2008
February 17: I meet Josh at a party. He asks for my number.
March 7: He finally calls.
March 15: Our first date—SubZero ice cream and I Am Legend.
March 28: Our first kiss.
April 23: We break up.
Loooooooong hiatus punctuated with random, sometimes fun, sometimes awkward run-ins. He usually left me feeling quite flustered.
2009
October 2: Josh calls. Three times. Within an hour and a half. I answer the third time. We agree to start spending time together.
Throughout October: Josh aggressively pursues me (his own words). We make meals and watch "The Office" and text funny YouTube videos to each other.
October 28: We hold hands for the first time in a year and a half.
Throughout November: I succumb to Josh's wooing. We officially start dating again, with intent to see if this leads to marriage (dating the second time around doesn't have room for casual dating). We kiss again. We start falling in love again.
November 29: I meet the family. (I'd met his siblings and siblings-in-law in October, though.)
Throughout December: More falling in love.
December 14: He loves me. I love him back.
December 28: Josh comes to Colorado and meets the rest of my family (he was lucky enough to meet Emily back in October).
2010
Throughout January: More falling in love.
Throughout February: More falling in love.
Sometime in early March:
:: Charlotte—"Let's get engaged."
:: Josh—"Okay! When?"
:: Charlotte— "Soon."
:: Josh— "Okay."
:: Charlotte— "Define soon."
:: Josh— "I don't know. Sometime before the summer."
Good grief.
Sometime in late March:
:: Charlotte— "Let's get engaged."
:: Josh— "Okay! When?"
:: Charlotte— "Soon."
:: Josh— "Okay."
:: Charlotte—"Really, though. When's soon?"
:: Josh— "Okay. Here's what I'm thinking. Let's pick a weekend in the next week or two and drive to Colorado so I can talk to your parents."
:: Charlotte: "!!!!!!!!!!!!"
March 27:
:: Josh— "What do you want to do tonight?"
:: Charlotte— "Well . . . never mind."
:: Josh— "What? What do you want to do?"
:: Charlotte— ". . . Diamonds!"
:: Josh— "Oh! You want to go ring shopping!"
March 31: Ring shopping.
April 2–5: Colorado trip (turned from romantic weekend to funeral weekend)
April 4: Josh has a great conversation with my dad.
April 10: More ring shopping. Ring picked.
April 25: Drive to Portland
April 27:
:: Josh— "Will you be my wife?"
:: Charlotte— "Yes!!!"
Any given time:
:: Charlotte— "!!!!!!!"
***August 20: We get married for forever here in Denver***
11 comments:
This makes me so happy! I love your whole story. And you. I just love when my friends are in love. :)
Bask, bask, bask in this super exciting time. It sounds like it was a long time coming. :)
Love the timeline and the ring is gorgeous!
Congratulations! And thanks for the details! Like Peggy says really enjoy this time in your life :)
YEAH! By the way, I'm taking match-maker credit, since I believe the Feb 17 where you met the lovely Mr. Charlotte Wood was mine. :-)
Congrats! Maybe we'll need to take a little trip to Denver...
what a beautiful ring!!!!
I am so glad you have it and your nails look so pretty in that picture too.
I am so happy you and Josh found each other. What perfecting timing for everything.
Even though I already know the story, it's still fun to read it in a list format. Love you, love Josh, love your ring--love it all!
So exciting! This is such a great story and your ring is gorgeous! I can't wait to meet Josh!
I was thinking the same thing as your mom -- none of this was really new information for me, but I do love a good list!
Darling photo of your ring with your pretty hand and nails.
p.s. Thanks for texting me, I was relieved to know that you got home okay without me!
I am squealing with joy for you!
Congratulations! I appreciated this time line of love because I didn't know you two had dated in 2008 or how things came about really. Your ring is gorgeous!
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