Baby Fever

Surprisingly, I have not been able to get babies off the brain! Wes's cousin, Rachael, is expecting her son, Jackson, anytime and watching her at her baby shower just made my heart melt! When Wes and I were first married (about 4 months ago) I told him it would be a LONG time before I wanted children. Boy, was I wrong. (or girl...lol) I've almost been obsessed with it. Ever since that little scare we had about a month ago, my mind has been transfixed on having babies, being pregnant, all of it. I ask him almost everyday when we can have babies. So far his answer is one year. :( Realistically it makes perfect since--I'd be graduating from school, hopefully he'd have a good job with benefits, and HOPEFULLY we'd have a house or at least a nice apartment....BUT my heart and inner mommy find that totally unacceptable. :) I want them NOW end of story!!! I want to give my children the best life possible, but my baby clock is going off! I know I'm only 22 and I know we've only been married for 4 months....but SO! Haha! I did not expect this at all, but I want a baby as soon as possible! Preferably a girl! :) Of course, I'd be happy with a boy. I've thought about tricking Wes by not taking my BC, but I guess that wouldn't be very nice...like I said, I do want the best life for my children, but a year sounds like an eternity away! :( Please keep us in your prayers. The baby clock needs to quieten down or conditons need to hurry up and get good so we can have babies! :D Thanks for reading! (BTW, the baby pic was made by a baby maker--http://www.vw.com/vwhype/babymaker/en/us/--using me and Wes's pic :) )

No Bun in the Oven

We had a wonderful vacation to Destin, FL for Valentine's weekend. In our haste to pack, we forgot my BC pills. After our weekend, I begin to feel very nauseous. I even threw up twice one morning...and I NEVER throw up. I begin to have weird symptoms: dizziness, fatigue, nausea, bloating, lower back pain, cramps...which are usually the sign of a "bun in the oven". I began to get a little excited. I took a pregnancy test and it was negative, but I thought it may have been too early to tell. Despite my efforts to control myself, I was beginning to get very anxious and excited. My body had never felt this way and I was sure that we were expecting. Yesterday, mother nature proved me wrong. We were very sad...although very slightly relieved because right now we have no insurance and a pretty crappy income and living situation, but mostly I was very sad. I didn't think I wanted a baby for a while, but this experience made me realize that I REALLY DO! Just the thought of having a little person growing inside of me made by the love of me and Wes made me so excited....needless to say....AS SOON as Wes gets a proper job and we get things in order, we are going to try for a baby! YAY! I'm not too sure how soon or how later this might be, but I am hoping it is soon. I love Wes and I can't wait to start a family with him. I'm interested to see what beautiful children we can make. I definitely want our children to have the best life possible, so I'm hoping we can get financially stable very soon. Thanks for reading and thanks for your prayers.

Eclectic and "Coach Dunsieth"

We're now living in my hometown of Eclectic, AL. After much discussion, we found it best to move back to my dad's trailer in "e-town". Currently my brother and his roommate, Josh, live there also. So far it has been fine. Josh works at night and is rarely there and my brother kind of keeps to himself. We have already painted the master room we are staying in and are looking forward to painting the rest and redoing some of the flooring. Since moving, I've been very sick and needless to say, there are still SEVERAL boxes piled up everywhere. I hope to get better soon so we can finally organize everything! Right now, I'm not working and I love it! I can really focus on school and hopefully soon do some decorating. I know I'll have to look for a job soon, but right now I am enjoying some down time. Wes is liking his job at CVA and this past weekend, I got to finally go up there and watch a scrimmage game. It was a beautiful day and it was a lot of fun watching my husband coach in his tight baseball pants. ;) I feel positive things coming our way and I'm just so blessed to be married to such a wonderful man! I love you Coach Dunsieth! LOL

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Facts of Life

SO, we were thinking we'd be moving to Clanton the end of this month....well...the facts of life may be preventing us from doing that. We sat down and talked about our money and found that we may not actually have the means to move right now. After discussing things, we realized that we would save way more money if we were to move back to my hometown of Eclectic. My dad owns a trailer there and we would only be paying the bills. If my brother lives with us, we will split the bills and Wes and I would only be paying about $200-$300 per month. That is WAYYYY better than $800-$900. There is a lot of work that needs to be done to the trailer. We are just thinking this just might be our better bet. It is closer to his job (about 40 min closer) as well. I would probably start substitute teaching again which would be a good way to get to know people as well. The details have not been decided yet, but please keep us in your prayers. Stay tuned...

We're takin' the job! ...anyone need a place to stay for February?

Wes is taking the job in Harpersville! He's starting tomorrow! On the downside, we're locked in our lease until the end of February. :( We're hoping to move by the end of this month to Clanton. We'll either pay for February or find someone to rent it for a much cheaper price for a month. SO, if you need somewhere to stay for the month of February...Sturbridge is conveniently located across from the Rave in Montgomery. It is normally $780, but we will rent it to you for $350 for the month of February. Its a 2 bedroom 1 bath. The bathroom is a very nice size with a garden tub. The apartment has a fireplace, balcony, walk-in closet in the master bedroom, and a nice-sized kitchen. Let me know if you are interested!

Wes's Newest Job Offer

So, we had just gotten back from my family's Christmas and we had started playing the Wii when Wes got a phone call. The headmaster of Coosa Valley Academy had called him earlier and he returned her call. Since it was on Christmas, I just assumed she was just calling to say Merry Christmas or something because she knew Wes. Well, she called him back and she said they had a job opening!! He would teach Consumer Math, Computer, History, and History of Religion and also be the JV baseball coach! It was such a surprise. Its not a lot of money, but Wes needs the experience. I asked God for a job for Wes for Christmas and He sure gave it to us!! We found an apartment in Clanton and its actually RIGHT beside his best friend. Its a great price and its right in the middle between the school and AUM. Unfortunately, I'd have to quit my job here and find one in Clanton. We're trying to figure out all the details, but more than likely, we are going to do it! There's really no other option for us. We're excited and hoping it doesn't fall through! Keep us in your prayers and we'll keep you posted!

Our First Christmas!

We had a fabulous first Christmas together!!! First off, a few weeks before Christmas, we were able to go to ASF to see the Christmas Carol. That was really great! It was one of Wes's surprises.
Two days before Christmas, we went and saw my mom in Auburn. It was a lot of fun. Christmas eve, we spent the day with my dad watching movies and stuff and then that night we went to his family's dirty Santa party. After the dirty Santa party, we exchanged the gifts to the people we drew names for on Thanksgiving. After that, Wes and I drove back to Montgomery. Our wedding pictures were up so we stayed up until 3am looking at them. We finally went to bed about 3 and at about 5am, Wes came in the room with a Santa hat on telling me to "get up! get up! Santa came!" while the little ball on the Santa hat was going back and forth. After about the 10th time of him coming in there, he started rubbing my stocking on my face! HAHA! He was so excited like a little kid. I finally slithered out of bed and we opened our gifts from each other. I got him a Wii and he was THRILLED! He got me some dvds I wanted, a book I wanted, a Starbucks card, candy, and some clothes. After that, we went in our PJs all the way back to Weogufka to have breakfast with his family (a tradition of theirs). We arrived at about 8:00am and ate a bunch of great food!! We watched "Get Smart" and laid down a while with the younger people. Then, we left to go back to Eclectic to see my family at about 11:00am. We went to my grandmother's house and got to do my tradition of hanging out my family and eating an awesome lunch. We had a great time and finally left at about 5:30pm. We came home and finally got to play the Wii!!! Needless to say, we are very sore from playing with it everyday!!! We had a WONDERFUL Christmas and a wonderful time experiencing both our traditions!! Thank you for reading and we hope you had a wonderful Christmas as well!!