We started our New Year's Eve off with a trip to The Mantel with Emily & Nathan. Jon and I met at The Mantel exactly two years ago on New Year's Eve so the night was already headed in a special direction. For the first time since we met, I looked at the table where we sat across from each other two years ago and could actually remember feeling different about this one. I remember that famous line "When you know you know" all of a sudden making sense.
As we sat at our present day dinner we discussed taking a picture outside of the restaurant by the sign for just fun memorabilia. Shortly after this conversation I went to the restroom, at this time Jon let Emily and Nathan in on the plan---to propose after dinner! I return, and thinking back now, no one seemed to be withholding any secrets. Kudos to our parents and friends for their poker faces!
Towards the end of dinner I ask Jon if he'd like to finish the rest of my steak---he replied "No"...very rare answer. His stomach was being weird and we all blamed it on the dirty martinis so I didn't think anything of it.
As we made our way outside to hail a cab (weird to say in Oklahoma) and to take our picture in front of the sign at The Mantel, Luke and Lacy coincidentally just finished their dinner at Nonna's and were heading over to greet us. I'm standing in front of the restaurant waiting impatiently in the cold to get our picture taken, Lacy hops in a photo with me with the question "Are you engaged?!" She asked this about 30 seconds before Jon stepped in for a picture with the line "There's something on my shoe..." as he knelt down on one knee; much to my surprise there wasn't anything on his shoe, but there was something in a box and it came with the line, "Will you marry me?" Never have I ever been happier about one person and four words. The ring is really special too. It was Jon's mom's first ring from his dad...how neat is that?!
I'm not a very expressive person when it comes to explaining how I feel about someone, it's just something I haven't tampered with enough to get comfortable with. I will say when Jon and I first met my mom asked, "Where do you see this going?" and my response was, "I don't see it ending." I'm happy to say my prediction was right.
We went on to celebrate the New Year and the new engagement with great friends and family at our home.
Happy 2013 Everyone, stay tuned for our wedding plans!
