Wedding Blog

Matt is really wonderful about surprising me with flowers. One evening after we had been dating for a little over six months, he came by for dinner and brought a beautiful bouquet. In with the flowers was a little packet of gummy candy shaped like frogs. He told me that while he was in line waiting to pay for the flowers, he saw the frogs and decided to get them for me since he feels like he is my “frog prince and that my love turned him into a prince.” I thought it was the sweetest thing anyone had ever said to me, and after some of the “frogs” I’ve dated I was definitely happy to find my prince.

On our one year anniversary, Matt wouldn’t tell me anything about our date other than to bring stuff to spend the night. When I pushed him further he said, “You own a dress, right? bring that, too.” Hmm, not very helpful. Matt sent our friend Lisa, who introduced us, to pick me up and bring me to the surprise destination - a chic little hotel in downtown DC where we live.

When I got to the room, Matt had a beautiful bouquet waiting for me in the room. He told me that we had dinner reservations and to start getting ready. When I came out of the bathroom, there was a line of gummy frogs leading from the bathroom door up onto the bed, in a random pattern across the bedspread, and then under one of the pillows. The frogs were leading me to my present.

I pulled out a small jewelry bag thinking it was earrings to match a necklace he had given me at Christmas. Instead, it was a beautiful diamond ring. Matt got to his knees and I immediately followed getting down on my knees next to him. Then he said, “I want to spend the rest of my life with you, I want to travel the world with you, I love you. Will you marry me?”

About a minute of “Oh, my Gods” later I finally said “yes.” Then he pulled out a nice bottle of wine and we celebrated before going to dinner. (We also called our friend Lisa and I told her about the proposal. When she asked if I said yes, I told her no and asked her to come pick me up because it was really awkward. We told her the truth before she could run for the car and she’s now very excited to be a bridesmaid.)