Engagement Story

It occured to me that I have failed to post our actual engagement story- so here it is:

For Mothers Day 2009, my fiance took me out to a really nice restaurant- Crave at the Galleria in Edina. (He is very traditional). Friends of ours (Damara and Ilana- thank you so much!) watched our son who at the time was nearly 9 months old. He proposed between dinner and dessert. He hid the ring under my napkin and hed me close my eyes. I couldn't help but wonder what was going on. Finally he told me to open my eyes- nothing on the table looked different since the ring box was hidden. He had to tell me to move my napkin and there was the blue box which I opened. Inside, nestled a beautiful marquis cut diamond ring with four round diamonds on either side of the band. I didn't say anything- I wanted to hear him say what he wanted to say.  I wanted to know that he specifically asked me to marry him and spend the rest of our lives together before throwing the ring on my own finger and saying yes.

Just then our server came up to our table and asked if we were interested in dessert. When she saw the ring she stopped talking and asked "Did he just propose?"

I told her " I think he's getting to it."

She quickly dismissed herself in embarrassment. He told me that we've been through a lot and things have continuously gone better after some hard times and he knew that he wanted to spend the rest of his life with me. I was so happy, smiling so hard my face hurt. I of course said yes.