I guess since this is my first post I’ll take a moment to share a little about me and why I’m starting this blog. Tomorrow is my 25th birthday and as I am about to be a quarter of a century old I thought it was about time I started keeping some type of record of my life. I’ve had blogs in the past but for some reason (recently the excuse has been crappy internet service) I just can’t seem to stay on track and keep writing.
I’m mommy to two and a half year old twins, Wyatt and Lucas and I’m due with our third boy, baby bean, in only 18 days. I managed to keep a private blog after the boys were born and wrote in it every day for almost two years but now that I’m a little older and things in my life are stable and not so chaotic I thought I’d start a blog where I can keep our out of town family updated and write down memories that I’ll be able to look back at and cherish years down the road. For example, today as I was sitting in the living room I had the opportunity to watch Wyatt and Lucas blowing kisses back and forth to each other for almost a minute straight…those are the things I never want to forget, those are the memories I want to hold dear to my heart forever and if I don’t write them down and share them with the people I love most I will never remember them.
Here is a little background information on how our family came to be. Jim and I met in October 2008, I think if you ask either one of us we would both tell you that we had an instant connection. I was newly single and not looking for a boyfriend and he wasn’t looking for a girlfriend at the time, but God knew what he was doing that night when he brought us together. We hit it off immediately and after only a few minutes I knew he was the one. In January 2009 our lives changed forever when we found out we were pregnant! Talk about a surprise. Neither one of us was expecting our relationship to because so serious so quickly but God had other plans for us that we couldn’t foresee at the time. We became engaged at the end of January and found out in March that not only were we dealing with an unexpected pregnancy, but we were dealing with an unexpected TWIN pregnancy! Of all the different scenarios that could have played out at any point throughout our relationship I am so thankful that Jim choose to stand by my side, marry me, and start a family together. We were married on April 18, 2009 in a small ceremony in Gatlinburg, TN with our closest family members in attendance. Our beautiful twin boys Wyatt and Lucas were born on August 6, 2009 by emergency c-section due to my having preeclampsia at 35+4 weeks. Praise the lord they were perfectly healthy and didn’t need any time in the NICU. Jim and I went on to purchase a home in March 2010 and have worked hard to make our family a success. After settling into life as a mommy and wife it became clear to Jim and I both that our family was just not quite complete yet. We decided that in August 2011 we would start trying for our third child, I went off my birth control in June thinking it would take some time for us to conceive but 3 weeks later we got a positive pregnancy test! My due date was set for March 29, 2012…18 days from now. We are so blessed to be having another little boy and despite my initial disappointment at not having a girl to dress up and put in bows I have come to see this little boy as a huge blessing. After talking with Jim I truly feel once baby bean makes his arrival our family will be complete. I no longer have a desire in my heart for more children after this and as sad as I am that I will never experience the joy of mothering a little girl, I’m elated that I get to be a mommy to three handsome little boys. Jim and I are happier than ever are excited about embarking on this next phase of our journey together.
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