Time to pop bottles 🍾🥂

I was dog sitting for my bridesmaid Jen Nichols in March 2017 when Rochester was hit with a terrible windstorm that took the power out. The circumstance had me scrolling through the dating apps, and I was also trying to recruit guys to play on our summer league softball team, so I created a couple accounts. I met a Dave (not best man) through one of them, and he asked me to play on his softball team for Friday nights. About the third week in of the league, I met Eddie. He showed up late because he went to the wrong field at first. I had to take his spot in the batting lineup (probably for the best). I had my eye on this cutie of a pitcher the whole game that I also wanted to recruit for my Wednesday league. After the game, we all went to Noonans for food and drinks. I took a video of Eddie sharing a shot and he asked me to send it to him, which was his way of getting my number. He asked me to be his dart partner and overall that night we hit it off. We spoke every day since. Our first year we learned a lot about each other. I found out Eddie hated country music so much he told me I couldn’t even pay him to ever go to a country concert with me and Eddie quickly learned about my serious obsession with Harry Potter. Our second and third year we survired and grew as a couple through the police academy and long distance. I think I knew I sealed the deal with Eddie when he agreed to go to Myrtle Beach SC for a 4 day country music festival in June of 2019. Late 2019 I moved back to Rochester, we bought a house together, and got our furbaby Kovi that is the light of our lives. On Decemeber 5, 2020 we were taking photos with Kovi for our holiday cards. During the shoot Eddie dropped to one knee and asked me to marry him. I was in complete shock. It was the easiest decision of my life but I couldn’t say anything outloud I was so suprised. Eddie had to say “well, will you?” to snap me out of it. It was a moment I will never forget and beyond anything I imagined!

Bobbi Jean and I met on the softball field in 2017. I accidentally went to the wrong field that day so I was late to our first game playing together. I remember being impressed with how well Bobbi Jean played that day. After the game we went to a bar with the rest of the team, where I was able to put in some work. Bobbi Jean took a video of us drinking, so like any smart guy would do, I asked the cute girl to send me the video so I'd have her number. I didn't actually want the video, but, ya know... We then played darts together and she wasn't good, but I didn't care, I had her number and that's all that mattered. She quickly recruited me for her Wednesday team, in which we won the championship that year. We've grown to love each other more and more over the last few years. It took some adjusting, but we have continued to grow together. Who would've thought a small town country girl from upstate NY would meet some Yonkers kid and fall in love one day. I knew for quite sometime I was going to ask her to marry me. I went and ordered the ring and finally got it back from the jeweler on Friday December 4th. Bobbi Jean had been wanting to have Christmas photos taken for our yearly corny Christmas cards, but I was putting it off hoping I could propose to her during the shoot. I mentioned to her on the Friday after I got the ring that we should have the photos done. Little did I know, she would have the shoot scheduled for Saturday morning. That night I called my best man Dave, he did a shot over Facetime with me, wished me luck, and the rest is history.