Getting Started

Ok, so I've never really done a blog before, but I love reading my cousin's.  Not sure that I can measure up to her's, cause she is so creative, but I figured I'd give it a try.  Yes Amanda, I'm talking about you.

Where it all began.  I fell in love with the wonderful man I now call my best friend and husband in early 2006.  Charles (Chuck)  and I started dating in Nov. 2005, but it wasn't until I was thousands of miles away in Miami, FL for a month that I realize how much I really wanted to be with him. From there, history began.  We got engaged September 28, 2007.  To my surprise, he let our summer vacation go without an engagement, my birthday in August passed without a "put a ring on it," but little did I know that his plan all along to throw me for a loop was to ask me to be his wife on HIS birthday.  Good thing I said "YES!"  Cause there were a lot of people there.

I married the love of my life on June 21, 2008.  We had a beautiful wedding at Reflections on Spring Creek in Plano.  All of our family and friends were their to celebrate with us, and boy did we.  Especially at the "after party"  in which some individuals, whom will remain unidentified (David Knowles), decided to get naked and jump in the hotel pool.  It was quite the entertaining evening.

We purchased our first home in Sept. 2008 and we cannot wait until we welcome our first little one.  YES!  I'm pregnant.  It was a long journey, but in the end, I know that it was actually short.  God had a plan for me all along, it was all about his timing.  For those of you close to us, you know how close Charles was to his dad and that we laid him to rest in March 2007.  From the very beginning of our relationship I knew that Chuck would one day make an amazing father.  He has such a soft spot in his heart for kids, so I knew when we started a family that I would want to tell him that he would be a daddy on his birthday (which is in Sept.) or on Father's Day.  I was so excited when I got the "pregnant" result on the test the weekend before Father's Day, that I couldn't hold it in.  I had to tell him.  But how amazing is our God.  He DOES here our prayers and he does answer them.

So I guess that brings us to today.  I'll be 15 weeks on Wednesday, August 18th.  Everything is going well.  I have my 4 month check up on Monday and within the next few weeks we'll learn if we're having a little boy or girl.  I cannot wait.  I've been holding off on looking at furniture and bedding until I know if I'm picking out pink or blue.

That's it for now.  If I can figure out how to add pictures, I'll get some pictures on here soon too.