So much has happened in the year and 2ish months we've been engaged. I don't even know where to start!! I guess I'll just start from the beginning and go from there. Plus, it will be in order for when I go back and read about all the fun things (and not so fun things. lol.) that happened during the planning process.
This blog is for family that lives on the other side of the country in California or other states and family that lives here in Wisconsin that we never get to see...It is also for friends that live close and friends that live far. The whole point of this blog is for me to keep everyone in the loop about all things wedding, if they care to know, but first and foremost, this blog is for me to get everything down so I can vent about the stressful things, brag to the world about something I found or figured out that makes me happy, and allows me to come back and remember every tiny thing about the wedding. I already have short-term memory loss, so I know I wont remember any of this stuff tomorrow ;) lol.
I posted the following blurb on facebook, but I shall put it in here too so those that haven't read my sappy "long story short, but kinda long in the end" version of Miguel and I's road to forever. I will apologize in advance...I am a very long winded talker--even if I say it'll be quick. Just know it will NEVER be quick and to the point. lol. Just know you have been warned =)
Our engagement story I wrote for Facebook on August 13, 2010--
So for those of you who know Miguel and I...you know the long torturous history between our first relationship to our current and forever into the future one, but for those of you who dont....Here's a long story short on how we became the soon-to-be Mr. and Mrs. Ninham =)
We met the spring after i turned 18 and he was almost 20. It was love at first sight =) His tongue ring and tall, dark and handsome face caught my eye immediately during our first day on the job, at Walmart-West, as part of the set-up crew for the Super Center Remodel. Our first date was kinda a fluke. lol....i was giving him a ride home and some woman gave him Gamblers tickets at the gas station so he asked me to go. =) teehee....secretly we were lusting after eachother and thank goodness for that wonderful shove from destiny otherwise who knows if we actually would have gotten together.
We then started dating March of 2003. We were inseparable!! Deceided to look at wedding rings...actually found rings that we fell in love with and wouldn't you know...a month or so later i found out i was pregnant. To us...getting prego at 19 wasnt a set back...we were THRILLED!!!! Months went by and then a tragic accident happened and Miguel's roommate and best friend died from a motorcycle accident. (RIP Joe..we miss and love you everyday!!!! xoxo!!!) Our relationship took a turn for the worst at that time and Miguel ended up moving to Milwaukee to live with family.
As the years passed after our son Noah was born, Miguel and I talked almost everyday. Both of us still loving eachother from afar but never were able to get back to eachother. He dated and I dated...but we always thought "something is missing." November of 2009 we both had become single after long term relationships and started talking all day/everyday...we were getting closer and closer than we had ever been and he started coming to visit every weekend around December.
We started ''officially'' dating February 5th, 2010 and our long distance situation changed and priorities were switched. Miguel moved up to Green Bay to be with Noah and I in April of this year (2010). He got a great job in the career he loves and things started falling into place.
In May of this year, 2010, i got sick. It started with 'sun poisoning' and quickly worked its way to an unknown condition that has only gotten worse in the last 4 months. Test after test nothing has been figured out, ive been referred to doctor after doctor and i keep getting sicker. We had talk after talk and deceided...why wait til i get better to take the next step when we dont even know IF i'll get better or WHEN i'll get better?? So we did some looking around and without me knowing, Miguel bought the ring and secretly planned with my mother. =)
He asked my mother and my sister if he could have their blessing to ask me to marry him and of course THEY SAID YES =) Wednesday night, August 11, 2010 Miguel asked me to go for our usual late night stroll around our neighborhood (we usually take a short walk with Noah after 9 at night if im feeling up to it). Holding hands, talking about how lucky we've been in the last 6 months and star gazing in the middle of the country--Miguel lead me on our walk. When we got home, after embracing under the stars for a few short minutes, he looked at me with bright, loving eyes and got down on one knee. I INSTANTLY MELTED!!!! =) He pulled the ring box out of his pocket, took my hands, and spoke sweet nothings to me about the last 8 years of our lives apart and together and about the future we both wanted. He asked if i would make him the happiest man in the world and complete him by becoming his wife ..........and OF COURSE I SAID YES =)
After slipping the ring on my finger and embracing for a long time, we went into the house to share the news with our son and my mother. As he was retelling the "how it happend" to my mother i got teary eyed as reality sunk in...the man i've loved for my entire adult life wants me forever...WOW!!...so after the hugs and congratulations, my mother tells me..."ok, now its your turn" and places a box in my hand (its the MAN ring...lol). Through fighting the tears and hysteria i asked Miguel to be my husband on bended knee and of course he made me the happiest woman alive when HE SAID YES. =)
And now here I am...still shocked when i use the word FIANCE instead of boy friend or baby daddy (LOL) and telling all of you our wonderful story of falling in love too young and in the end...well worth the time inbetween then and now that made us realize we were destined to be together. A perfect little family that will soon grow one by one =)
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR WELL WISHES AND CONGRATULATIONS!!! WE CANT TELL YOU HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE ALL OF IT =) AND THANK YOU FOR LETTING US SHARE OUR STORY OF LIFE AND UNCONDITIONAL LOVE WITH YOU =)
******LOVE...Lauren, Miguel and Noah
P.S.--i know i said long story short but i cant help but gush about our wonderful story lol...im a sucker for fairy tale romance =)My wonderful husband-to-be and I's engagement rings =)**You'll have my heart til death and beyond** =)
And that is how this all started =) I still get all teary eyed reading this and reliving the moments of that night.
Now I must go spend time with my boys =) Til we meet again...just remember one thing--"Unconditional Love Will Get You Through"
Love,
The (almost) Ninhams =)
