Mr. V proposed. Woo-hoo!!!! Actually, Mr. V and Pumpkinhead proposed with “rock candy“. Shocked the hell out of me. Not that I didn’t think we’d get married someday. But the fact that he did it tonight seriously stunned me. And, of course, I said yes. I have adored this man since the very first moment we met and have never had a doubt that he is The One. Never, ever felt anything close with Chapin. I am so happy!
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Gunfighter
November 27, 2009 at 6:07 am
Mazel Tov!
anon
November 12, 2009 at 11:47 pm
I am sure you are completely on cloud nine with that totally in love, nothing else matters feeling. I wouldn’t feel like posting either, relish this time of feeling such passion, excitement and love!!!!
ptlawmom
November 11, 2009 at 11:08 pm
My blog has NOT ended. I have been working a bazillion hours in the legal department of a large corporation, meeting myself coming and going, plus getting engaged and then spending a week with my fiance’s extended family as his sister got married. Geez. Will post again soon!
sasha
November 11, 2009 at 9:07 pm
At least this blog ended with a bang! Better to go out that way!
kels
November 11, 2009 at 12:44 am
Not sure if this blog is defunct now or still active? Just came acrossed it, if you are no loner writing wishing you an awesome life together, I guess nice to have some archives here, even if you are no longer updating.
Jesse
November 7, 2009 at 1:26 pm
Congratulations!!!
Jill
November 5, 2009 at 2:48 pm
CONGRATULATIONS and best wishes!
ptlawmom
November 5, 2009 at 8:44 am
I did tell Chapin. He wanted to know if I was happy and if I thought Mr. V would be good to Pumpkinhead. I said yes on both counts and he seemed satisfied with that answer.
Leo
November 4, 2009 at 11:22 pm
Congratulations! I am so happy for you and pumpkinhead! Enjoy every minute of Fiancee-hood
Joshiesmom
November 4, 2009 at 10:19 pm
Have you told Chapin? What was his reaction?
Dakota
November 4, 2009 at 12:19 pm
Congrats! This is happy news!
CM
November 2, 2009 at 11:13 pm
From reading your updates over the past months, it sounds like from the very beginning, you knew! Congratulations!!!
shell
November 2, 2009 at 10:24 pm
Congrats!
He seems to make you and Pumpkinhead so happy!
Canadian Bald Guy
November 2, 2009 at 6:44 pm
Yay!!! Congratulations!!!
anon
November 2, 2009 at 1:06 am
How sweet, love that story, congrats, congrats, congrats to all of you.
Cee
November 2, 2009 at 1:00 am
OMG!!! such a cute way to propose!!! Congratualtions- you totally deserve to be with the man of your dreams- yay!!
Kelly
November 1, 2009 at 9:33 pm
CONGRATS!!!!
PT-LawMom
November 1, 2009 at 9:05 pm
Pumpkinhead brought me a Tootsie Roll wrapper and told me he had candy for me. I told him I didn’t want it, but thanks anyway. He said, “But Mommy, it’s rock candy!” I said, “huh?” and Mr. V said, “Honey, he really wants to give you the candy.” I grabbed the wrapper thinking it was one of Pumpkinhead’s jokes. Nope, the ring was inside. Then Mr. V dropped to one knee and proposed. It was super sweet and romantic. I think I may have stopped breathing for a moment!
Meg, I had started talking to him right before I came to visit you. I knew on our very first date that he was The One. It was like a lightning strike. You met him so you know. Love him!!!
anon
November 1, 2009 at 7:39 pm
What’s up with the rock candy? Congrats..when is the date? How exciting. I am sure the engagement party planning is already underway! Congrats again.
Meg
November 1, 2009 at 3:29 pm
Wow. I am…stunned. This is a complete 180 from you sitting in my living room back in…March? Craziness.
Joshiesmom
November 1, 2009 at 1:28 pm
!!!!!!!!Congratulations!!!!!!!!! I am all goose-bumpy and so happy for you! Look forward to reading all about the wedding plans and honeymoon
(Well, maybe you don’t have to share ALL about the honeymoon, LOL!)
Simon
November 1, 2009 at 10:26 am
Congrats!
Great news.
ptlawmom
November 1, 2009 at 9:43 am
Thanks LL. Chapin is still very active in Pumpkinhead’s life. Unless he decides to return to Guatemala for life (and maybe not even then), I can’t ever imagine a scenario where he’d want to give up his parental rights. That said, Mr. V is going to make an amazing Stepdad!!
LL
November 1, 2009 at 9:34 am
Congrats!! That’s fantastic news!
(On child support – the other way I think it terminates in your state is if Mr. V formally adopts Pumpkinhead and Pumpkinhead takes his name. I have a few friends who went this route as children, mostly b/c their dads no longer had any role in their lives and the moms weren’t getting the child support they were supposed to get anyway.)
MommaSunshine
November 1, 2009 at 7:54 am
OMG! Congrats! Such wonderful news. So happy for you.
Beachgirl
November 1, 2009 at 7:32 am
Congrats! I’m so happy for you.
ptlawmom
October 31, 2009 at 11:22 pm
According to an article I found, and this is what I understood, Chapin’s obligation only terminates if we remarry *each other*. (Phew!)
Termination of Child Support
Child support will terminate on the marriage of the child. If the child subsequently divorces the child support remains terminated – the child is emancipated. If the marriage is annulled, the child support picks up again. An annulment is like no marriage at all.
Child support will terminate if the child’s disabilities (minority) are removed for general purposes.
Child support will terminate on the death of the child or on the death of the obligor. As to the obligor, this is what the statute says at 154.006. However, Fanning v. Fanning, 828 S.W.2d 135 – a 1992 Waco Court of Appeals case states that the statute impliedly authorizes the court to make provision for child support as an obligation of the obligor’s estate. You see an express provision in this regard in decrees of divorce – that the obligation survives the death of the obligor. Also note, that many decrees requires the obligor to carry life insurance to secure payment of the child support obligation.
Child support will terminate at the 18th birthday of the child if the child is not enrolled in high-school. If the child is enrolled, then it will terminate upon graduation of the child.
Child support terminates on the marriage or remarriage of the obligor and obligee. This means — if the obligor and obligee marry one another or remarry one another then the child support terminates. If the obligee marries someone else, or if the obligor marries someone else – the child support does not terminate.
ptlawmom
October 31, 2009 at 11:20 pm
Oh geez. Will it affect child support? I hadn’t even thought about that but I thought that only alimony was affected by remarriage. My understanding that child support is tied to the child and the parent’s income, not the other parent. At least in the state I live, Chapin has to pay 20% of his income for Pumpkinhead until 18… unless you know something I don’t? (Made my heart skip a beat for a second!)
Googie Baba
October 31, 2009 at 11:17 pm
I’m so happy for you and your family! Can’t wait to hear all about the wedding.
Z
October 31, 2009 at 11:09 pm
congrats!
how will this affect child support, though?
I hope everything works out well for you!