Our Life

MONDAY MAY 7th, 2012

How It All Began...

Ever since I was young I was always building, creating and decorating my surroundings and found great pleasure in making an area my own. Granted I was a teen and still living at my parents house, but I always managed to find ways to release my creative urges. It wasn't until late last year when I married my best friend that we set out on our own, ready to create a life together.

On September 24th, 2011 we packed our belongings and headed out for a week long journey to our first stationed home in South Carolina. Our trip was filled with 2,800 miles of driving and stopping through eight states, seven questionable motels, and countless amounts of rest-stops and restaurants. In the end though, we finally made it to base on September 30th, 2011 and moved into our house the following day.

Overall though this is our journey as we map out the life of not only a newly married couple, military family, homeowners and soon-to-be-parents, but also as two DIY dorks learning as we go and sharing our details as we turn our house into a home.

  

 

WEDNESDAY MAY 9th, 2012

You Grew in My Heart... No, Seriously!

Those who have been following our pregnancy will understand just how stressful and complicated it has been for us. To start off, with Alex being in the Navy and gone nearly 12 hours a day it has left us with little time to spend with each other and has been a challenge in itself. With that, I'm also on my own for going to appointments and usually find myself playing a weird game of "he said, she said" as I try to let him know of what is going on and what to expect. The biggest struggle for us though is ultimately the pregnancy alone. It wasn't until my second ultrasound which was around week 12 on February 20th, that we found out I have a bicornuate uterus. Simply put, in the condition of a bicornuate uterus, there is a formation of two separate uterine cavities giving the uterus a heart-like structure. Due to having two separate uterine cavities though, the baby will grow in only one side leaving them with half the space to grow. Unfortunately there can be serious complications with this pregnancy in that a breech position and premature labor are often results making this a high-risk pregnancy. Fun right?! So of course when I found all this out I immediately freaked out and started to prepare for the worst possible outcome.

Here we are though, week 24 and still going strong! We learned the sex of our baby on April 11th and that we are having a little boy which we plan on naming Nicholas Alexander. I have also learned how to come to terms with our unique pregnancy and accepted the fact that while my type-A personality would love nothing more than to control nearly everything, there are some things that I ultimately cannot. In light of the situation though I'm happy to admit that I not only have a big heart, but that I have two. How many people can say that and mean it?!

SATURDAY MAY 19TH, 2012

Tour of Our Nursery

Though Nicholas isn't due until August 29th, 2012, we have made some great progress on the Nursery thus far. From buying the Nursery Furniture and Nursery Bedding as well as making a Mobile, Wall Letters and a Hanging Closet Rod, we thought we would let you see the room and what it looks like today May 19th, 2012. We still want to add a couple pieces like a DIY rug, DIY book shelves as well as finding an end table, lamp and mirror to place in the room. For now though, here is our Nursery and all it's glory!
 

Psst - See that album sitting on the Glider?! Find out what's inside along with how we got it to match our Nursery here!