Mary

Rob's Side ~ Once I picked out the ring, I decided that I would propose on Christmas Eve so that we would be close to Mary's friends and family.  Since she wouldn't let me propose in Disney I decided to do the next best thing and bring a little Disney to her.  While we were in Disney I had an ornament made that had the date (December 24, 2009) on one side and "Will you marry me?" on the other.  When the day came I worked out a deal with her family so that they all would leave to go pick up dinner that night and we would be alone.  Once they left and Mary came downstairs, I gave her an "early christmas present".  We were sitting in front of the christmas tree, it was so perfect.  Inside the box was the ornament.  I refused to sit down so that I could get down on one knee, but she didnt catch on to that.  Once she opened the ornament and realized what it said, she started to cry.  After I got down on my knee and pulled out the ring it took her atleast five minutes to look at it and then another few minutes to get the ring on her finger.  That was after quite a few iterations of "Oh my god', "Holy crap", sniffle sniffle "are you serious" and lets not forget one "now I'm not gonna be able to eat dinner" followed by a "YES".  Once she got the ring on she wouldn't stop looking at it, and still hasn't. Everything went perfect, I could not have been more happy with how it turned out.  Favorite Reaction - Mary's   Mary's Side ~ It was Christmas Eve around dinner time. I was up fussing with the cats and came downstairs. I didn't even notice that my entire family had left to go pick up the Chinese Food (our traditional Christmas Eve dinner), a task that usually only takes one person. Rob had a wrapped gift in his hand and said he wanted me to open it early. I pushed back a little bit cause he had already given me a few things early. Finally I gave in and sat on the couch. I asked if he wanted to sit next to me... He said," no thanks I have been sitting all day" which I replied, "No you haven't, you have been shopping".  By that time I had torn the paper away and realized it was a Disney box. I realized then that this must be the super secret gift from Disney. I opened it and saw that it was a beautiful ornament hand painted with the date. As I picked it up out of the box I saw that there was something written on the back. As I turned it over, I FINALLY realized what was going on and started to cry... I cried looking away, then at the ornament, then at Rob until I finally looked at the ring and said "holy crap"! Favorite Reaction - My cousin, Katie