Like a lot of millennials , we found each other on a dating app called Bumble. I remember calling Ian on my drive home from Richmond after taking Ella for surgery and we spoke on the phone so easily. I had to work so our first “meeting” was through FaceTime while I was waiting for my flight at the airport.

Our first date was April 14, 2021. I was so excited to meet him as talking to him came so naturally. We both agreed we never felt like strangers. We met in downtown Fredericksburg and I remember getting out of my car and he came from behind mine and we threw our arms around each other. There was an instant connection and I knew he was going to be someone special. We had dinner at the Capital Ale House and talked about airplane codes and traveling. Afterwards we went for a walk downtown. We had our second date a few days later where we went to Wegmans and got ingredients to make tacos. Our third date we went to the racetrack in Maryland (obviously Ians idea) and our fourth date was on my 34th birthday where we went to a winery with some of his friends. All these dates were all in the same 10 day time span lol. We made things “official” April 21, 2021.

Our first time traveling together, ironically, was to Charleston in June 2021. It’s always been my favorite city and I was excited to share it with Ian. Thankfully he loved it too! We went to the aquarium together on that trip and jokingly mentioned we could get married there. In September 2021 we went to my condo in Daytona Beach together for the week and he finally got the chance to meet my family. In December 2021 I went home with him to Newport, RI and got to meet his family. In April 2022 we had planned to go to London for 2 days and then hop around Italy for a week but Ian ended up testing positive for Covid our first day there and then shared it with me so for 2 weeks we were stuck together in London. We said it would be a test of our relationship being stuck in the same hotel room together that long and we passed 😂

Registry

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