{Engagement Session} Louisiana Engagement by Carl Brue Photography

Today’s engagement session is a true testament to love taking it’s time and holding on as long as it needs to.  This Louisiana couple have known each other for a long time and they finally decided to take the plunge and get together and marry this year in November.

 Claudia Nicole Lewis and Paul DeMario Richard Sr.

Engagement Date: July 29th

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Engagement Location: Our home in Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Wedding Date: November 1st, 2014

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Tell us about your first meeting… We met in March of 2010. We had both been through some really bad relationships and I think we were both at a point where we were tired of being misled by the opposite sex and we were growing older, and eager to be in a wholesome relationship with someone who was serious. I remember the beginning stages of our relationship moving very fast because we really liked each other a lot. We would talk on the phone for hours and we were always finding time to see each other, even if just for a moment in between jobs. We fell in love really quickly.

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Tell us about your first date… Our first date was on Paul’s birthday, April 4th I was going to stand him up but I didn’t! He was used to women doing this type of thing to him. We met downtown and walked to the levee. We sat and looked at the water and had really great conversation. We talked about so much stuff in a short amount of time. The date was kind of short because my daughter ended up having an accident at the baby sitter’s house, so I had to leave abruptly and go to tend to her. I thought he was going to be scared away because I have a daughter from another relationship, but he didn’t mind at all. And we went on many dates thereafter.

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Tell us about your first kiss… We have been together so long; I honestly can’t remember our first kiss. I’m not a big kisser, so he always has to sneak kisses from me, but I don’t mind. In fact, I secretly like it when he does lol. If I can recall correctly, I think our first kiss was on my birthday which is nine days after his birthday, and it was just a little peck, it wasn’t a full kiss! I always pick on him and tell him that he can’t have a real kiss until our wedding day when they say “you may now kiss your bride”.

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Tell us about the proposal… I was actually surprised when he proposed. Paul is quiet and kind of shy, so for him to go and pick a ring and plan a proposal, was very shocking to me. It was on July 29th and I was unloading the luggage from the car. His nephew was at our house and I remember his nephew kind of following me around like he was recording me with his phone. I didn’t really think anything of it at the moment. Well as we gathered the last of the luggage from the car we were all in the living room, and he just came up to me and he says “I have something to tell you”, and I was like “…ok…”, and I could tell that he was really nervous because his nephew had to tell him  to get down on one knee! But he proposed right there in our living room. It was really nice, and private, and I was so excited. I ran to the bathroom and called my aunt and started crying on the phone because I was so happy, but I didn’t want to cry in front of Paul.

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My Dear Paul,

I am so excited to be at this stage of my life with you. You have grown to be an amazing man to me and an amazing father to our young children. I love you more than you know. I can’t wait to start this new chapter of our lives together as husband and wife. The best is yet to come!

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Vendor Love: Photographer: Carl Brue Photography 

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Shafonne Myers is a certified wedding and event planner who longed for bridal inspiration that looked like her. She has created a website and magazine that brings bridal inspiration to plus size brides. She does speaking engagements educating the world about plus size brides and self confidence.
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