We were working at IHOP together when I met him and I had known him for a good while after working there. His name is Jayson. I had just gotten out of a relationship and he just randomly asked me for my number and I gave it to him. So naturally we just started talking. Things moved pretty fast for us. Including our daughter. No, she wasn’t planned. NEVER a mistake. She was our little surprise. The end of 2014 is when we found out about her. I knew something was off so I went to get checked and sure enough I had a positive pregnancy test. Was I happy? Yes. Was I scared? Of course. My pregnancy with her was healthy with no complications. I couldn’t complain. I craved chicken, SO MUCH CHICKEN! Then August 2015 came around, her due date. Every day in August I was impatiently awaiting her arrival. August 17, 11pm I had what I thought could’ve been a contraction. 11:05pm the same thing happened again. I thought “no her due date is next week this is just Braxton hicks. I’ll be fine.” 11:10pm, another one. This time I thought “maybe it is time.” 11:15pm, another one annnnnd my water broke. That’s when I knew it was time to stop doubting. So we head to the hospital and sure enough they confirmed my water had broke. About 13 hours and 17 min later I had a beautiful, healthy 6 pound 7 oz baby girl in my hands. I had her all natural, no epidural, no pain meds. I was scared of the epidural. The only one in the delivery room with me was Jayson and all through my pregnancy I said he was the only one I wanted there. No problem in that right?
Fast forward to September 2017. My grandparents watched Lilly while Jayson and I went to Washington DC. We had fun there and seen all kinds of cool things. Then it was our last full day there and we went to the cathedral for one of our last things to see. Next thing I know he’s proposing! I’ll admit I didn’t know what to do or how to act. He didn’t do the one knee thing but he had the ring that’s how I knew. And he didn’t ask “will you marry me?” No, he said, “can I keep you forever?” I thought that was so sweet. But I was frozen. Finally I said yes! We have yet to get married, I think wedding planning scares us both! But we’ll get there. Yes we are still happy. We talk about it a lot. Just taking it day by day. Enjoying the small things.
Life Is what happens while you’re busy making plans. -Allen Saunders
