Welcome To Our Love Story

The Night Our Eyes Met For The First Time Was At A "Rich Kids" Concert In Augusta Georgia At The Belair Conference Center. Now I Use To Be A PARTY GIRL! But I Had Just Been Through A Traumatizing Time In My Life So I Really Didn't Want To Be There. THANK YOU, TYRA, Lol. I Was With My Girls And He Was With His Boys. I Had Just Turned 17 And He Was 19 At The Time, Going On 20. When I First Saw Him, I Honestly Thought He Was Someone Else Lol. As We Were Crossing Paths, We Locked Eyes. A Mere 2 Seconds, I Turned Around To Take A Second Look, He Was Looking Back At Me. Our Eyes Locked Again. He Wasn’t Who I Thought He Was, So I Kept Walking Through The Massive Crowd, Just Knowing I Wouldn’t See Him Again. I Was Wrong Lol. Maybe 30 Minutes Later, I Was Bored Standing On The Wall. There He Is Again. He Smoothly Inched Closer, While I Paid Him NO Mind Lol. He Finally Asked “Are You Enjoying Yourself ?, I Politely Said “No”. We Talked Until The Party Was Over. He Walked Me To My Car And Asked If Me And My Friends Wanted To Go To Waffle House And Then Back To Their Hotel Room. Uh No Sir RED FLAG Lol. “I’m Not That Kind Of Girl Who Goes To Hotel Rooms With Strangers”, He Applied No Pressure, Politely Asked For My Number, And I Obliged. I Was Hesitant But Something Told Me To Give Him My Correct Number. I Knew It Had To Be Something Special About Him By The Way We Looked At Each Other And He Was Such A Gentleman. We Went Our Separate Ways And He Called Me Maybe Two Days Later And The Rest Was History

But before I knew it things got REAL real quick lol - March 5, 2011 was the Day I Met His Family @ His niece's birthday party. We Had Only Met 2 weeks Ago and I was Already meeting his mom, sister and grandma. this was a BIG DEAL to me -April 2011// we were @ the peak of our friendship. everyone knew by then we were inseparable. - The beginning of May 2011// after 3months of hanging out and getting to know each other, we took our Relationship to the NEXT Level ;) - Mid May 2011, THE 1st Time the "L" Word was said.... HE SAID IT FIRST :) He was having a rough day . in the midst of his hardship, he called to say "I don't have much time but Maria I LOVE YOU. " the call ended before i could say anything. i was full of so many emotions at once. - By The End of May, the 26th I believe. i was ending my junior year in high school, i had just made the dance team, i got my first job as a back waitress, and I just found out I WAS PREGNANT with Our 1st Child. - June 2011 . going on 4 Months of knowing this man, I was pregnant. It was terrifying but He NEVER left my side. we both did not have a place of our own or a car of our own, HE made a way. From Every doctors appt. Hospital run, getting hotel rooms just so we could be spend time together, getting us both back and forth to work (separate jobs on opposite ends of town) and we always went out to eat lol. I depended on him for everything and he ALWAYS came through - July - December 2011 // our relationship was tested COUNTLESS times. i didnt think we were going to survive. we were still learning each other and in the process of getting ready to have a baby. i was a senior in HS working 6 days/wk . because of stress, I was put on bedrest in sept. no work no school. -January 31st 2012- A healthy Miracle Baby Girl was Born! Ava L. Blount -May 2012- I graduated on time with them both on my side and we moved into our first place together :) -November 2012 // i was pregnant with our 2nd child

Every Year We Have Christmas Brunch At 11 Am @ His Moms House And Every Year We Are Late Lol. Only Because We Wake Up Late And Let The Girls Open Their Gifts And Then Get Dressed... This Past Christmas, We Were Gathering The Last Of The Gifts To Load In The Car When Antonio Said, "Wait There’s One More Gift To Open" I Said "Ok We Can Do It In The Car. Let’s Go" He Says "Just Open It Really Quick" Annoyingly I Said Fine And Did So. I Pulled Out The First Small Box. I Thought It Was Another Pair Of Pandora Earrings Since I Had Lost Mine. But The Box Was EMPTY. I Just Stared At It Confused As Ever. When I Looked Over At Him, He Was Down On One Knee. I Cried Hysterically Thinking He Was Just Playing A Trick On Me Like Before. But No There In His Hands Was A Ring. My Ring! He Gave The Sweetest Speech And I Said YES. I Couldn’t Stop Crying And Hugging Him. I Didn’t Notice That His Niece Was Videoing And Snapping Pictures. He Said That I Opened The Boxes Backwards... The Next Box Was A Necklace With My New Initials On It MTB. He Always Said That My New Initials Were A Sign, MTB We Were MEANT TO BE