Three years and two babies later....

Today's the day I begin again.  I will try to keep up with it more often and try to remain open and honest about my happenings.  A quick catch up on who I am.  I am a reluctant suburban mom of two beautiful little girls Evangeline Rose and Madelyn Grace, or Evie and Mady for short.  I call myself reluctant because I never thought I would be a mom or a wife.  I have achieved both of those in the last five years. 

I met my amazing husband 4.5 years ago over the internet.  The say when you meet the one you just know and that was definetly the way it worked with him.  He is an amazing man, I love him more everyday.  About 9 months later we found out that we were going to be having a baby, with much discussion we decided that getting married also sounded like a good idea. He gave me a beautiful ring on a cold beach and I said yes. 

Since I was pregnant we decided not to get married right away even though my parents really wanted us too.  We had our amazing daughter Evie on New Years Eve 2006 and life was perfect. We started planning our wedding soon after that and decided to get married on another beach just one much warmer, Hawaii!!  It was absolutely amazing and it could not have been any better. 

After getting married and enjoying life has parents and partners we decided it might be a good idea to try and have another baby.   After many failed attempts and a horrible prognosis from my doctor it finally happened in February 2009.  This pregnancy was not an easy one and I was happy for it to be over in October with the birth of our second daughter Madelyn. She was born a bit early and had a rough start but is doing amazing now.

I am currently on maternity leave and enjoying every moment of it.  We are planning a trip to Hawaii in about three weeks, I can not wait to be in the sun again.  I have one more month of leave and I am dreading my return to the working world.  My goal this year is to pay off as much debt as possible so I can work less.  I will continue to look for part time oppotunities so I can spend more time with my kids.  They are what is important to me.....not things.