ENGAGED!!!

August 11th, 2012 my best friend proposed!!!!

For weeks Weston has been teasing me--he has constantly been telling me that he bought me a ring & can't wait to make me his wife. Knowing Weston's sarcastic attitude I had a feeling he was just teasing me & did not think he was being serious. I have always known that Weston & I were going to get married--we are too perfect for each other--but I did not know when it would happen.

So i'm sure you're wondering how he proposed....

As some of you may or may not know Weston & I met on a blind date. Our friend Jordan set us up & kept telling us how perfect we were for each other. Although we were both hesitant to the idea, we agreed & decided to go out with each other.

I remember this day so vividly! Tabitha & I were downstairs in my dad's house at the time getting ready for the boys to pick us up. When they arrived my dad opened the door & shouted downstairs to me "There are boys here...should I be nice to them?" I ran up the stairs and said "YESSS!!!be nice to them!!" Worried about something that my dad may sarcastically say to this guy that I had not even met yet.

I walked around the kitchen & into the living room & instantly smiled. He was SO attractive & I was so excited to go on our date!! We hung out ALL night & have been together every day since. LITERALLY every single day.

When he proposed he told me to put on Keith Urban's song: "Once in a Lifetime Love" which I had posted on his FB page a few days before. I played the song & he said "Come here for a minute"

I was NOT expecting what he was about to say next. I was thinking he wanted to sit on the couch and listen to it together or something...I truly had no idea.

He grabbed my hand and said "Since the moment I laid eyes on you RIGHT HERE where we are standing I have known that I wanted to spend the rest of my life with you, Tia Done, will you please make me the happiest man alive? Will you marry me?"

I started crying, I was SO happy. I said "YES!!!" before I even looked at the ring & then I saw my ring & was in absolute awe. He has made me the happiest women alive!!

The cutest part of the whole story?.... He had Rylin, his son, on his knee when he proposed so it was as if they were both asking me. I get teary eyed thinking about it & I can not stop looking at my ring.

He has made me the happiest woman & I am so excited to spend the rest of my life in his arms!



pregnancy scare

We got to see our baby for the very first time on July 25th, 2012--but not on the terms that would have liked to.

My day started out very normal. I  was feeling completely fine & decided to take my little sister, Bailey, to Raging Waters. We spent about 3.5 hours there and I ended up with a pretty bad sunburn.
I dropped Bailey off to my parents and went home to take a shower.

I sat down to go to the restroom & saw blood in my swimming suit & was experiencing mild cramping. My heart sank. I started to cry & then remembered that often times you can have spotting & all kinds of crazy symptoms going on & still be completely healthy. I calmed myself down & continued to take a shower.

When I got out, I got myself a glass of water & laid down until I could get ahold of my parents.
Unfortunately, they did not hear their phones. While I was VERY scared of possibly miscarrying I was trying to keep myself calm in case if it was something else I did not want to start a chain reaction of bad thoughts.

I got ahold of my older sister, Aly, & she told me to go to the ER as soon as possible. She offered to pick me up but I was not in too much pain to drive & I wanted to be able to control my emotions as much as possible--if she had picked me up I would have assumed the absolute worst.

When I got to the hospital the ER was completely empty & after I wrote my name down they got me right in. They hooked me up to an IV of fluids & told me the doctor would be in after a few minutes.

When the doctor came in she went over the possibility of miscarriage but told me not to worry because they would check my blood levels and see how the baby was doing. I was laying there wondering why they were not getting me into an ultrasound & so worried about my baby.

Aly told her that we needed an ultrasound and they need to see what they can do to get me in
(Did I mention I have the best big sister in the world?)

The doctor came in and got me prepped for ultrasound & we were on our way. Aly & Weston came back with me while my daddy waited in my room for us to return.

The first time seeing my baby--was so surreal. I am not sure I even believe I am pregnant. Although we could not HEAR the babies heartbeat we could see it at 100 BPM & the baby was measuring at 6 weeks and 1 day. Dead-on to where it should be.

I was SO relieved to hear that my baby was okay!!! The end result of my visit was that I had gotten too dehydrated at Raging Waters & I needed to take it more easy! (I did not think this happened so soon in pregnancy--I knew I needed to take it easy--but I thought I had. I did not go down any water slides or jump on tubes or anything--the sun took it right out of me!)

I am so glad that our baby is healthy & normal thus far & pray that we can continue on without any more complications!!

big news!

Weston & I found out we were expecting on July 11th, 2012!!

 I was only one day late for my period but had been experiencing nausea & very vivid baby dreams for a couple weeks. I was nannying when I took my test and hesitated on even taking it. I kept thinking I have already peed so many times today & it's not my first pee of the morning like the tests recommend but something kept telling me to take the test.

It was 12:00 pm & I went into the restroom after laying the kids down...within seconds I got my positive result. I stood there for about five minutes COMPLETELY in shock!! I felt so overwhelmed & so excited at the same time. I picked up my phone & called Weston to see when he was going to be home. Little did I know, Weston had gotten off of work early & said he would be there within the following 20 minutes.  I did not say one word about the positive test.

For the next 20 minutes I sat in silence and stared at the test. I was very excited to tell Weston & still in so much shock.

When Weston arrived I told him as soon as he shut the front door.

His response?...... the BIGGEST smile I have ever seen! He asked me "we are really having a baby?" & gave me a kiss & told me how excited he was to be experiencing this with me.

INSTANT relief came over me & we could not stop smiling!!

Our first doctor's appointment was on July 18th, 2012 & we found out I was about 5.5 weeks :) & weighing in at 114.5 lbs