Valentine, Be Mine?

It's a little over 2 weeks till Valentines Day, but I wanted to be able to enjoy it and do it the right way. To actually ask Joey to be my Valentine and to do it before he could ask me. I didn't want a cliche simple way to ask him. So for two days, I sat thinking for cute ways to do it. Then, it hit me. I wanted it to be a surprise and for it to be special. And I wanted to remember it, play by play, so I decided I should take my camera along.

My original plan was to do it Thursday, but because I'm impatient, I moved it to Tuesday. I told him we were going out while he was at work and by the time he got there, I had pulled my outfit together and was finishing my hair. I've never had more butterflies in my entire life and was literally shaking with nervousness. He came home while I was finishing my makeup. It seemed like eyeliner was so hard to put on because my hands were shaking... I was literally ready to puke with excitement, nervousness, and more excitement. I think I kept it hid pretty well. Well, at least the nervousness, because I was bursting with energy.

We decided we'd go to New Orleans Hamburger & Seafood! We sat down, ordered our drinks. I had no clue what I wanted to eat and with so much on my mind, it was really hard to choose. I played it safe with just a regular Cheeseburger and some amazing fries! Joey ordered some Thin Fried Catfish, which was also perfect! We placed our orders, but were left with nothing but the waiting game. I had given him some hints a week before about Valentines day and I brought them up trying to...I guess make him think about it, but I knew my hints were far out there. It seemed like forever for the food to come out because I was so ready to get the hardest part over with. He began trying to Google the hints, so I took his phone and deterred his search.

Screenshot of my distracting techniques.

Joey's Fish

My Burger

After we were done eating, I had the waiter take our picture. Yes, I wanted it to be completely remembered!

So, after we were done with our food, we left and headed out to the lake. I was beginning to get so nervous, so I distracted myself to just take random pictures of the city until we got there. Our conversation the whole way there was quite bouncy! I was so excited and I think he was still like, "What in the world could this girl have planned?" But, we laughed so much!  We finally pulled up at the lake. That lake has never been so far away, or so it seemed.  We just stopped and looked at one another for a moment. He leaned and kissed me which just added to my butterflies. I remember being the one to pull away and go for the door. I jumped out, grabbed the chalk I had snuck into my purse before we left, and my camera.  After Joey's many attempts to distract me, we walked out onto the little concrete walkway not all the way out, but far enough where we still had light and could feel the wind off the waves.

We were just looking at the water for a while and hugging one another. I put down my little bag of chalk, and began to plan it out. I moved quite a few times, trying to get enough space to spread it all out. I drew enough blanks for it to read:

"Valentine, be mine?"

I didn't want it to be completely obvious, (because I thought he would get it sooner than he did) so I swapped the order instead of it saying "Be My Valentine?" He began to guess letters as if we were playing Hangman, minus the little man and the noose. Joey, being silly like usual, was like "A..B...C..." Taking it as if it were a joke. I got all impatient and sternly said, "No, play for real."

Our beginning blanks (:

Me being as nervous as I was would have to think about each letter he said and spell it over and over in my head. Half the letters he would guess, I wouldn't tell him all the blanks cause I couldn't think straight. So, after he had most of the blanks filled in, I was told him to guess symbols. I left one extra blank on "mine" for the question mark. He looked at me like I was crazy and replied, "Symbols? Really?" Almost as if he really meant, "Jessica, you cant get your head together to do letters and now you want me to guess symbols?" 

Almost there!

He was such a good sport, and it was really fun to do! We were laughing and giggling the whole time. We filled in all the blanks except for the 'V' and he still didn't get it. Then it hit him! "Oh, Babe, you're sweet. This is cute." He was standing there giggling at it and I'm looking him with desperation in my eyes for him to answer for what seems like forever. Finally, he walks up to me, looks me dead in the eyes, and just smiles. By this time, I have tears in my eyes, but he puts his hands on my face and kisses me like he really means it. Made my heart flutter like crazy! He pulled away and I got a "Of course Baby, I'll be your Valentine." A few more tears of complete and utter happiness fell and we kissed and hugged some more.

He said yes! :)

We giggled and were so sweet to each other the rest of the night, but I think the best part was getting to snuggle up to my Lovebug last night and just for him to hold me as we both fell asleep! I know I fell in love with that boy all over again. He is just my Mr. Amazing! I know this year my Valentines day will be amazing, just because I get to spend it with him! I'm one lucky girl! <3

Now to finish up his presents!

P.S. I think I was so nervous because he is my first TRUE Valentine and I'd never asked anyone. You know, a boyfriend that actually cared to do anything special for the day!