It all started with a swipe. Each of us were about ready to give up on dating apps, until we came across each other. I was beginning my dream career as a NICU nurse at Avera Hospital, where Jordan had been working security. “Meeting at work” later became our cover story, so we didn’t have to admit we met online.

Our first date was brunch at Josiah’s Coffeehouse & Café on a warm spring day. Neither of us wanted our date to be over once we finished eating breakfast, so we continued our date by walking around downtown, grabbing a drink at a brewery, and getting some macaroons to-go. Once we realized that we had spent the entire day together, we ended the date by scheduling our second date.

However, our second date was cancelled, due to Jordan getting sick. I assumed he was lying and just trying to get out of a second date, so I stopped texting him. To my surprise, Jordan wouldn’t let me ignore him and kept asking me to reschedule. Once I realized he was telling the truth about being sick, I felt bad for my assumptions, made him a surprise care package and dropped it off at his apartment. When Jordan started feeling better, he invited me over to his apartment, cooked me dinner, and asked me to be his girlfriend.

Our relationship survived two transformative vacations together within six months of dating. We learned how to communicate while fighting strong waves on the Colorado River in our tandem kayak, aka “divorce boat,” which ended up sinking anyways. Jordan’s auto mechanic skills came in handy when our rental car blew a tire on the freeway in Arizona. While attending our friend's destination wedding, we were becoming more serious about our relationship. Jordan moved in with me shortly after we returned home.

For our one-year anniversary, Jordan treated me to dinner at our favorite fancy restaurant; R Wine Bar. We toasted to our future and discussed plans of buying a house together. A few weeks later, we shockingly discovered our plans were changing…. we were pregnant!

Long story short, we have conquered so many obstacles already and continue to grow stronger together through everything. We are so grateful to have your love and support on our special day and cannot wait to see what our future holds!

Q + A coming soon!