I think we'd be friends! (You know if I had tons of wealth and power.)

I am so exited about the Royal Wedding I am wating in anticipation! I'm thinking I'll have a wedding vewing party. I was so intrigued and watched with delight as Prince William announced his engagement to Kate Middleton. I just loved her dress that she wore to announce their engagement. Did you notice that she chose a dress to match her ring? How endearing that Prince William gave her his mother's ring.


I just love sapphires. I think it's because it's my birthstone, but it helps that the stone is so beautiful. I'm fortunate to have been born two weeks early in September and not in October and be bestowed with the not so pretty opal. But I digress... back to Kate and her choice to match her ring to her very lovely dress. It reminded me of my first anniversary of marriage to Marc in 2007. He supprised me with a very lovely saphire and diamond ring. Well it was supposed to be a surprise, but I accidently opened it with my friend Sarah. What can I say, I can not resist opening packagages upon arrival! He chose a saphire for me because 1) as stated before it's my birthstone, 2) we also were married in Setember and 3) before we were engaged I saw the prettiest saphire engagement ring and I thought I really wanted it for my ring. I talked about it a lot and went back and forth with the pros and cons of having a saphire ring instead of a traditional diamond ring (one of the pro's being that Princess Diana's engagement ring was a saphire. Didn't we just love her?). I guess I talked about it so much that he remembered that I loved the stone and already had a setting that would be perfect to suprise me with. It turned out to be the completion of a set that he already gave me. A diamond band as a one year seriously dating ring (wow now that I think about it Marc gives me a lot of jewelry).


So when I saw Kate and her ring I was so thrilled! 


Don't they look so happy! I pray that the Lord will bless their marriage and that they will be truly happy indeed.


I just love her dress and the color! Navy blue and grey are my two favorite colors to wear. She looks so chic in her navy blue Isabel Issa dress. Also, when I saw them I said "Oh! They are just like Marc and I!" (You know except royal and a little older.)


Exhibit A:

                                   

This was taken on our first anniversary at the Air Force 60th anniversary ball. Here Marc is wearing his dress blues Air Force uniform, which I'm sure Prince William will wear for the wedding as well as he is in the Royal Air Force. My dress is also more royal blue than navy but the point is that it matched my ring which I fondly call the puddle versus Kate's/ Diana's lake. 

Since we clearly have the same taste in men and clothes. I have a suggestion for her wedding dress. She looked so lovely with the v-neck dress, I think the same silhouette would suite her. 

Exhibit B: 

And of course her train will be much longer than my cathedral length veil and train! 

I can hardly stand it! So, who wants to come to the Watch the Royal Wedding Party?!   

About A Year Ago This Happened!

 Last year when I found out I was pregnant, it was my little secret for a couple of weeks. Marc was in Europe for a business trip and I needed to tell him first, obviously. So I tried to think of the best way to tell him that he was going to be a Daddy! I decided to take a digital test and give it to him as a gift when he returned home. I was so excited (and a little nervous), I'm surprised I didn't spill the news as soon as I saw him at the airport. He said that he bought me a few things in London (ooh my favorite city!) and he would give them to me later. This was great, and I thought it would be my excuse to give him his gift.


So, as soon as we got home I insisted that we do gifts. I told him that I had something for him too. He said "Can't we do it later? I'm pretty tired and hungry." "No! I insist that we do it now!" He thought I really wanted his present (which I did and it was lovely) when really, I just didn't think I could hold such life changing news any longer!


Here is a video of his reaction. It is so sweet, please forgive the quality. It was my first time using the video option on my 3GS last year. He asks where I bought his gift and I reply "Oh... I made it", it was the only thing I could think of to say that didn't give it away and I was "making it" (you know with God's help). At the end he says, "Yay! We're having a baby!"  



Surprise Package! from Mary Lou Fulson on Vimeo.

Sparkling Promises

Once upon a time, not so long ago, when Marc and I were in college, Marc invited me to a party. His good friend was having a birthday so away I went with some of my roommates. I was excited to go, I was interested in meeting more of Marc's friends and knew this would be an event to remember. So, I got dressed up in my newest cute outfit and fixed my french pedicure. My roommates thought I was being silly "Mary Lou!" they said, "No one is going to notice your toes!" Little did they know, but this was not going to be their average fête. We arrived later that night and what do you know, one of the first things one of Marc's friends said to me upon arrival was: "Oh you're Mary Lou! Nice pedicure, Marc has good taste"!


So, as the evening progressed and there was many a laugh, Marc and I started talking. I did not know Marc very well and we had not yet started dating. Marc leaned in, and I wasn't sure what he was doing.  Is he looking at my hair? Is he trying to kiss me?! "Are your earrings real?" Oh, he wants to talk jewelry! "No, if you must know, they are not" I said. He replied surprisingly, "well if we ever become more than friends, I am going to buy you a real pair of diamond earrings". And THAT Ladies and Gentlemen is something I have held him to. What does that even mean and who says things like that? More than friends, meaning we are exclusively dating? More than friends, I'm taking you home to meet my mom? More than friends, I want you to marry me? 


Marc and I have been together since he stole my heart a little while after this proclamation for seven years. To be fair he has bought me a gorgeous diamond engagement ring, a small pretty diamond band (as a sweet we've been dating a year ring), a lovely double strand of pearls and many more exquisite gifts since we've been "more than friends". (What can I say I'm a spoiled girl.) 


So, it was to my surprise on my 27th birthday, about two months after I labored three days (yes! 3! more on that later) and gave birth to our son Frederick that I found these waiting for me!