Where to begin? "At the beginning!" my father always said. Stephanie and I met in 2007, and we fell in love almost instantly. I knew the minute I laid eyes on her that she was indeed one very special woman. This posed a few difficult decisions. You see, we lived in two different states, but couldn't bear to be apart. We were dating for only a couple of weeks before I knew for sure that Steph is the woman the completes me, she is truly my other half. She would drive over one hundred miles to see me whenever she had a day off from work. I would pack the kids up and load everything into the car to drive to North Carolina to see Steph, when I had a day off. This way we were able to spend at least parts of about 4 days a week together. Somehow this just was not enough! This only lasted a month before we outwardly admitted that we were going to spend our lives together and began to make plans. Stephanie resigned her position at work, and moved away from every person that she has ever known to move in with my two children and I. This became the most important and wonderful decision that either of us had ever made. Stephanie made our family whole, something that all of us needed.
Now I will not tell you that our life is a fairy tale, as that couldn't be further from the truth. We have our share of trials and tribulations. Sometimes I think we have some other people's share as well.
We have two children that give new meaning to sibling rivalry. They love one another very much, but fight like cats and dogs sometimes. Our son, now 12 years old has some serious health problems. We travel back and forth to the children's hospital frequently. This alone can be very time consuming and financially draining. We have been very fortunate that his health is not worse than it is. We will talk more of this as soon as time permits. You see we are packing our bags as we speak to head off on a weekend trip to Virginia Beach. This may very well be the only vacation we get this summer. Our son will be admitted to the children's hospital on Monday morning for his 12th surgery. We're keeping our fingers crossed that this one goes well and we will be back home before we know it.
Steph and I decided last year that we would love to add a new member to our family. We have done our research and have looked at many possibilities. Two months ago we decided that I will be carrying our new baby. We have been very busy this week getting things all in order. On Wednesday we went to visit our new ob/gyn. By the way, our ob/gyn is a lesbian! How amazing to go to see a doctor that not only accepted us and our family, but fully understood our dynamics. I was prescribed prenatal vitamins and Folic acid. We were referred to a renowned Fertility Endocrinologist. We are so excited. We get to visit the Fertility Endocrinologist next Thursday. It looks like things are moving right along at this point. What a beautiful journey this has become!
I hate to leave you all hanging in the middle of the story, but life calls! I have lots to get finished tonight. I hope you all have a wonderful and safe holiday weekend. We'll be back next week to fill you in on our journey!
