Monday, August 14, 2006

Blast from the Past ...

Found this on my *first* blog which only had two entries.  It was posted on August 14, 2006 ... so that's the date I'm using.  But I am actually posting it on December 18, 2015.  LOL.   I wrote this the last day I was in Washington State with the boys, before flying home to Wisconsin ... to DB ... I would be getting pregnant with Nathan with in the following two days sometime.

Good Morning Sunshine....


Good morning SUNSHINE....... yes that's what I said. I'm crazy this morning. I'm going home, and can't WAIT!!

My boys came out to Washington State to spend the last 2 months with my mom :) See, I just finished up a divorce, and was married for 10 years. It was suppose to be time for me to be me, find the new me, rediscover the old me - the one that got stuffed down and slightly controled .... We won't get into a discussion about my ex, we'll just say he's a VERY BAD GUY and I'm beyond glad to be out of that situation!!

........ but instead of more self discovery time, I feel in love. :) Got engaged.... and moved the man to my house. Ooooooooh I know what you are thinking.........

NUTS....

Well I won't deny it, I'm crazy in a good way.... but this wasn't as nuts as you might think. THis isn't a rebound relationship, I already had that, and am still friends with the guy. I dated 3 other guys between Mr. Rebound and Dennis....

Dennis and I clicked from the second we started talking. Yes, we met on the internet. We talked countless hours, web cam'ed, and had too many phone calls to count... and we were already falling in love before we even met. *Falling* being the keyword... and we fell fast, and hard once we met. It was like we knew eachother forever.... it's like we are the same person. We are constantly saying the same thing at the same time... we have the same beliefs, the same values, the same hopes and dreams for the future. It's amazing... He's amazing....

We are getting married next October 13th (2007).... we're going to go ahead and try to have our own addition to our family.

I have 2 boys, Calahan Joseph - who is 10, in 5th Grade (starting in a few weeks) and a Weeblo II in Boyscouts. He has ADHD and is on meds for it. I was completely anti-meds, but he needs them to have self control, and to be able to consintrate. He's a great kid, a good big brother, and we've had many scares with him along the road (including a Leukemia one).

Noah Alexander is my miracle baby. He was 1lb 12.2oz and 13 3/4 inches at birth. He was born at 33 weeks, and was born with a rare genetic disorder called Mosaic Trisomy 16. I was told when I was 4 months pregnant with him, that he would not live, period. He is currently 4, in his 3rd year of Preschool. For a baby I was told would not walk or talk or have any quailty of life, IF he did live, they were wrong. He looks and acts completely *normal* and has an attitude to make up for his small size. He is only about 28lbs and 35 inches at 4 1/2.

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If you want to learn more about Noah's story, or Noah's rare genetic disorder, you can go to Disorders of Choromsome 16 Foundtions to find out more information, if you go under "OUR STORIES" and in the "MOSAIC TRISOMY 16" section is listed "NOAH" ... that is my little boy.

Dennis has a daughter from a previous relationship too. Her name is Jessa, and she'll be turning 2 years old on this Saturday. That situation is just ..... ::rolling eyes::: .... His ex is being a big B**** .... she's not letting him see her or talk to her or anything right now, and since they weren't married, there is nothing in *place* in regards to visitation. When Dennis and I first started "dating" and getting serious... she had IMed me and told me how he was a great guy, and totally talked him up, but at the same time, said "well if you can put up with this, or that, then you'll get along fine".... and then turned around a day or two later, and started laying it on thick with him about wanting him back. I saw some of the stuff she wrote, including a blog post up on her yahoo 360, which she knew I'd see. Then literally 4 days later, after she wrote that, she had an entry up about how she met the man of her dreams and they were going to be together and blah blah blah. Now she has Jessa calling this other guy Daddy and everytime Dennis tries to call, he gets "No one here wants to talk to you"..... they are completely trying to cut him off of his parental rights. This really sucks, because I know how much this hurts him, I SEE IT everytime Jessa is brought up. I know how much he wants to be in her life. I grew up without my Dad... he didn't even come into my life until I was 5... we have a good relationship, but he's never been there.... and here is a guy who wants to be there for his daughter, and isn't being allowed to. IT just stinks......

Other then all of that, I write, and I do photography :) I love watching TV and movies. I read a ton (mostly Nora Roberts & JD Robb books, VC Andrews, and some others.) For my writing, I write poetry, short stories and novels. I have finished the first book in my series (500 pgs, 40 chapters) and am working on the 2nd book.

Other then that.... today, I am taking my boys home after being here for 2 weeks with them. Missing Dennis horribly who's back home working. Looking forward to him picking us up from the airport and us starting our lives together, completely. :)

A few Quick Pictures

Here is one of the boys, and one of me taken this week here in WA :)

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And one of the three of us, taken shortly after I got out here

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