For those that don't know, we met on bumble May 2022. If it wasn't for Chris extending my time for a message to be sent we wouldn't be here today. In the beginning so many things were working against us. I ended up with covid and in the hospital for a week getting my gallbladder removed. I'm shocked he stuck it out those few weeks and still wanted to get together. When we finally met, it was like we've known each other our whole lives. I was so comfortable around him from the get go. I remember a few weeks went by and standing in the kitchen my mom told me "you're going to marry him." I told her to pump the brakes! About a week later, I snapchatted Kait telling her I think I loved Chris and later that day Chris told me he loved me for the first time. From the day we met we have never spent a weekend apart. Early July is when I knew I wanted to spend the rest of my life with him. We enjoyed our first summer together, planned an out of country trip, and would talk about marriage, a wedding, and future children. That September a lot happened. Chris is terrible at keeping secrets and told me he had somewhere to go that I could NOT go with him to but couldn't come up with a good excuse. I figured it out real fast that he was ring shopping with my dad. Later that month, a day before our 4 month anniversary, our lives changed. We found out that we were going to be parents sooner than we expected. As you can imagine emotions ran high. We found out our baby was a little girl. Since we had talked about about children we already had her name picked out, Elizabeth Chase. On October 30th, laying in bed, was the morning Chris asked me to be his wife. In the pitch black room, without even seeing the ring (as my answer wouldn't have been different with a ring pop) I said "YES!" We turned the lights on and Chris told me how special the ring was. The diamond was my grandma's diamond. Chris was with me every step of our pregnancy as we had more appointments than your typical pregnancy. Watching him be so protective of me while I was carrying our daughter solidified the love I have for him. The morning of May 16th 2023, I woke up around 4:30 in the morning and wasn't sure if my water broke or not. I laid in bed quietly because I didn't want to wake Chris up incase he had to go to work because my water was actually intact. About an hour later, Chris rolled over and saw I was wide awake. He immediately asked me what was wrong. I explained and he stayed awake with me until we knew what was going on. We went to the hospital and later that night Elizabeth was born. Watching the man you love hold your daughter for the first time is a sight I will never forget. A few months went by and we found out were were expecting again. This time with a baby boy! Both of us were extremely scared as we were unsure how we would tackle two kids under one. On April 20th 2024, I went into labor and had an emergency c-section. Benjamin spent 11 days in the NICU, which were the hardest days of my life as a mom. Having your children in two different places was not easy. Through it all, Chris was my biggest support. I know I can always count on him for his love and support. Chris is the most amazing dad and partner. I have no doubts as to the man I am marrying and cannot wait to spend the rest of my life with him.

An app about a bumblebee with some honey bringing people together. Who in their right mind would have figured this would be the start of our story? Not to mention how out of the blue a "Match!" came up for both of us one night in May of 2022. I had the option to extend your time to send me a message. little did I know that small press of a button would change my entire life forever, and unquestionably for the better. What ensued afterward was an opening question from you. "What are the Pro's and Con's of dating you?" After leaving you an entire book as if Stephen King describing every curtain in a room, I fortunately didn't scare you off! Before we got to even meet in person for the first time, we went through you sadly being in the hospital having surgery and battling covid. Then we hit the lovely first date plans where I genuinely thought you were gonna say "Screw this guy ." because we couldn't agree on carpooling with friends and moreover going to a baseball game. God I'm so happy we didn't go to a baseball game, considering we'd both rather watch paint dry. We finally agreed on going to the vineyard as our first date. You even went as far as letting me pick you up at your house despite being apprehensive about it. Some say they believe in soul mates, I never really understood it until our ride over to the vineyard on the ferry. In all my years, I had never felt so unequivocally at home with someone. Your gorgeous smile, those big beautiful brown eyes, the warmth from your voice and embrace felt as if I'd known you my whole life. Fast forward from May 29th 2022 to mid September and we find out we're having a child. I vividly recall saying at least a week earlier you were pregnant. Mainly because you started to like fans and lord knows you despise mine by the bed. sorry not sorry sweetie! We found out we were having a little girl and we immediately knew her name. Elizabeth Chase. Months pass to May 16th 2023 at 8:57 PM and we welcomed our most precious, perfect, awe inspiring baby girl. Abs, I'll never be able to tell you enough how proud I am of you and how amazing you did creating her. I can speak for the guy's in agreeing with you when you say we just provide the ingredient. I promise to love you with all that I have, in this life and the next.