Day 1:
From the first moment I laid eyes on my husband, I wanted to marry him. Unfortunately, I was dating one of his best friends. It took us 3 years but we finally found our way to one another.
Derek & I began dating in September, 2003. We knew we belonged together instantly. I went to his house to watch movies one evening, and I never left his side since.
After 1 1/2 years, we were engaged. Another 1 1/2 years, married, on October 21, 2006.
We both have always loved kids so we knew we would some day have children, by the grace of God. We planned on waiting a year or two. By 6 months into our marriage, we changed our minds. Caught up in the moment of love, we decided we would try to conceive right then & there... Afterwards, we decided we had done lost our minds b/c we weren't ready since we were only newlyweds. God had other plans.
Tyler Jace was born on Wednesday, January 9, 2008. Never in my life have I felt the kind of love I felt when my husband sat by my side, comforting me while being in labor for 11 hours. Once it was finally over, we both cried for joy. Our beautiful baby boy has been our entire world for over 3 years now. He's perfect in every way.
Once Ty made 2, my husband & I began ttc for the baby girl I've always dreamed of having. 2 months later, I found out I was pregnant. Makenzi Grace was born on Tuesday, October 26, 2010. We thought our world was perfect & then there were 4! It's taking a lot of getting use to but we're getting there... We love both of our babies & feel complete. Whether there will be more in the future, who knows... I'm so in love with my life. Things couldn't be better!!!
And, here we are...
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A Little Background:
Derek & I met at a mutual friend's party. We were both three sheets to the wind. I saw him & thought "wow, that guy is so hot"... I was 17 years old & I just began dating one of his best friends so of course, since I couldn't be with him, I tried to hook him up with my best friend... They went on a couple of dates & I was jealous of her everytime. Luckily, they weren't for each other & neither were my ex & I! As soon as we broke up, it seemed like I bumped into Derek everywhere... the mall, a bar, a party... My heart would skip a beat everytime I saw him. I thought for sure there was no way he would give me a chance...
I gave him my number at the mall & he didn't call me. He swore he didn't save it by mistake. He then gave me his number & said I could call him. Was he nuts?!? I wasn't going to call him first.... but texting him was a completely diffferent story............ (to be continued... crying baby at midnight)
Ok.....
I was at a meeting for work, on a break, & after receiving lots of encouragement from my coworkers, I finally worked up enough nerve to text him. I wrote, "Hey! What's up? This is Tabitha. I was bored so I wanted to see what you were doing." Cool & casual, right??? DORK!! I felt so dumb after hitting send. For all I knew, he didn't even have texting on his phone. (This was over 7 years ago) To my surprise, he wrote me back. "O I see. You only want to talk to me when you're bored." He had no idea how wrong he was!!!!!!!
We wrote each other for hours. Once I was finally out of the meeting he called me. We talked all night.
2 nights later, we met each other at a bar for a friend's birthday. It was a Wednesday night. Neither of us ever went out in the middle of the week, but it gave us a chance to be together. 2 nights later, on a Friday night, I met him at his house to watch movies. From that night on, we've been together every since. We knew we were made for each other.
Quoting Ohio.SAHMof2:Tabs thank you for sharing. I can't wait to read more about you and derek's love
Love is not always easy but if it was, what would be the point!!!!
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- tabs852
on Apr. 16, 2011 at 12:43 AM