Wedding Blog

On May 19th, my fiance decided to make dinner reservations for us to “just have a fun night out and enjoy ourselves” - I think is how he phrased it in an email to me. After work on Friday, I got home a little while before him and when he arrived, we left for dinner. We started our way down 16th Street, heading west, toward 7th Avenue; we always stop in front of my old apartment building, 125 West 16th Street, where we had our first kiss and say “first kiss” and kiss each other, to commemorate it. This time it was just a little different.

He hesitated a second after we kissed and grabbed my hand, looked into my eyes and told me how he wanted to spend the rest of his life with me, how much he loved me and got down on one knee, then asked me “Will You marry Me?”

My heart was racing and I was thinking to myself “I can’t believe it’s here, this is the moment I’ve been thinking about all my life and its actually happening”. The excitement was overwhelming, but I managed to say “Of course, I will marry you” and grabbed him up from the ground to kiss and hug. He placed the ring on my hand. The next few minutes are a little blurry, but I remembered a failed attempt to get ahold of my mom and lots of kissing, hugging, giggling and smiling while we headed toward the restaurant.

We arrived at The Place a little early and he suggested we ¯¬?nd a bench or stoop to sit for a bit and hang out. I noticed him looking across the street and a man who started walking our way. My fiance said this was a friend of his and the closer he came, the more I began to notice this camera around his neck. My fiance introduced me to “Jeff” and told me that he had been following us from the time we left our apartment, photographing the entire time! I was in total disbelief because I didn’t notice him for nearly 20 minutes - I was in such a daze. It was amazing, and personal and everything I imagined. I am the happiest girl in the world and we are both so excited!!!

Kimberly