The Proposal- Her View

It was my birthday eve, December 3, 2012. I had planned a fun night out at Nasty's with our friends. At midnight I wanted to bring in my 23rd birthday at my favorite place, listening to great music, with a delicious beverage, and with my sweet friends. Sure enough that all happened! It was a great night. Some will say maybe to great of a night as I woke up with a slight headache the next morning. December 4th, my birthday morning I woke up to generous birthday wishes and Joseph asked me what I wanted for breakfast. I'm sure my answer was some type of breakfast taco. He went to HEB to grab a couple things and came back shortly after. When I heard the alarm chime as he walked in I had a random thought of "what if he put a ring in my orange juice." I had absolutely NO hints so I thought it was strange but thought nothing of it, showered and got ready for breakfast. He served breakfast with a rose, it looked great! We started eating breakfast while watching Fresh Prince of Bellaire, all I kept thinking about was the final I needed to be studying for. It was going to be my very last final of my whole college career. Joseph asked me twice are you done eating which I thought was weird but I figured maybe he just wanted to do the dishes. He then took our plates to the sink and said I'll be back....but he just went to our room lol... another weird moment. He came back seemed a little jittery. I was sitting on the floor and he was sitting on the couch and said "I love you babe, Happy Birthday" I said "Thank you and thank you for breakfast." He then began to tell me how much I meant to him and Jordynn and how he loves my family and how he appreciated how we all accepted them both. I got nervous because I thought he was going to leave me but I thought surely he wouldn’t do that on my birthday. You know me, assuming the worst! Then I thought wait a minute is he about to propose?!?! But I let him finish and he then said".... with all that being said..Will you marry me?"and began to get on his knee... I freaaaaked out! "Waaaaiiit!! Did you ask my dad?!?!" I said. "Yes babe, I did!" he said. With complete relief I began to shake and cry and hugged him and said "yes!!!" I had absolutely NO IDEA. NONE. I was so surprised and surprised that he kept it such a good secret. It was a morning I will never forget. It was beautiful. Just me and him.

The Proposal- His View

It started about a week prior to her birthday that I decided that I was going to propose to her on her actual birthday. I had no idea how I was going to do it. I just knew I wanted it to be personal. I started contacting all of her friends letting them know my plan and they were very excited, as I was. I'll never forget the day I asked her dad. I expected a long drawn out talk about my intentions with her but instead he started to tear up with joy as I told him which then made me feel even more comfortable. The night before, I couldn’t sleep because while I was excited, I was having a hard time putting the words together of how I was going to ask her. The next morning I went to get food to prepare breakfast and we then ate. I looked at her plate and noticed she was finished. I was like "Crap!!" thinking this is really about to happen. I went through everything I was initially going to say to her regarding how much I love her and proceeded to get down one knee and she gladly accepted! Greatest Day Ever!