First Blog

So I have made the decision to start a blog not only for my family to read but to have something to show my boys when they get older. I wanted something to show them all the fun things they got to do when they were little, all the fun things they learned and experienced. I also wanted to share my experience with fellow mommies. I think to many people keep their mommy experiences and don't share them, I don't know how many of my fellow mommies say "I wish someone would have told me that". We all go through very similar experiences with our kids, why not share what we learned.

So a little about us, I was lucky enough to have found and married my soul mate Shane. We "dated" in Jr high in Nebraska. I ended up moving 30 minutes away and to a 13 year old it might as well have been 300 miles away. So I sent him a Dear John letter breaking things off and he will tell you how heartbroken he was. We didn't speak until he crashed my sweet 16 pool party, I had invited some fellow friends and Shane had the car to drive them there. We  then"dated" again for about a month, but living 30 miles apart was just to far away LOL. We then ran into each other again when we were 18 in a little dance club. We "dated" all summer until I went back to college and he went to Arizona. This time we stayed in contact and every time he came to Nebraska we would hang out. After College I moved to Indiana where my parents were living and stayed a year. The entire year we talked about our connection and love for each other so I made the decision to take a chance and moved to Arizona. It wasn't long before fate took over and we were married.

We found out the day after our wedding we were pregnant, VERY unexpectedly. We went on our honeymoon and moved to California right after that. At 10 weeks we finally got a Dr appointment and found out that we were miscarrying. To be on the safe side we went in for an ultrasound the next week and saw an empty sac. My whole world fell from cloud nine. Three months later we were pregnant again and we were back on cloud 9. Unfortunately 6 weeks into the pregnancy Shane's mom died. We were able to tell her we were pregnant but when we had the ultrasound to confirm a heartbeat she had already passed. We were blessed enough to have her as our guardian angel to watch over us and our pregnancy. Tristen was born on 7/10/09 happy and healthy. It was the most amazing moment of my life. When fellow moms talked about the love they felt the moment they saw their child I always laughed but I am telling you my heart tripled with love the moment I saw him. I could not imagine loving anything more or being able to feel any more love but 14 months later I did with the birth of my second son Connor on 9/21/10. Needless to say my world is VERY blessed.

It hasn't always been easy but when you have a partner who is truly your best friend it makes things bearable and worthwhile. I am very blessed and I am excited to share my life. I may not be the best mommy and always do things right but I do the best that I can and I do everything with love.

So this is our blog, I hope you enjoy it, I hope that I can help mommies whether its just for a good laugh because you have been there before, a good cry because you have felt that before or to help with a situation you are facing because I have been there before; than I have done my job!

ENJOY!