The big News

While this is not THE picture everyone has been waiting for, it is A picture. It's been a little chaotic around here, and I just downloaded photos this afternoon, but I failed to take a photo of my left hand before doing so. Now my camera battery is dead and I just had to fish my recharger out of a moving box to recharge it, so who knows when I'll photograph THE RING.

But Yes, there is big news. My Little Family of one became a family of two and now it is becoming a family of 3. Jeremy and I are getting Married in August. We've found a location and are starting to figure out the other logistics as well, but we are also selling both of our houses and looking for a new one together. So while some people find the spouse first, then get married, then buy a house, then have a baby... we've gone about this a little bit....or rather a big bit, backwards!

First the baby, Next the House, Next getting Married.....

I'm not going to go back and search for it now because my eyes are already droopy from a serious lack of sleep last night, but at some point in the last year I did post about "working with what you get, not what you expected you'd get." If there is one thing I've learned well in my life it's that sometimes you just don't get what you expect, and you can sit back and feel sorry for yourself about what you're missing (Oh trust me, I've done my share of that), or you can readjust your expectations and work with what you've got. The whole adoption path was a big part of that for me- I didn't have the husband and family and I wanted a family. I said "I hope the husband comes later..." but to be truthful I really did not know whether that would be the case for me. I thought it was very possible that it was just not in the cards for me, so I started down the path to Mamahood on my own. I realized, waiting around another few years to see "if" I met Mr Right may not get me anywhere but a few years older before I finally could become a Mama. And I knew that one of the most important things in my life was to become a Mama- it's something I've wanted for a very long time.

As I got closer to actually becoming a Mama, I thought, really and for true, I'll likely not get married and this will be my life and I can be okay with that. I have a full life and amazing friends. My daughter will be loved by Many, and our family will be our own special unique family: A Mama, a Maddie and a Kitty.

Then just when you think you have figured out what your path is going to be, the most amazing things seem to happen. If I had listed out everything I wanted in a life partner, I would not have come up with Jeremy, because not only does he have all of those things, but a whole lot more I never knew I was allowed to wish for. Intellegent, funny, someone to play games with, a great listener, knows how to make me laugh, make me feel loved and feel valued, loves to wash dishes, loves house projects and games, loves travel and camping, and is amazing with Maddie-a natural parent. If someone told me last year at this time that I would meet someone like him and I would be planning a wedding and selling my house at this time, now, I would have just laughed in their face. Now, just a year later, I have a daughter and we are planning a wedding.

Who knew life could be so amazing?

More photos of Maddie coming soon....She is a whirlwind of Joy and activity, and while it means there are lots of laughs and happiness in our home right now, it also means there is very little time to post to the blog!