photo courtesy of Coleman Watson
Jessica and Coleman, Aug 16 2009!
Jessica and Coleman were one of over 240 entries we received for our Destination Wedding Coverage Giveaway, the decision was tough! We wish that everyone could win, but with that many entries it’s impossible for Dave and I to cover all of them!
A little about the couple:
Jessica and Coleman met in 2006 during their first year of law school in Boston, MA. At the end of their first year, Coleman decided to transfer to NY Law School and Jessica stayed behind in Boston. Their final two years of law school have been filled with many trips between Boston and New York-a long distance relationship and law school either of them tough enough! One of the stories that caught me as “this couple was meant to be” was this one… “My fiance Jessica and I are completely on the same wavelength with surprises. This past year on Valentine’s Day we both had class until late, so we decided to celebrate Valentine’s Day the following weekend. Little did Jessica know, but I skipped my classes that Thursday to come to Boston to surprise her. As I was walking up the steps to her apartment with roses in my hand, I passed her neighbor, Brian, coming out of his apartment. He quickly asked what I was doing there. Shocked, I said that I was going to surprise her for Valentine’s Day. Brian told me that Jessica had been up all night making me homemade chocolates and was currently on her way to New York to surprise me because she had also skipped her classes! I called Jessica and we both laughed about the irony of the event. I immediately went back to New York to see her. When I arrived back at my apartment (around 2am), Jessica had a beautiful candle-lit Valentine’s Dinner prepared for me. We both laughed about how crazy the day had been.
That story is good, but their engagement story tops event that!
”Since the early summer of 2008, I knew that I wanted to propose to Jessica. I had gone shopping for engagement rings several times but just never quite found exactly what I wanted. This past October, my mom came to visit in New York for a few days. Since I needed a female opinion, I asked my mom to go with me to see a few selections I had made. I ended up finding the perfect ring that same day and bought it for Jessica. However, I didn’t take it home because it needed to be re-sized to a 5. I intended to pick it up the next weekend and propose to her then (this was a Thursday). Jessica surprised me that next day, Friday, and came to New York (I was scheduled to go to Boston). The semester at school had gotten a bit stressful so she suggested we go to dinner the following night and enjoy some quality time together. Well, that Saturday night, she suggested we go to Stone Rose overlooking Central Park in Columbus Circle for a drink. MUCH to my surprise, while we looked out at the sunset that early evening, Jessica proposed to me AND gave me an engagement ring! I was shocked…not because she had asked me but because of the timing of it all. She had no idea I had found and bought her an engagement ring just days before. Needless to say, I called my jeweler and rushed the order for her ring. The next day, Sunday, I took Jessica to Central Park. We took an extended carriage ride through the park and I formally proposed to her and gave her her engagement ring.”
I found it cute that he says “Through both of these experiences I have learned that there will be no surprising my future wife. I must accept that if I’m having a surprise idea for her, odds are that she has the idea too!”
So Dave and I are SOOOOO excited to see what surprises are in store for us at their wedding! We can’t wait to share with you all their story and of course the photos!
Congratulations Coleman and Jessica, we can’t wait for your big day!
What is it?
MMMMM….
I wish she could stay little forever. I look at Brooke and think to myself, gosh where did that little baby go? Grace is walking, she started at about 10 and half months, I got some great video that I would love to share, but I still have not figured out how to get the video off the new video camera, Davis, James, anyone care to help? 
