The day we got engaged was the greatest day of my life. As Maria left the house to supposedly attend a wedding with Kait, I frantically texted my parents who made a surprise trip to New Orleans and were waiting in the Walmart parking lot nearby. I was half dressed and covered in shaving cream as I ran around the apartment grabbing my suit that was hidden in the other room and the ring that was in a suitcase under the bed. My heart was pounding as my parents and I jumped in an Uber and headed to Evangeline in the French Quarter. As I waited, I sent Maria photos of Dakota and I that I had taken earlier in the day so she would have no idea that I wasn’t home, and I was actually pacing in the courtyard waiting for her to arrive. My heart felt like it was going a million miles a minute as I saw Kait and Maria come around the corner. It was hard not to get choked up as I told Maria how much she means to me, but I finally made it through, and I got to ask the perfect woman to be my wife.

If anyone knows me, they know how difficult it is to plan anything around me, much less surprise me without me knowing or suspecting a thing... well, ladies and gentlemen, Nathaniel James Eaton did the impossible! Under the guise of attending a wedding dinner to celebrate Kait's co-worker, I was lured to the courtyard of Evangeline in the French Quarter where he was waiting. Cut to me screaming "SHUT UP" as I finally realized what was actually going on (and when I say "finally", it seriously took me a minute to process what was happening in front of me - complete shock). He picked the perfect moment, the perfect setting to ask the perfect question. Go to the link below for proof that I wasn't just dreaming, and I actually get to marry the man of my dreams in October. https://tresbienphotography.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-11/o807608349/c1/p3491687151-200.mp4