The night before Christmas Eve we went into downtown to see the Honolulu Christmas lights - I love Christmas lights and decorations! Hopefully we can make it a tradition to bring Isabella to see them, though the crowd can be daunting; it's so easy to lose a little one in the blink of an eye.
On Christmas Eve we both worked during the day and had the night time off, so we went to Morton's Steakhouse for dinner. It was so delicious! (A little frustrating that I have this whole, can't-stuff-myself-silly-or-I-really-do-make-myself-sick thing going on - I wanted to eat so much!) We shared an enormous porterhouse steak (why not - it's two steaks in one!) with bernaise sauce, garlic mashed potatoes, asparagus with hollandaise sauce, and a molten chocolate cake a la mode for dessert. Mmmm!...
On Christmas day we both worked during the day. We went to my Mom's house for dinner when we both finally finished work, and it was fun to sit around, open presents, talk and laugh, and of course we ate dinner. We also talked about the fact that earlier, before I left for work, Alex woke up early with me to open a couple of our presents and...
He proposed!!! Alex asked me to marry him and of course I said YES! He gave me the most beautiful, sparkly, shiny diamond in a white gold (temporary) setting. (We'll choose a permanent setting and have it sized when my sausage fingers return to normal, haha!) At first I couldn't believe it! I told him I had to leave for work and he was like, "Can we just open one more present?" When I said okay, he reached into the Christmas tree and I was thinking - what the heck is he doing?! He pulled out a black jewelry box from deep among the branches and when I saw that I froze. He opened it up and said, "Babe, do you want to marry me?" I started to smile but I was so thrown off, I said, "Are you serious?"
"Yes!" he said.
"Is this for real??" I asked.
"Yes!" he said.
"Yes! Of course!" I whispered and I forget if I hugged him first or if he put the ring on my finger or if I kissed him or what happened next! It was so surreal! He said later he was waiting for me to cry but I think I was so surprised that I sort of floated away for a little while. What a bummer I had to go to work right after this - I was already late!
Of course I told my Mom right away and I also called my Dad during a lull at work. Then I told all my best friends and immediately asked my best friend Sari to be my maid of honor. I also asked my close friend Jon to be a bridesmaid, but he decided to just be a guest. Haha!
We haven't chosen a date yet, but that announcement will come. All of our friends were thrilled for us and gave us tons and tons of congratulations. And our parents and families (with the exception of one person) are excited and happy for us, of course.
It's funny, because getting married was already part of the plan, even if it wasn't official and we hadn't set a time frame yet and we weren't in a rush just because of the baby, but now that we're engaged it sure feels different. It feels more real, more committed but in a comforting way, not in a scary way. We're both still getting used to calling each other our fiance's instead of boyfriend or girlfriend. It's fun!
So..what a Christmas! What a year! New year's is coming and oh my gosh, looking back on this past year...but that's another story.
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