Oh my goodness, so I'll start by explaining that we never really talked about the engagement. We always talked about "when we're married."

Jesica: Call me old fashioned, but in my mind, the proposal was the one thing the guy was supposed to do on his own from start to finish. (I also didn't want to be that girlfriend who demanded a ring and pressured him into an engagement.) Now, obviously, I knew an engagement was the next step in our journey, but had no idea when it would happen.

Background info: I started collecting bobbleheads my sophomore year in college after Matt brought me an Allen Craig bobblehead back from one his summer ball promotions. I was like, "Hey bobbleheads are super cool, and they have their own story so I want to start collecting them!" So, I did, and now, I have 37. With the most recent one linked to the proposal as my obvious favorite.

Matt: While I was visiting my parents after the season, I was trying to draw out the plan for the proposal. The idea of the bobblehead popped into my head, but I was contemplating whether that would be too corny or what not. My parents reassured me that it wasn't, so I decided to go with it. It took about 2-3 weeks to complete the order, and I was trying to hide my phone from Jes during that time because they were emailing me trying to get the exact details down. I think the bobblehead turned out spot on!

December 2, 2015

Jesica: I chose to wear a black piko with my favorite scarf to work that day because I wanted to be comfortable but still look presentable. Little did I know, the decision to wear a black shirt would lead to the day Matt and I got engaged!

Matt: The bobblehead would only allow Jes to be wearing a black dress. So, I knew that I wanted her to be wearing the right color. I had initially planned to do it closer to her birthday/Christmas, but by this point, I had been holding onto the ring for a couple months and didn't think I could wait much longer. On the day, Jes got ready for work, and she was wearing a black, dressy shirt. I thought "today is the day."

Jesica: Matt and I adopted our puppy, Grainger, in late November. I had a coworker tell me if we wanted her to like the beach we needed to start taking her early. That afternoon Matt texted me and asked if I wanted to take G on a walk at the beach when I got off work, and of course, I said sure.

Matt: By this point, I thought it was really obvious what was going on, but thank goodness her boss told her to take G to the beach to get her used to it.

Jesica: There were so many signs I should have picked up on (and usually I am pretty observant), but like I said, had no clue it was coming. I came home (preparing to put on yoga pants) with Matt wearing a flannel, jeans and boots. In south Texas, it hasn't dropped below 50 degrees yet, so I asked him if that was what he was wearing. He said yeah because it'll be windy on the beach, and since I couldn't dress like a bum if he wasn't, I just kept my work clothes on.

Matt: Again all about the black shirt! And my matching flannel!

Jesica: We loaded G up and headed to the beach. We were walking along, and Matt said, "Oh yeah, I bought something for G. Let me go get it out of the truck." I was thinking, "Why would you give her a new toy at the beach?" But then was like well, whatever maybe it's a beach toy. HA!

Matt: On the car ride to the beach, I was pretty nervous. I'm not sure if she could tell, but I was feeling it for sure.

Jesica: He came back, tried to give it to G, but she wasn't interested. So, he told me to open it. I opened the box, took the paper out and knew instantly it was a bobblehead. And I kind of laughed and looked up at him. He was already down on one knee and said take it out.

Matt: She opened up the box, and in it was the bobblehead, and before she knew it, I was down on one knee asking her to marry me. I think I did my job and surprised her. You'll have to ask her to be for sure on that though.

Jesica: You can see the picture above that the bobbleheads look JUST LIKE US. It's creepy awesome! I was so surprised that everything after that was a blur. I'm pretty sure my jaw dropped. (I assume) he asked me if I would marry him, and I said YES!

Matt: Picking out the ring wasn't too tough. I stalked her Pinterest and that helped give me a good idea of what she liked. After I bought the ring was the tough part. I started to wonder if it was the one she wanted. It was really hard to hold on to the ring as I was I anxious to give it to her.

Jesica: The ring is EXACTLY what I wanted. (even better & bigger than I expected.) Thanks to Pinterest Matt knew what I wanted. We got back to the apartment, and Matt had made our favorite crockpot spaghetti. He then went on to tell me he did it that day because I wore black, and he wanted our outfits to match the bobbleheads! He thought of everything!

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