Timing Is Everything // How I Met My Husband

"So how did you two meet?" It's that generic, yet interesting question you get asked by strangers in social situations. In my attempts to make stories interesting I usually start off with, “He was my boss.” I’ve gotten some pretty unusual looks after this remark because people don't really seem to know how to respond to that comment. I let their minds wander for a few seconds before I let them in on the rest of the story.

Here is how I met my wonderful husband Brock….

Here is the long and short of my hectic life in 2009. I was a cocktail waitress at a nightclub on the weekends and worked in the mortgage division at bank during the week. I was working 7 days a week and was burning the candle at both ends. I was not enjoying what I was doing and was set up by a work colleague to interview at a medical spa. I was so excited, this sounded like the perfect opportunity and something I would really enjoy!I had to work at the nightclub the night before my interview. I arrived home around 4am with a 10am interview, a recipe for disaster. Exhausted and disheveled, I rolled in trying to seem as chipper and put together as possible. I left thinking I totally bombed and somehow I got a call the next day saying I landed the job! Whew!I worked at LaserAway for a year but was offered a full time position at another company that I couldn't pass up. I had such a great experience at LaserAway but I needed to focus on my career. Brock and I bid each other farewell in April of 2010 on great terms and I never really thought we would cross paths again.People always say "when you know, you just know" about meeting “the one,” but I never got that feeling. He was in a serious relationship, as was I, and he was my boss. This would have been a triple negative had we started dating back then. I'm the kind of girl that when I'm in a relationship, the idea of dating someone else doesn't even cross my mind.Fast forward to May 2013, I open my inbox to see “LinkedIn: You have a new message from Brock H.” He started with the small talk and after a few emails invited me to the Padres v. Giants game. Hmmm, definitely suspicious that he would invite me to my favorite sport with my favorite team. Now I can see that he is trying to do more than talk business over LinkedIn.We started hanging out in August 2013 and within a month I was utterly shocked, but knew, that he was “the one!” I was shocked that it was someone I had already known from my past. I had gone thru a period of feeling really hopeless in dating. I just couldn’t find the person that was right for me. I was way too picky and had become a professional at breaking up with people up until this point. My mom would tell me, “I know there is a person out there for you, and I bet it’s someone you already know.” I was certain that all the people I dumped were not “the one” and I had already friend-zoned any others. As it always turns out, she was right (as mom's usually are).Brock and I fell head over heels in love and were engaged around our one year anniversary. It was all about timing and the stars aligning for both of us, when the timing was just right. It's hard to trust the process when you're feeling lonely or sad but if I do know one thing is that it's worth the wait to find the person right for you!I included some of our personal pictures from when it all began... ♥

The first night we hung out

Our First Halloween

   Our First Suns Game

Our First Wedding, My Sisters

Brock and I have been through a lot this past year and half. Life kind of came at us fast, and while most people are getting adjusted to life as newlyweds, we were already raising a baby and dealing with major loss and grief. (Read here if you don't know the story) Thru all of our struggles we've learned more and more about ourselves as well as each other.What I do know is that he and I both want it. We are willing to put in the work to make sure our marriage stays strong and that we create a healthy, happy, loving home for our daughter and hopefully other future children. We are literally growing together, and that is what marriage is all about.Here are some pics of us this past year... ♥

I also included some fun facts about us... ♥

• Brock completed the Iron Man (crazy, I know) so that makes him my Iron Man.
• We love to celebrate special moments with caviar and rosé champagne.
• We call the weekends "Hotdog Saturday and Hotdog Sunday" which is a long story, but basically gives us an extra hour in bed while our Quinny girl watches cartoons in between us.
• Our sweet angel son Parks was named after my husband's middle name ♥
• We both are blessed with big amazing families with a bunch of little ones running around.
• We are thankful everyday that we chose each other to love for life.

I married my best friend, a strong man, with a sweet soul. I am so lucky that he is mine and I am his.

Happy Valentine's Day Brock, I love you

xoxo