A conversation me and Little Angel had:
Little Angel: Momma don't tell our babies that you are my step mom...and tell Daddy not to either.
Me: Oh baby, you know that I would not do that and I know Daddy won't either.
Little Angel: I don't want our babies to know that I am not their real sister.
Me: You ARE their real sister. They are going to think you are the greatest thing.
Little Angel: I hope we won't have twins because they would probably look alike.
Me: Baby, don't worry about looking different. You know Uncle Curtis had blonde, blonde hair and me and Aunt Courtney had brown hair. I was 7 years older than him and Aunt Courtney was 12 years older, so no one is going to know unless you tell them.

Little Angel: Momma guess what?!
Me: What?!
Little Angel: I am going to be nine in a month!
Me: I know! I bet you are super exited!
Little Angel: Remember you said that when I was ten that we would probably have a baby? Well that means it is only one more year!
(she asked me awhile back and I told I thought it would be a few more years-so she could be the only child. She said, "aww. darn." lol. "So when I am ten?" "Yes baby, probably when you are ten." lol. well now she is calling me on it ;)

my mom's parents

my husband's brother and his wife

my sister and my best friend from Alaska did a wonderful job on the church

my precious niece

me and the guys

my bridesmaids (pink=college friends and sage=life long)

i have never had long hair and have always wanted cascading curls for my wedding-she made it possible

my best friend came from Texas yet again (he also came to take me to prom my senior year)

First Year....Lol

My husband took the first bite of his chicken, rice, and gravy. "Is there nuts in here?" "No, why?" "Its kind of crunchy." "Awww dang it. thats the rice!"

Earlier this year I set his plate on the table and as I was getting mine he says, "Is that dog poop?" "Excuse me?!" As he leans in to sniff it and then jumps up from the table. "There is dog poop on the table next to my plate!" Sure enough I had managed to get dog poop on the table. I was hysterical. I mean how many people can say they put dog poop on the table with their husbands dinner?! Apparently I dropped the box of soda in a pile and did not realize it. I put it down on the table and there you go.

Let me just say my husband is the greatest. He is very sweet no matter how bad it tastes. He tells me I am beautiful on my worst days. Loves me no matter what. I do my best but mess up a lot in my opinion.

He texts me, "Honey, there is paper in my sandwich :) i love you"

I guess I lucked out because he has never had a good mother figure nor wife figure. Every woman in his life has been no good. He has had the worst luck with women. So I can do no wrong in his eyes. Lucky me :)

My baby girl with my sister

I had to say goodbye to my baby girl today until July 7th. Her mother's step mom, who had custody of her for the last four years, came to get her for bible school and the annual vacation to Destin.

I am really going to miss her. She can be a pill sometimes but most of the time I feel incredibly blessed because she is such a sweet kid. I love getting to pick her up from day care at 2 and having our afternoons. We go swimming on Mondays and Wednesdays. My husband works until 5:30 on weekdays and 1:30 on Saturday so I get a lot of girl time with my daughter. Really the only problem I sometimes have out of her is her tendency to question everything. Apparently EVERYTHING was open to discussion when she lived with "Tata"

I think my husband worries that having an instant daughter is putting too much of a burden on me. I tell him this is what I have always wanted to do. "But you did not expect to have an eight year right away." "But I would have had to wait a lot longer to be a mom." I always figured I should baby my husband for at least a year or two. To me, that seems like a really long time to wait. lol.

The other day we were in Borders and he said, "I should buy this for you." (What to Expect When You are Expecting) "I already have that one." "How can you already have it?! It just came out!" LOL. "I want to be as prepared as possible." Its no secret that I am very excited about having a baby. I know we need to wait but its still fun to read about and buy for my hypothetical baby (I have a HUGE storage container full of clothes I have accumulated)

I love babies. I have worked at daycares for 6 years and absolutely loved it! I just got a job at at preschool for special needs children and feel God has prepared me for this line of work for a long time. I have always been my younger brother's little mom since he was born when I was 7.

Instant Family

me and the little angel

me and my prince

When I met my husband last May, it was the first time in four years that I had a guy follow through. I had been let down time after time and was beginning to lose hope. My husband actually redeemed mankind :)

My cousin met her husband on E-Harmony about 3 years ago. That was the first time I actually knew someone that it worked for. I was still very skeptical. Well after attending her wedding and seeing that she no longer was waiting for that special someone I wondered....So I tried it-just for a month. I thought maybe I could at least meet some interesting people-supposedly the kind of people I should be compatible with. lol. They matched me up with a lot of guys. However, I did not have much faith that anything would happen. Out of thirty guys, I only got to the texting on the cell phone part with two of them. One of the guys kept standing me up and pretty much disappeared off the face of the planet. The other one, my husband, did not really take the hook. (I come to find out later that he had done it for a year and by the time I came around he was, well sort of seeing someone.)

So I went about my life for four months. I was resistant to give into being alone even though I had heard that is when God sends someone-when you are comfortable with yourself. Well I decided that instead of moving home after my junior year of college I would get my own apartment, take some classes, and do what I love-work at a day care. Would you know that the day I moved into my own place was the day my husband walked into my life?! I had him on my friend list for Facebook and saw that he was suddenly single. Trying to be nice I shot him a line and three days letter we met for dinner. (We both thought the other one had not been interested and taken for the last few months)

So begins our story. It has always felt right from the first time I saw him. And when he took the initiative to hold my hand during "Spider Man 3" -so I did not have to strategically place my hand so he would-I knew it was what I had been waiting for and boy was it worth the wait. We both had been through so much, and relationships had put us through so much, that we really appreciated what the other had to offer.

However, I told him I did not want to meet his 8 year old daughter until we were together and were committed to each other. (She was not living with him at the time so he just got her for visits) So after a month I met the little angel and hopped right into mommy hood. My apartment, job, and school were thirty minutes away so I did a lot of driving May through December but it was so rewarding. I was so relieved when I graduated and got married two weeks later. I would finally get to wake up in the arms of the most wonderful guy and help my daughter get ready for school.