It started out like any other Saturday; John was up early to work out and I was still sleeping. After working up a sweat, he came upstairs, kissed me on the head and told me he was taking the dog for a walk. I mumbled and turned over. A few minutes later, my phone started ringing. I never have my phone on loud so I was unpleasantly startled as I looked to see who it was. Of course, it was John. I answered the phone with a groggy "hello". John sounded so excited. He told me our dog, Riley, was being so cute and that I had to hurry and look out the window at what she was doing. The fact that I had just woken up, I was not in an eager mood to jump out of bed and rush to the window. So, I slowly made my way over to the window and lifted up the blind with one finger just enough to see outside. To my surpsise, what I saw when I looked out the window was John on one knee with the words "Will You Marry Me?" written across our sidewalk. Still on the phone with him, I said "wait, WHAT?!". I had to rub my eyes and open the blinds to see what was happening. He started laughing and told me to come downstairs. I rushed down the stairs and out to the driveway to meet him and the dog. I got to him and he asked "will you marry me"? I was so excited and eager that I said YES! and took the ring out of the box and put it on myself. I could not believe it. I was still half asleep and couldn't really process what was happening so I just kept looking at him and at the ring. We went back inside and he had champagne waiting for us. It may have taken 7 1/2 years, but it was well worth the wait! ♥