My life, as I know it...

Hey all, so Im a little new at this, one of my dear friends introduced me to this wild and crazy thing known as a blog. lol. I hope you enjoy, and i will try not to bore you to tears. Life as certainly changed since high school for me. Five years has passed, crazy in itself, and I have come so far in such a short time.

It seems like its been forever since high school, the days in which drug by. For me, high school was only one big sand box. Preps, jocks, cowboys(or wanna bes) to the nerds and the plain janes, where I seemed to stay, which most days didnt bother me one bit. Why try to be something that you werent? Plus, those other people just judged and turned against each other so who wanted to be like that? No wy. Anywho, high school has been long gone, and I appreciate all God taught me through the many hardships and lessons along the way.

College, or the lack of it, was another bump in the road. Working 40 plus hours proved too difficult for me, being lazy and sleeping through classes. Tried to improve my second semester only to take a really hard class, and fail. SO meanless to say my gpa was too low for financial aid and i no longer attended. I decided to move back home and start looking for a job. Well, that accomplished one thing, bordem and living with my little sister. All of you that have one know exactly what i mean, terrible. lol. Well, to this day i regret the whole school situation and hopefully hope to return one day, but thats another story....

Well, along came Brian Hatton. Thats enough said. LOL. I had been in one of those stupid on and off relationships for about three years. I finally got up the balls, and the brains to end that for good. It was very difficult at that age, thinking you "love" and lost, which really turned out to be all my imagination. I was heartbroken and alone and here came brian. I had been friends with him for a while through that relationship and he was always there encouraging me, never judging, and always a shoulder to lean on. I always think God put me in those circumstances at that point in time to teach me what true love could be, and show me what i had was not what he intended. God showed me alot through Brians friendship at first which eventually turned into something i never knew i was missing. Something that i thank my God for every single day. Love. Unconditional, no matter what you do wrong, grow old with me kind of love.

Ok, you know me. Romantic all the way to my core. lol. My mother raised us on love stories and one day i hoped my prince would come. lol. yea yea. I know what youre thinking. Brian, prince charming?? ok. haha well, when i least expected it, it came. I didnt chase after it, which was a whole new thing for me, and i never felt prisoned. Brian isnt perfect, by no means. lol. He was the work all day come home greasy prince charming that took me for a loop. At first i was so hesitant. I didnt wanna let go and grab something new. Something scary. I was fooling myself, and no one else that we were "just friends". Well, that soon changed as two months later, we were engaged, i know super fast right?....

Well, April 22,2006 Brian and I tied the knot. It was the best day of my life. So Far. God was in the center, leading and we followed what we thought was to be what he intended us to do. Its been difficult in some levels but we live everyday to the fullest, putting God in the center and letting him hold our reigns. We love each other everyday more and more than the last. I never realized how it felt to be totally committed heart and soul to one person, and have them committed to you in the same way. Unconditional love. Thats all i know how to describe it.

OK, yes, here it comes. On my honeymoon, poor little innocent stephanie, which i am very proud of thank you, in this day and age, got herself pregnant. Lets just say, I was shocked, scared and very overwhelmed. Silly me, was planning on getting on birth control after we got home, but needless to say, didnt even think about it before the wedding, being we through it together so fast. Anyways, newlyweds, pregnant and feeling a little bit anxious. After the shock wore off and i confirmed the pregnancy we were super excited. I always think what it would have been nice to wait a couple years to have us time, but now i would have never changed it. Zachary arrived in january of 2007, which was exactly nine months after our wedding. Of course people talked, like normal cause i guess they dont have anything else to do. My parents raised me in church and i had morals that i stuck to, so those of you who know me knew that those rumors were as false as me walking on the moon. lol. Anyways, Zach was the apple of our eye. Looking just exactly like his daddy and acting like him too, which i dont know if thats a blessing or not, lol. Zach is now a typical two and a half year old with the energy and stubbornness to prove it! I love him with all that is in me, and thank God everyday for letting me be a mom. I can only hope to be as good of one to him as my mom has been to me. Being a mom has got to be the greatest role on this earth.

Two years later, after much thought, we decided to add to our family. With as much love we had for each other and for Zach we had Logan this last Febuary(09). Hes growing up soo fast and i cant believe of all the precious memories i have already recieved. God is so good. Logan looks and acts more like me and my dad, which scares brian. lol. Hes just jealous. Logan is definitely his own boy.

Well, I guess that is me. My family is my world. My friends keep me going. And God keeps us all in his hands. I have never felt more happy and blessed. Im in the process of trying to start up my own quilting,sewing business which proves harder than i thought, and hope to go to school next fall. Brian still works at Kimray, which he loves and hopes to become a supervisor next year. Zach drives me crazy and Logan just coos, but all in all, this is my little corner of the world. My happy little corner of the world. Not perfect, just us... Happy. Some days more than others, but just as happy as i ever dreamed of being.