09/19/2026

We met at a wedding (Gruber's wedding for those of you who know) in September 2021 at The Estate. Braden instantly fell in love with me when I went shot for shot of Jameson with him that night. As the story goes, Lori picked us up from Pub II at God knows what hour that night and brought us back to her house. Braden quickly became "sleep over boyfriend" as he would conveniently come over after my dad was sleeping and leave after he left for work. We didn't become "official" until July 2022, because I was too stubborn to allow him to be my boyfriend even though we spent every second we could with each other and basically had a dog together. 3 years later, Braden ~finally~ proposed while we were up in Chicago for the day in September. Wedding plans were put on pause after we found out we were pregnant! After Tucker James was born June 1st, 2025, wedding planning commenced. We will be getting married at the very place we met for the first time almost 5 years to the day! We cannot wait to celebrate with our most favorite people ever!!