|   | The day we got engaged was full of suprises for the both of us and we didn't even know it. On January 20, 2017 we drove to Cleveland, OH for what I thought was to celebrate my grandmother's birthday. I was not at all feeling good this day and just felt like something was off... so when we arrived and I got a moment I went to Target to pick-up a pregnancy test. When I got to Israel's parents house, I went straight to the bathroom and took a test. Minutes later, it was there...positive! I was so shocked all I did was cry. I came out of the bathroom and the first person I saw was Izzy's brother- I spilled the beans and in the midst of tears I told Jay I was pregnant. I did not believe it so I held off and went about our evening- I wanted to make sure I was actually pregnant before i told Izzy. That night we went to dinner at Barroco Grill in Lakewood. There was a long wait and Izzy and Jay were impatient and rushing me, trying to talk me into going somewhere else for dinner, but no...this is where I wanted to eat so we waited. I sat and ordered my favorite dish, the cubano. Upon receiving my meal, I felt so nautious I could not even eat. I remembered I had an extra pregnancy test and got up and went to the bathroom...again, right there in the Barroco Grill restroom...POSITIVE! Jay knew what I was up to, so as I walked back, he looked at me and I just nodded my head yes. He grinned. Dinner ended and we went to my aunts house to finally celebrate my grandmothers birthday (the whole reason we even came to Cleveland). |
 | A little into the night, we sing Happy Birthday and afterwards, my aunt asks if anyone has anything to say to the Birthday Girl...OUT OF NOWHERE!!! Izzy grabs my hand and starts talking...I was so lost and confused at first and then it clicked....he was proposing! HOLY SHIT! Izzy is proposing and I am pregnant and he does not know and my brain was literally about to explode because I did not know what to think or say. I shed a tear...or two..and to this day Izzy holds it over my head that I did not hysterically cry. I mean, I had been asking for this day for YEARS and it was finally here and yet, I was so full of emotion I could not even express how happy I was to him. Regardless, I said yes and the night went on. Our proposal night was genuinely so magical! I will never forget it! My family was present and his family was present via facetime, which is exactly what I would have wanted. After my grandmothers "birthday", Izzy had reserved a night at The 9 in Downtown Cleveland. My sister helped him with the whole thing and it was all beautiful...it was here that he started serving me some wine and I pulled out the pregnancy test and revealed that not only did we just get engaged BUT now, we are also going to be parents! It was literally such a surreal night and I will never forget Izzy's face or reaction in finding out he was going to be a dad on top of a soon to be husband. I love our proposal so much because in a matter of a few hours, our lives completely changed! |
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