As college sweethearts of course we met at a room party lol. Fall 2010 My friend Chris comes to my room one day explaining to me and my maid of honor, Sequoia that his cousin and his friends were going to stop by to chill with us. We both looked with concern as to who these people are and if we should chill with them or not. A few hours later three guys show up to our room among them is a tall man with a baby face, named Hilton. After two nights of hanging out with everyone, I manage to put my number in Hilton’s phone (so he says). We hang out a few times after this but nothing more comes of it. Spring 2012 Fast forward two years later, we come across each other at another party and start to talk again. We hang out more often for the rest of my last college semester. We spent the summer getting to know each other more and enjoying life with little responsibliites. On my last day of being on campus, Hilton helped me moved out of my room. When he drops me off at home, before he leaves I decided to ask him, “Are we going to try this as a real thing or should we leave it here?” He looks at me and says, “idk I guess we could try”. Summer 2019 Now 7 years later with a beautiful son, we’ve created a family!

On the night of our son, Baby Hilton's 1st birthday we went to Manhattan to take photos at pop-up art installation. We took several photos in different themed rooms. Which might I say turned out nice and as good as the professional photos. Baby Hilt enjoyed interacting with the rooms and taking the photos too. After the photos, Hilton suggested we get something to eat. I thought it was getting late and wasn’t sure if we should sit down at a restaurant. It was a Wednesday and we had work the next day. Hilton suggested we go to a thai restaurant he took me to for my 25th birthday. They have one of our favorite dishes, thai red snapper. I thought it was odd he suggested that restaurant specifically and so quickly. I didn’t even think we were that close to the restaurant. Hilton told me our son turns 1 once. But since I was focused on getting the baby in his car seat I didn’t think much of it after that. The restaurant was quiet and it was a very slow night. There were only one or two other people at tables. Baby Hilt fell right to sleep as we sat down. While we ate we talked about how parenting a kid for a year happened so quickly. We started reminiscing about everything we’ve been through that year, like moving twice and us both getting new jobs. When our meal was over, Hilton started to tell me how I was a great Mom and started saying all these nice things about our relationship and us as parents. Baby Hilt started to wake up just as we were wrapping up. I tried to nudge Hilton out of the booth so we can start to leave. As he got out of the booth and I went to grab his coat to pass to him. When I turned around he was on one knee with a box opened to a ring. I screamed a little and laughed because I didn’t see it coming at all. I always tell him how hard it is to surprise me, but he really did. After saying yes and he placed the ring on my finger I started to cry in excitement.