we went...and also because the restaurant we wanted to go to was already closed! Oh well...another time! :)
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