Our Story:
First Comes Love...
Mr. Armstrong and I met five years ago when my family was working OSU sporting events for Express Personnel. I was still in high-school and wearing that over-sized-yellow-jacket was the last thing I wanted to do. Brandon was in college working for the athletic department at the time, and I remember my mother telling me about him the night she met him.
I remember thinking Brandon would never fall for a girl like me. I was a little senior in high school and he was this hot-college-guy that I thought was way out of my league. Little did I know that God was waking him up at night with me on his mind.
Seeing each other randomly went on for a couple of years. In May of 2008 I starting working at the wellness center on OSU's campus. One May afternoon I remember sitting at the desk scanning IDs when Brandon came walking into my life once again.
The next week we ran into each other at the pool. I remember laying out in my chair about 10 feet away from him pretending that I hadn't noticed him. My hair was curly and we were both wearing brown swimsuits: it-was-meant-to-be. The next couple of weeks consisted of tons of Facebook messaging back and forth, until I finally gave Brandon my phone number (He was being a slow poke)!
I was in American Eagle (with my back then room-mate and now sister-n-law) when my phone rang and Brandon was on the other side. June 16th 2008 Brandon knocked on my door and took me on our first date. Chili's and Marble Slab: where I drank 1,000 cups of water and ate way-to-much-ice-cream.
The next 5 months were full of fun, concerts, trips to meet families, first kisses, and I love you's.
Until: Novermeber 30th 2008 when he got down on one knee on a cold night in Oklahoma City and asked me to be his bride. I said yes! and the wedding planning began.
Then Came Marriage...
We knew that we didn't want "the-normal-wedding"... so we packed our bags and headed to Destin Florida. Our rehearsal dinner consisted of no rehearsing and grilling burgers on the grill.
June 5th 2009 I woke up as Megan Hefner. I walked down the board walk to find my future husband sitting in a chair on the beach taking in the last hours of being a single man. It was a beautiful morning that brought on an even more beautiful day of hanging out on the beach with family and friends.
At 7:00PM my daddy lead me down that board walk one last time. Hand-in-hand we made that long journey down to the beach where he gave me away to the man of my dreams. It was a beautiful night: perfect weather, perfect spot, perfect everything. That night I became Mrs. Armstrong.
Then Came A Baby...
Now there are 3. April 4th, 2011 our family of two became a family of three at 12:55PM when Alivia Nicole Armstrong was put on my chest for the first time. After 9 months, 30 hours of hard labor, and after exhaustion had set in we became a Mom and Dad.
She has come into our lives and turned it upside down and we couldn't be more happy. She is our Missy Bear, our brown-haired-blue-eyed little girl, our sweet smiler. She is our world.
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By no means is our world perfect. It's imperfections is what make it beautiful. We fight, we make up, we ask for forgiveness daily, and we love each other one day at a time. The past two years have been better than I ever imagined, and I can't wait for more dreams to come true, more love, more babies, and more years married to my beloved, my hero, my Papa Bear, my hunk, my #2, Mr. Armstrong.
