Significant changes are the hallmark of April 2013. While this pregnancy was a surprise, it is certainly not unwelcome. The lovely mother to be (henceforth to be known as MTB) and I always knew we wanted to grow old together and have a couple kids to take care of us . ( I think it is only fair that if I change their diapers, they should be obligated to change mine.) So the news of this impending bundle of joy was not bad, but it did change the timeline of our lives. In Army parlance, our timeline has shifted left. I had a certain date in mind in which I wanted to begin our journey to rocking chairs, blue plate specials, and senility together, but this news changed that. So I shifted that date left as well.
The road to asking that question was marred with one colossal mistake. I took MTB to a jewelry store to look at rings. Somehow we ended up looking at the creme de la creme of diamonds with rings encrusted with diamonds that had their own diamonds. This did serve to give me and idea of what she wants, but did serve to set her up for disappointment when she either got a more modest diamond, or a rather large CZ. I was able locate, what I thought was a nice diamond and setting, buy it, and get it home without MTB being wiser. The plan to ask the question came next. I called her father to ask for his blessing, which he graciously granted, and set about researching ways to ask. I'll save you any disappointment and stop building the suspense now. I asked her in the kitchen of our home. I thought no other way was more appropriate. It's where our family will start and where we love to be. The best thing is, she did say yes. Without even seeing the ring first! I slid the ring on her finger, the wrong hand I will admit, and realized how lucky I am. We then went out and enjoyed a night together. We saved the Facebook announcement until the next day.
So April 2013 did bring about a few changes, but not in the plan for our life together. Just in the timeline of when it happened. I think her father put it best, "You're never ready." And it fits here perfectly. We weren't ready for a pregnancy, but we will be ready to be parents.
The road to asking that question was marred with one colossal mistake. I took MTB to a jewelry store to look at rings. Somehow we ended up looking at the creme de la creme of diamonds with rings encrusted with diamonds that had their own diamonds. This did serve to give me and idea of what she wants, but did serve to set her up for disappointment when she either got a more modest diamond, or a rather large CZ. I was able locate, what I thought was a nice diamond and setting, buy it, and get it home without MTB being wiser. The plan to ask the question came next. I called her father to ask for his blessing, which he graciously granted, and set about researching ways to ask. I'll save you any disappointment and stop building the suspense now. I asked her in the kitchen of our home. I thought no other way was more appropriate. It's where our family will start and where we love to be. The best thing is, she did say yes. Without even seeing the ring first! I slid the ring on her finger, the wrong hand I will admit, and realized how lucky I am. We then went out and enjoyed a night together. We saved the Facebook announcement until the next day.
So April 2013 did bring about a few changes, but not in the plan for our life together. Just in the timeline of when it happened. I think her father put it best, "You're never ready." And it fits here perfectly. We weren't ready for a pregnancy, but we will be ready to be parents.
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