CHELSEA DIXSON submitted the winning story!
Here's Chelsea's story of love...
I met my boyfriend at work. He was an EMT in the Emergency Room and I was the lab girl who went over to see him anytime I could. We were friends for a few years and then decided we wanted something more. After we started dating we went on a cruise. Before we left for the cruise we met up with my sisters and their husbands, my grandmother, and my family from Florida. I felt like the luckiest girl alive! I just thought we were getting "family pictures" but little did I know he had something else in mind. He proposed, on Bradenton Beach. That was on July 25th, 2014. After being engaged, Chad decided to get a vasectomy reversal. He has two kids and I had none. I always knew I wanted to be a mom, so he went through surgery to make it happen. The surgery worked sooner than we expected! So now being engaged, and pregnant what more? He kept bugging me to pick a date and thought I was putting it off. (I'm not very good at decision making) His birthday was July 19th, so a few weeks before his birthday I asked him what he wanted. He said "you can marry me." My response to that was "yeah right." So I got to thinking.... I told him to meet me for maternity pictures, and i bought him a new outfit. In the meantime I called our closest friends and family, made dinner reservations, booked a location, photographer,and found an ordained minister. On July 25th, 2015, exactly one year from when he proposed to me on the beach, i surprised him with a "beach themed" wedding. He showed up for "maternity pictures" and I had on a wedding dress and told him we weren't getting maternity pictures but instead we were getting married. I always dreamed of having a big wedding, but when I saw his reaction it was better than anything I had imagined! He was so worried about not having the wedding bands, and not rehearsing, but I already had the bands and everything planned out. We had an amazing ceremony and have been living our happily ever after every since, and our beautiful vasectomy reversal baby was born in October and has completed our wonderful story!Chelsea and her husband have won a FANTASTIC prize package including:
Gift cards from:
Kreutzberger Jewelers, The Village Peddler, H&R Block, & People’s Winery
Gift baskets from:
Judy’s Goodlife Emporium, and Corner Shoppe Bridal and Karen’s Tracks to Beauty
A Valentine serenade from
The Cass County Community Foundation Singers
A Gift from
The Delphi Opera House
Designer Joe’s
2 Dinner Entrees from
Dhing's Thai Philippine Cuisine
Diamond Earrings from
Minglin Jewelers!
A very special thanks to:
The Village Peddler, H&R Block, Kreuzberger Jewelers, Audio Inferno LLC, Judy's Goodlife Emporium, Cass County Equestrian Center, Korner Shoppe Bridal and Karen's Track to Beauty, Minglin Jewelers, RC Zip Thru in Royal Center, The People's Winery, Designer Joe's, Dhing's Thai Philippine Cuisine