we are engaged!

the summer of 2015, i had some friends over at my house one night, and austin was among one of the boys who came over with my friend anna. he could tell i wasn't happy for some reason and walked up to me and said "what's wrong with you? what do you look so mad for?' i was immediately taken back and kind of offended to be honest. "me? nothing wrong with me!" i said. he replied "well why don't you smile then, don't look so grumpy." i chuckled. "I'm going to call you Grumpy from now on. okay?" a few days later, i was with anna at kevins parents house. we were out by the pool hanging out. austin got word that i was there, and the next thing i know, the black tahoe was pulling up into the driveway, and he drove off with me and my heart from that day forward. i was finishing up cosmetology school, and he was working for the city of tallahassee. any second we weren't where our responsibilities were, you could find us together. he made me laugh like i never thought i could again. he made me feel like i was the only girl in the room, even like we were the ONLY ones in the room. he gave me a love that i never thought i would find. he taught me to love myself like he did. he taught me how beautiful i was when i first woke up in the morning. i fell even more head over heels when i learned he liked to cook. im not so sure he felt the same when he found out i couldn't. fast forward 6 months of some careless kids, finding love for what felt like the first time, we found out that the party of two was turning into a party of three. i think its safe to say now, payton ann is the best thing that has happened to either of us, but we had no idea then. we were scared, more than scared, i dont know if there is even a word to put with those feelings that night. all we knew is that we were going to do this. together. we were going to grow in our relationship, and learn how to be the best family we can be. and the rest is history...