Ring in the New Year with the Piccones!

After circling similar social circles and settings for about 8 years, fate finally felt it was time for us to meet. Jaime was out with Elysia for the Eagles game and Sunday Funday which turned into drowning sorrows over the last real loss of the 2017 football season. Some friends were at Vesper Sporting Club for the game so we went to meet up with a larger crew and check out the revamp of the bar as a "sports bar." After the game, and many Tito's&Clubs, we were feeling cute and asked some guy to take our picture because we were so pretty. That handsome guy, was rolling off being a long 3 days of being a groomsman in a wedding and wasn't drinking. I told him to quit being a P^$$y and have a beer. After a little small talk - the hangover was getting to Dennis but he requested my number before trying to dip out. Since Dennis has such a baby face, I asked "aww puppy, how old do you think I am?" when in actuality, he is 2 days my senior. We exchanged numbers, and after a little sober coercion from Elysia, I texted him back and agreed to go on my last first date ever with him that Thursday - the 21st Night of September!

I am a very difficult person to surprise - I am investigative in nature so when Dennis and I were going to Punta Cana for Valentine's day and our Birthdays, I had a feeling he was going to propose. Valentine's day is the 14th, Dennis's Birthday is the 15th, and my birthday is the 17th of February. I thought for sure, he was going to bridge the gap between our birthdays with a special occasion. Boy was I wrong! We booked a cabana on the beach for Dennis's birthday - and when we got there, I noticed the sign across the front said "Just Engaged" instead of "Happy Birthday" and I pointed to it and said "Oh yea?" Dennis proceeded to get down on his knee at that moment, and say "You are the best birthday present I could ever have, will you marry me?" Of course I said yes as I was cracking up laughing and crying all at the same time. He got me! And the fact that the heart in the sand with the big question was facing the wrong way from the cabana, and actually looked like it said "Wizz you marry me, Jaime?" (the L's were backwards) just made it even better. It was so "us" that we laughed our way through it all.