Starting Out...

So I finally got one of these things after I have been numerously told too throughout my ENTIRE pregnancy so here I am, 40 weeks and 5 days and I've finally had the time to set one up! :) So, a bit about me, I'm 21 years old and expecting my first child. Sam and I have been together since high school, a little over 4 years, and after the million roller coasters that we have been through together, I think this one will be the biggest one yet! But, we have made it through all the other ones, so I'm sure we will make it through this one too. :) We have chosen to have Preston at the birth center in Peaster. Yes, this means we will be doing things naturally! Nobody freak out, it's what your made to do in the first place.

How it all started:

After high school (May, 2007) Sam and I moved to Arizona to go to school. Me- Arizona State and Sam- MMI- Motorcycle Mech. Inst. I lived there for a year and a half and moved back to Texas in September, 2008 to figure out somethings for myself. So I moved in with my mom until the end of April, 2009, where I then moved into my own apartment. Also, at the end of April, Sam had graduated from MMI and was moving back home to Texas to start his life again. After some problems that occurred between the two of us, we finally came to terms with what was wrong and decided that we BOTH needed to fix things in order for "us" to still work.

On May 27th, 2009, my precious niece decided to make her grand appearance. I had the honor of attending a home birth which I had never experience in my life before. Already having the idea that something different was happening to my body that I again, never experienced in my life, I had to come to the realization of what I was about to go through, I just hadn't SEEN the official, "yes, you are about to go through this". After the excitement of Paisley coming into the world and everything calming down a bit, Justin (little brother), Toni (little sister), and I all went back to the apartment to clean up a bit and get situated (since we did make a quick dash to Megs at about 1:30am). It was then on the way home that I knew I needed to just take the test and get it over with. So, when I got home, that's just what I did. When I looked at the test and tried to swallow what I was reading without making a big deal about it since both kids were with me and couldn't raise any suspicion because that would start something completely new which I wasn't quiet ready to explain just yet.

When we got back over to Meg's house, I had to tell somebody and wasn't really sure how to tell my mom. I knew that she wasn't going to be upset but I never thought about how I was going to tell her something like this because after all,... this was not exactly how I planned it either. After KNOWING that Meg had just gotten stitches and had been told, "do not get up," I, of course :), called her to the bathroom to spill my guts. After finally being able to break down a bit from the news and soak it up for myself, I knew the next people in line for this was my mom and Sam. I told my mom which was no biggy at all, just wanted to get it over with really. Sam, on the other hand, I was no means scared or nervous, more of just wondering how he was going to react to the news. We of course have had the conversation of the "what ifs" but again, didn't expect it to come so soon. So, we were already meeting in Weatherford to eat dinner and right after I had got into the car, I broke silence. "So,... I've got good news, aaaaaannnd I have complicated news.... Which do you want first?" Ha! "So the good news is, is that I love you, the complicated news...... I'm pregnant." I seriously thought I was going to have to pull over so he could throw up. His face turned whiter than a sheet of paper and I could tell he was just trying to soak up what I had just said.

All in all, we both were excited but nervous at the same time. I think we were trying to figure out what exactly we thought we were in store for. Thankfully, both sides of the family were truly happy for the both of us and we couldn't be any more lucky with the blessings that we have received. :)