Welcome to the new Christmas in March!

I've created a new blog to reflect my new life as a mother. I want the posts on here to be positive. There are so many negative posts on my old blog. The miscarriage, the struggles of TTC, jealousy, dissatisfaction, complaints. I want to start fresh and make this a positive place for myself and others!

Here is a condensed history of my journey to motherhood (so far) for my new visitors. I married my husband, Matt, on October 7, 2006. At that point we had been in a relationship for 4 and a half years. We met when we were kids, but didn't start our relationship until I was 16 and he was 18. Now we're 23 and 24, have been married over 2 years, and are still best friends as well as husband and wife.

My husband and I started TTC in March 2008 after much prayer and planning. Our plans kept going back and forth as to the exact time to TTC, but we finally settled on March, which I was very excited about because I wanted to get started as soon as possible! We wanted to be financially secure before even trying to have a baby and for us, that meant buying a house. In March we hadn't signed the contract for our house yet, but we knew we could afford one and would have one before the summer began. Sure enough, we bought our first house on May 22.

The week before purchasing the home, we found out we were pregnant, just 2 months after trying! Everything seemed perfect, we had a new home and a new baby. However, a week after moving in, I had a miscarriage. Needless to say, I was devastated and remained that way for months. It was rough unpacking and getting settled with my depression to deal with, but I don't want to concentrate on that right now! It will always be a part of my life. Even now that I have another life inside me, it still hurts to remember that time in my life and I think it always will.

On New Year's Eve, we found out we were pregnant again! Our due date is September 9, 2009 and so far everything is going well! We've already had a first appointment and have an ultrasound scheduled for this Monday when I'll be 6w5d to (hopefully) see a heartbeat. I'm seeing a group of 5 midwives. I'm interested in natural childbirth, but I haven't firmly planned on that yet. I will be delivering at a hospital, so both natural and medicated births are an option.

So now you're all caught up. Thanks for visiting if this is your first time and thanks for making the change with me if you're one of my regular Blogger friends!