I told Shay I wanted to wait to get engaged until we had been dating for 2 years. I told him I did not want to get engaged in August...so he chose September 1, 2011 to pop the question. I did not know when he was going to do it but I knew it was coming. We had talked about marriage and the future about a year after we had been together. He even took me to look at rings so he would have an idea of what I liked. I fell in love with this particular ring...it is an anniversary band so it did not come with a wedding band as a set. It is a three-stone emerald cut so it is very unique. He knew I loved it so much, he went back that day and bought it :) 

He waited until my lunch break to ask me to marry him! I was so surprised, I cried and laughed at the same time. I don't even think I gave him a verbal "yes" until an hour later! It was the best day of my life so far. He definitely surprised me and what is funny is I still had to go to class that afternoon! I was still in shock so I forgot all my notebooks and everything, I don't think I paid attention to any of the lectures that day!

I wanted to chose a time that would really catch her off guard. I chose to do it one day when she was in class so I would have time to set up. Amanda loves Winnie the Pooh and I saw these tiny stuffed Winnie the Pooh animals at the store. I spent all morning creating a paper house for Eeyore with a funny little saying attached to it. Then I created a little forest out of paper with a funny little saying pertaining to him. I also made a honey jug for Pooh out of a 2 gallon milk carton. I had Pooh holding the ring in the ring box placed inside the honey jug. I dimmed the lights in her apartment and put Eeyore in the living room, Tigger on the floor in her bedroom, and Pooh on the bed. I knelt down on one knee beside Pooh. I placed Tigger in front of the bed , facing away so that when she turned around she would see me down on one knee. She walked in and she was so excited, reading all the little sayings. She turned around, and her eyes lit up and she said "What are you doing??" I told her she was the best thing that has ever happened to me and that it would make me so happy if she would be my wife. She started to cry and I started to get choked up. She finally shook her head "yes" and she made me the happiest man in the world that day.