I had to have my Dad carry it out for me & my Mom helped me somewhat wrap it.
I got him a new grill - he was in dire need. Our other one was falling apart & had been knocked over about 100 times from storms throughout the years. I haven't taken a photo of it all put together yet, I'll be sure to post that later on. 
Winker's spot during our gift opening.
Dan then told me to go upstairs because there was "gift #1" waiting for me on our bed in the guest room...gift #1? Here's what I found:
Love, love, love them - I've been wanting a pair for over a year now & Dan picked these out all by himself; he's got great taste. :D
After hanging out for a little while with my family, Dan & I started getting ready to leave for Pittsburgh (we had booked a hotel at the waterfront & had dinner reservations that evening, althought he wouldn't tell me what restaurant we were eating at). After I got out of the shower & started getting ready, I walked out of the bathroom to find gift #2 sitting on the floor waiting for me. I opened it & found this:
Bangles from Express. If you didn't know, I love bangles - I rarely wear any other kind of bracelet.
As we were packing for our overnight trip I also opened gift #3 that Dan left for me on my suitcase - it was a beautiful picture frame that says "home is wherever we are." :)
We made our way to Pittsburgh later that afternoon to check in at our hotel - Lexi was lucky enough to spend the night with Grammie & Grampa. Once we got settled in our room Dan gave me gift #4 which was a contour leopard belt:
Love this also & it looks great with my red pumps. I don't wear it as low as this photo shows because it's stretchy in the back so I wear it with my high waisted skirts, again, super cute.
We then got ready for dinner & made our way to The Melting Pot (he finally told me where we were going) & I've been wanting to go there for months. Neither of us have ever been so we were excited to try something new. Thankfully they put us in the back of the restaurant where it was a little more secluded because we were very camera happy during our dinner.
***WARNING: Lots of self-portraits follow - may cause increased waves of nausea or eye rolling...just be prepared.***
Waiting for our appetizers to come...
Enjoying his appetizers. LOL.
We definitely had some steam going on.
Lover cooking our entrees.
We decided to kill some time taking some funny photos while we waited for our dessert to come out:
Der - I was still talking.
Doesn't Dan look like Jim Carrey from In Living Color years ago??? "Let me show you something!!!" LMAO.
I love Dan's fish face - he's really got the eyes working.
Mmmmm.
Who doesn't like a big, hot bowl of chocolate served in front of them???
The best picture of the night - ironically, neither of our marshmellows made it into our mouths.
Photo courtesy of our server.
Our meal was fantastic & we loved everything about it - my favorite part was the dessert, of course. When we left the restaurant we realized that it took us 2 1/2 hours to eat(!!!). Sweet baby Jesus that's a long time to be stuffing our faces.
We ended the night with a walk along the waterfront where they had the fountains going, music playing & the outdoor bars were packed with people. We sat on a bench & watched the boats float by for a little while, until we started yawning...we then realized it was only 9:15 p.m. :o/
Our last photo-op of the evening. Yes, you are all in the clear - no more lovebird pics.
When we got back to the hotel I opened gifts #5 & #6, which were a 3 tiered, sterling silver, leaf necklace & a fuscia dress shirt from Banana Republic. I later realized that Dan got me 6 gifts for our 6 years together. Isn't that just the sweetest thing? I am such a lucky lady. He did so well planning our evening together & to keep me in the dark as to what we were actually doing - he really wanted it to be a surprise & it was. After our anniversary my Mom told me that she helped him wrap all of the gifts & he had picked out the bags/tissue paper/wrapping paper so they would look similiar (white, red & pink with hearts). Dan also told her what he had planned as far as staging them throughout the day - she thought it was the sweetest thing she had ever heard. Again, I am such a lucky lady.
To My Lover: We've made it 6 years & still counting...I love our life together & I love getting to share each day & every new experience with my best friend. You are compassionate, funny, loving, supportive, romantic, understanding, sweet & when need be, goofy. You are the one I tell all of my secrets to & share my hopes & dreams with; the one I turn to when I need a laugh during a difficult time; the first person I tell when I have great news. Our past, present & future memories will always be kept close to my heart & I am so thankful that I have you to share this journey with. I love you, my soulmate.
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