June 18, 2009

Well, this is my first attempt at a "blog". I know that people have been doing it for years, but I tend to be behind the times when it comes to technology and cool new stuff. I wanted to have some kind of journal to track the journey that our family will be taking as we welcome baby # 3 into our lives. Let me begin with some background for those who may not know anything about me and my family.

I have been married for 12 years to a wonderful guy, Scott, who is the only person in the world I can hate and love all at the same instant. He can make me laugh like no other. We met years ago in Wal-Mart... one of us a little more interested in the other. One trip to Chattanooga, TN and things really changed for us. He made me laugh and feel so good when I was with him, it was easy to forget everything else around me.

A few short months later we got our first big surprise. I was pregnant. At age 20 (me) and 24 (him), we weren't babies having babies, but we sure weren't prepared for what lay ahead. We decided to get married before the baby was born. We were in love, but faced a lot of challenges at the time. On June 15, 1997, we married in Pigeon Forge, TN and on July 22, 1997 we became a family when our first born son, Andrew Scott was born.

I can't say that a baby fixed all of the problems that we had, but we sure did make a cute little family. Andrew was a true blessing and all the doubts and fears we had as a couple were overshadowed by the love we had for our precious baby boy. As our lives became more stable, we found that we made a great couple. The only thing that could make our lives better would be to give our little boy a brother or sister. So two years later, on July 9, 1999, we welcomed Daniel Aaron into our lives.

Our boys have always been our lives. They kept us busy and kept us together during the hard times. I have to admit, there were many hard times... but many, many more good days. Having two active little boys is tons of fun but lots of hard work. After Daniel came into our lives, we felt our family was complete. Mostly. Always in the back of my mind, I wondered how it would be to have another child... I really never thought we would. If Scott was wanting a baby, I didn't and if I was wanting a baby, he didn't. Seems like we could never get on the same page.

Then this year came and because I know Scott and I are not getting any younger (37, him and 33, me) I decided that we needed to think seriously about whether or not we were really DONE or not. I had been on birth control and decided to test the waters one month. Since we are older and all, I figured it would take a long time... well, that was last month. This month I never got my period. I took a test and it was negative. A week later another test, negative... at first. Then a faint line appeared. I took it as a messed up result and waited another week. On our 12th anniversary I took the final pregnancy test and discovered that Yes, I am pregnant.