Saveen and I started dating in 2019 (right before the pandemic hit). In 2021 we started talking about future plans and marriage and realized we were on the same page on a lot of things.

Now little to my knowledge Saveen had started working on ways to propose and his plan was to propose on a trip to India we were supposed to take at the end of 2021. As the date came closer, him and our families started to get more excited, but little did anyone know that I would get sick with Covid-19 just a couple of days before our flight - which meant we had to cancel the whole trip (and the proposal)!

Saveen, being Saveen, got back to the drawing board immediately and came up with this second plan for a month later in Napa, California at the Meritage Resort. He told me he wanted to go to Napa for a day and to go on a hot air balloon ride. Me, being who I am, started thinking "He's going to propose on a hot air balloon!"

Well the hot air balloon came and went and there was no proposal - but Saveen booked a photographer/videographer and we did a whole couple's photo shoot around Napa. I had so much fun that I stopped thinking about any proposal and decided to just go with the flow.

After the photoshoot, we went to our hotel room and Saveen said he wanted to go to a winery. He told me the winery had a strict dress code (and me not knowing much about wineries, I believed him!). He then pulled out a dress and some shoes from his suitcase and told me he figured I wouldn't know about the dress code so he took the liberty of buying me an outfit. I was just so overwhelmed that he took the time that I didn't read into it at all (which if you know me is a hard feat to achieve). We got ready and left the hotel for the "winery".

Eventually he took me to what I thought was a winery and told me to wait outside while he got directions. Two minutes later he called me and said "Today is going to be.a special day for us. Follow the steps in front of you and I'll see you soon".

Once I got upstairs, I was surprised by all of our family and a violinist all on beautifully decorated deck. Each family member had a picture with a milestone of our relationship. Once I got to the last of our family, Saveen made his entrance. He had an empty photo frame, engraved with our names and the date and asked if we could fill the frame with a picture from today. He said a lot more (that I don't remember because I was in tears) and then popped the big question!

I never got my wine...but I got something a lot more precious...my now husband!

Credits:
Dress: Lulus
Videographer: The amazing https://www.facebook.com/apollon.st
All the family and friends that helped put this all together - thank you so so much!

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