A Ring!

So first of all: Merry Late Christmas! It's closer to New Year's, so Happy Early New Year's! Anyway... Christmas was nice. We had my mom open her gift first, a new camera. She was excited, I love seeing her like that. Overall, Christmas was good! I personally got a new reader, an Air Force teddy bear that sings The Wild Blue Yonder (picture below), and a new computer mouse. My old mouse was causing BSODs and kept disconnecting.

He sings very loud.

For my birthday, I was suspicious. Joshua had to have Shawn, his cousin and brother, there. Then Sheri's best friend (who has been at every major event for Joshua) was at my party last night. And Joshua wanted my to invite friends, so my best friend Josh and his fiance, Robert, were there; Joshua's and my high school friend, Jared, was there as well. I had a feeling I would get the ring last night.

My first gift was a Scentsy candle (flameless, scented candle). It has a Celtic love knot, and came with Iced Pine wax and Birthday Cake wax (perfect for a Christmas-time baby). I also got a necklace with two cats on it, since Joshua and I both have cats. I was awkward being the center of attention.

Joshua walked up and said, "Brandi, we have been together for three and a half years... Will you marry me?" I made a weird "ah" sound, which watching the video over, I feel embarrassed for saying. But I have my ideal ring, the Claddagh ring I showed a few blog posts ago.

It has two hands holding a heart with a crown on it. It symbolizes friendship, love and loyalty.

I will also post the video below. I knew we were getting married, had a suspicion I would get it last night, and it was on my mind all night, but I was still blown away. I am excited to have taken the next step, but it still hasn't sunk in. My mom keeps saying it, but I'm just mentally going "Wow." So I finish this post with the ever-so-awkward proposal (awkward for me, I don't know about Joshua).