We met one random night at The Nutty Irishman in Farmingdale, NY (surprise, surprise). Thankfully, we still had just enough common sense to follow each other on social media. That paired with a conversation about a particular pink cat shirt turned into a lot of back and forth while Chris was at a wedding in the Dominican Republic (racking up an expensive phone bill). We talked through text messages for almost a month before we would see each other again.
Chris who can normally hold a conversation with anyone has never fumbled over his words the way he did when he was down on one knee. We were at home, Layla asked me to go upstairs into her room and there Chris was behind her door with a ring. Layla also got a special piece of jewelry that night - a necklace from Chris with three hearts to symbolize the three of us. 4 days later - we found out I was pregnant. It was a big week for us!