We’re getting married!

Amanda is very excited to officially join the Blankenship family. She will not, however, be changing her last name.

We will be turning the bridal suite into a nursing room once Amanda and company finish prepping for the big day! Please feel free to utilize this room for nursing your babes or pumping. There is also a fridge and microwave available for use.

Amanda and Mike met on Tinder! After back and forth texting, a meeting in the fall 2017 never happened. No feelings hurt. Mike texted Amanda in November to let her know he was doing a yoga challenge and thought of her. They haven't stopped texting since. After a few weeks of schedule conflicts, Mike and Amanda finally went on their first date: The Nutcracker Ballet in Uptown Charlotte on December 23rd. Amanda's fancy dress and heels met Mike's clean cut suit and she knew, at the close of the evening, that she had gone on the last first date of her life. She wasn't wrong.

Mike, always one for thoughtful gifts and presentations of his love, had several ideas for his proposal to Amanda. Maybe proposing at the Durham Bulls stadium? Maybe looping in her Grandmother with the help of her cousin? Maybe including her best friend? When he did propose, he opted for something much more simple. He'd called his parents to let them know he was going to propose. Amanda had told him not to ask anyone for her hand in marriage. No longer waiting for the "perfect" moment or flawless proposal, he got down on one knee in his music room. Next to the forever dying ficus and Shiloh. And asked Amanda to marry him. It was perfect in it's simplicity. In the home they have shared and built together. In a place they can see and revisit every single day.