Engagement

With a baby on the way, lets say that our wedding planning began prematurely! We had already had many discussions, fights, compromises, and changes of plan before an engagement even happened. I honestly wasn't expecting one, and wasn't even sure that I would have an engagement ring before we married! However, it wasn't an issue. We both knew since day 1 that "forever" was our future, so marriage had been a discussion and a plan since we were even officially "boyfriend and girlfriend".  Anyway, I was definitely surprised when the engagement happened.

Todd had planned it out all so well, that I had no clue what was going on. I usually read into everything more than I should, so I had always assumed that I would at least know when it was coming, even if I didn't know exactly how. He had told me that Summer, a friend and co-worker of his, had wanted to go to this Pumpkin Patch and he thought it would be fun to go too. Knowing I am like a 5 year old, this was a good plan, because I was overly excited about a pumpkin patch. Summer is also a child at heart, so this "thought" of her wanting to go worked well!

He had let my two best friends, Trish and Meg, in on his plan, but to get them to go, I had to "invite" them so I wouldn't get suspicious. Trish texted me inviting us to lunch that Sunday. I knew we were planning on going to the Pumpkin Patch with Summer, so I just invited Trish and Meg along, since I wasn't able to make it to lunch that day. Ha! Little did I know...

Sunday, October 30th, Todd, Summer, Meg, Trish, and another great friend, Jamey, and I, loaded into Jamey's car and took off to the Pumpkin Patch. Thirty minutes later, we arrived just in time to catch the train that takes everyone to the Pumpkin Patch. This was pretty cool. I have always wanted to ride a real passenger train, and this was exactly what it was! A fifteen minute train ride, deep into the woods, led us to the Pumpkin Patch, small corn maze, and hay ride. Once we unloaded from the train, Todd pointed to a small area, separated from everything else, that had hay stacks with pumpkins sitting on top the hay, and said it would be a good idea to go over there take pictures. I agreed and we began walking that way. I, as curious as can be, was looking all around at everything, and paying no attention to where we were going. Of course, I didn't know I needed to be paying attention. Eventually, Todd's impatience got the best of him, and he started pushing me toward the hay and pumpkins. I guess I still wasn't paying enough attention, because Todd then asked me what the pumpkins said. This caught my attention as pumpkins aren't supposed to "say" anything, so I walked a little closer to read what was carved in them. "Will You Marry Me?" In utter shock, I gasped, threw my hands over my mouth, and flung myself around to see Todd on one knee, my friends taking pictures, and Summer with a video camera. I could not tell you what Todd said, but it was something along the lines of spending our lives together, and him holding a gorgeous ring out towards me. Of course I said yes and did a happy dance, which is on video. Embarrassing! Anyway, an older man came up to us and already knew what was happening. He congratulated me and told me how Todd had planned this out and called about setting it up. He then took a megaphone and announced to everyone at the pumpkin patch that we were now engaged, which led to many congratulations!

Boy, I was so surprised, and so extremely happy, and so proud of him for pulling this off! It was finally beginning to seem real and all the hectic wedding planning didn't matter anymore. I was ready to just get this finalization done and begin our lives together as husband and wife.

-Emma