Our Story!

Becoming a new mom is definitely a roller coaster. It’s an amazing feeling and it’s also a little bit of a scary feeling! But something that makes it less scary – is who you have to share the life with! I have been so very blessed with the man that I call my husband. He is a great husband, a great man, and a great daddy to our little girl! It has been only a few weeks, but to see him with our little girl – it melts my heart every time! He is so in love with our baby!

Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton

It has been both my dream and my husband’s dream to have a family, to be a mom and a dad. I’m going to be completely honest with you in my blog, okay? The man who is now my husband – we were pregnant before we got married. No, we did not get married because of the baby.

We met April 14, 2017. One of my very close friends contacted me and said she had someone that she wanted me to meet. I wasn’t completely sure about it, as I’ve had my share of heartbreak. Who hasn’t, right? So I asked my friend some questions about him, which unknowingly to me, he had been sitting there next to her at the time that she texted me. I don’t know if he was actually reading the conversation between her and I, but he was there. My friend had recently gotten married in November 2016, where both me and this guy she was trying to set me up with had gone to. We did not meet at the wedding though. Even though it was kind of funny later, when we found out that we had both been there and he had actually sat in the row in front of me during the wedding.

When my friend had told me that he was there, I had vaguely remembered seeing him, but not really anything else about him. As I was at the wedding for her, and not to meet someone, although it is a bit awkward going to a wedding alone, just saying! But anyway, about five months later, my friend texted me and told me that she had someone that she wanted to set me up with, or at least meet. I asked some questions, she said he was a really great guy, he had also had heartbreak and was ready to meet someone – a potential someone to spend the rest of his life with. She had also been talking to him about me. Not sure all what she told him about me, but it was enough that he said yes to wanting to meet me, so it must have been good things!

To be honest, I wasn’t quite sure about it. I had lived in another state at the time, but I thought why not? I hadn’t seen her in a while, and we had been wanting to get a trip together to see each other again. I had that weekend off, so I mentioned it to her, and she had told her husband and the guy she was wanting to set me up with, and they said that was perfect, so we had it planned for that weekend. It was a Sunday that she messaged me, and I met him that next Friday, five days later. During those days in between, I was excited and nervous at the same time. Anyone know what I’m talking about?! And even though I wasn’t quite sure about it, the days at work seemed to drag on more than they already did. Plus, I was excited to see my close friend again, and her husband (even though he’s a Duke fan)! P.S. I’m a University of North Carolina fan.

As I said before, I wasn’t quite sure about it. For one thing, I didn’t think anything would come of it. I knew it’d be great to see my friends again, and at least make a new friend, if anything. I didn’t think anything would come from meeting this guy. I heard he was kind of really nerdy and likes video games, and to be honest, I never imagined myself with a guy like that. I didn’t want someone who always sat on the couch and played video games when he didn’t work. But God works in mysterious ways!

That Friday, April 14, 2017, we met! We were both a little quiet at first. Both kind of listening to the other talk to the mutual friends who were setting us up or at least getting us to meet. At least, I was listening to him, and trying not to be nervous. Because even though, I wasn’t really expecting anything to come from meeting him except maybe a new friend, you still get nervous when meeting someone new like that. Or am I the only one?! The picture below was our first picture together!  

Well, that night, we ended up hanging out at our friends house and watching a movie, then talking for a little bit after that, then calling it a night. He asked for my number that first day/night we met, and it just continued from there! Even though we didn’t do much, we didn’t go out and have a fancy dinner and go out and see a movie, I thoroughly enjoyed myself. After a little while, I was able to really relax and just be myself. I was myself at the beginning, I was just more relaxed after a little while! We talked, we laughed, we had fun! It didn’t have to be anything fancy or cost a lot of money for us to have a good and fun time! I love just being together and spending time together and talking, getting to know each other. And that’s what we did! And for my whole time there on my trip, we saw each other every day. I did not want to leave and go back to reality and my job. But alas, I had to. It was a hard goodbye.

Just a couple days later, on my next day off and on his day off, we met halfway from where we lived, and spent the day together. He was the first man to ever drive a couple hours just to see me and spend time with me! That alone made me feel really special! That day, April 19, 2017, was our first official date! The first time it was just me and him together! We both didn’t really know how the other would be with just the two of us together, since the other times we had been with friends. But it turned out to be just as amazing! Just like him! The picture below was our first picture as an official couple!

He even drove eight+ hours just to go to my friends wedding, who he didn’t know and the only one he would know was me, and I couldn’t even sit with him during the wedding because I was in the wedding. That has to tell you something about the man. Also, that the wedding was only a few weeks after we met, so even though we felt like we had known each other for our whole lives, we still didn’t know everything about each other. Things with us just clicked, it was nice!

Then that weekend, after the wedding, I ended up moving to where he lived. I used to live there before, but it had been a couple years since living there. I didn’t move back for him. I had gotten a job there, one that I had worked at before we moved away. He was just a bonus of moving back! Then a few months later, we find out that we are pregnant. Yes, it was before getting married. Things were serious with us, and we weren’t just messing around. Things did move quicker than we had planned, but we did really love each other, even though it was going a little fast. We both were genuine with each other. We still are. We got married August 19, 2017. It was a little rough, financially – life usually is, especially when starting out with someone. We had just a little ceremony, and we are going to have another one this year, since many family and friends weren’t able to make it.

As I said earlier, we did NOT get married because of the baby. We got married because we genuinely loved each other, and we still do, and we will love each other ’till death do us part’. He is an amazing man, an amazing husband, and an amazing daddy! 

We welcomed our little girl into the world on March 6, 2018! She ended up being five days late, but she is here now, and everything is great, and she is a healthy little girl! We are so in love with her! We couldn’t be more proud of her and our little family! It is a little rough and different adjusting to a new addition to the family, with her being on the outside instead of the inside, but it’s a good different!

I am sorry that this blog post is a little on the long side, but most first blog posts usually are, right?! Hope you enjoy reading my blog and my story! Thank you for reading and supporting us!