We're engaged!

Just so that it's documented here's the engagement story!

Christmas Eve I stuffed our stockings with the goodies "Santa" had left for us. I hid Mike's "real" stocking under the tree and put a bag of coal in the stocking he thought was his. I stuffed my stocking with goodies and went to bed. When I got up in the morning, I started making breakfast: a yummy quiche and a coffee cake. Mike got up while I was putting breakfast together, so I told him to go open his stocking. He found the lump of coal Santa left him! I laughed and then pointed him to his "real" stocking under the tree.

Once everything was in the oven, I went to open my stocking and then we were going to start with the other presents under the tree. Since I had put everything in my stocking, I was really sarcastic about it as I took stuff out. "Look, I got gum!" "Oooo - and some Kleenex!" Then I pulled out something that I hadn't put in the stocking. It was a small box that obviously, being a woman, contained jewelry. I had no idea what was to come next!

I put it down next to me to save for last and continued to pull stuff out of my stocking. When I was all done with the stuff that I had gotten, I turned my attention to the small burgundy box. I untied the ribbon and took the lid off the box. Inside was a small white jewelry box. I still had no idea what was coming! I thought I was getting another pair of earrings or a necklace or something. I'm sure Mike was laughing at me.

THen I opened the small white box. Inside was the most precious, beautiful ring I had ever seen. I looked down at it and then up at Mike and said, "Are you serious?" He took the box from me, got down on one knee and asked me to marry him. My response? "Oh God Yes!" And then we hugged and hugged and kissed and then hugged a little more. I kept asking him if he was serious, if he really wanted to marry me! He reassured me and then said the sweetest thing I've ever heard from him, "You are the only thing in my life that makes sense." (insert ahhhhhh's here!)

I didn't cry. I think I was too happy. I've been in shock ever since. I woke up this morning, put my ring on after my shower, and then just stared from it to my reflection in the mirror. I had to make sure it was real! Well, it is and we're getting married. There's a lot to do and so many decisions to make. It's all overwhelming, but we'll get through it and in less than a year we'll be married. I can't wait for that day to come!