And then there were (3)

On August 25th 2010 I went into the Doctors office for a blood test. I had been feeling not quite myself the weeks leading up and had taken (4) at home pregnancy tests but all came up negative. To be quite honest I don't know if I really thought I was pregnant, I guess maybe because I thought those tests were suppose to be so accurate. I think maybe there was a bit of scare in me that it could possibly be something else.

That phone call from the nurse telling me that I indeed was pregnant and about 7 weeks along was one of the best phone calls i have ever recieved. Telling Cody who happend to be on the other line was the best feeling, telling him he was going to be a dad!!

After a lot of preperation and long sleepless nights because little sweet pea decided to be up when mom wanted to sleep, the time finally came to bring Rowynn Elyse into the world. My llife couldn't feel more complete. I felt so Blessed by the Lord and felt the love of Him through this child that He had so beautifully created in His image.

Our lives have forever changed since Miss Rowynn has been here. It has been a learning experience for both of us. I have had my good days and my bad and maybe some ugly...where I don't think I even brushed my teeth because i was so exhausted from being up with her up all night. "I know...Gross!" That's the life of a mother and I wouldn't change it for anything.

Life was fun when it was the two of us, the traveling, the remodeling and hey the "let's go out with our friends whenever we wanted to", but now i really don't remember what life was like before Rowynn.

Now I sign cards: Love,
Cody Gabrielle & (I love that there's an and) Rowynn. Yep!! And then there were (3).

You want to live here???

My husband and I started to look at homes the fall of 2008. We had looked at a handful of homes and after feeling a bit discouraged we decided to wait awhile before we moved on with our search. Winter rolled around and we started searching again,"we're not very patient people."

I would find a home here and there that i wanted to look at and then he would find one here and there, but there was this one that he kept going back to. I finally decided to take a gander at this home that we just had to check out in person. I'll never forget that feeling of "what??" You would want to live here?? I'll be completely honest I was not feeling this home at all. The color, the set-up, the driveway. I thought to myself there's no way I'm living in that home....and about two months later with the keys in our hands we were proud owners of this "You want to live here home!!!"

I have to say the moment I walked in the front door of this home I was in love! I never thought that i would be saying that; but I am I'm so in love with this Home!!! So...Life On Ridgeway begins...

The neighborhood, the park, the nearby pool. Kids laughing and playing. The quiet at night with just a slight sound of the interstate off in the distance. I knew that this is where i wanted to start a family, to nest and make this house our Home.

While renovating and decorating and making this home feel more and more like us 2009 flew by us before we could realize where it went. In early 2010 we decided to tackle the basement..."what were we thinking?" We started tearing out the walls, pulling up carpet and peeling off that retro wallpaper and then we got a little "Surprise"...this family of (2) was about to become (3).