An Introduction: 10 Things About Me

I've done a few posts. Many of the older ones I've deleted. I've thought about starting from scratch, but it took me so long to post the pictures in the older posts, that I can't stand the thought of deleting. :) BUT I have decided to start over. I really enjoy reading other blogs. I have a whole folder in my favorites of the blogs I check daily, so I figure I should give it a real shot - for the 3rd time.

What better way to start this off - again - than to do a little introduction. 10 things about me...

1. My husband and I live in New Orleans. Well, a suburb of New Orleans. We were both born and raised here. Our families are here. So we are here. We met for the first time about 12 years ago, dated briefly one summer, and 're-met' 6 years later in April 04. We've been pretty much inseparable since then. We were engaged in December 07 and married in March of 09.

2. We have two furry children. One fat cat (like 20lbs fat) named Alice and one little, spunky puppy named Bella. Bella is a Havanese and the best thing I've ever paid money for.

3. I'm a Baptist and my husband is a Catholic. We've been searching for the right church for us as a family, and we're both very excited that we *think* we've found the place! What an answered prayer!

4. I went to college at Auburn University - those were absolutely some of the best times of my life. I love AU football and have made my hubs an AU fan too! War Eagle!

5. We are HUGE Saints fans. I've gone to Saints games since I was little and my family has always had tickets. N and I decided to re-purchase season tickets after Hurricane Katrina. WOW! Super Bowl Champs!!!

6. The amount of time, love, and energy we spend watching football is probably insane to lots of people. Basically, we spend August - February watching football and February - August waiting for the season to begin!

7. Sonoma/Napa, California and Florida beaches are my most favorite places to spend my time vacationing. LOVE!!!

8. Most of my friends live everywhere but here and recently some of our friends that did live here have also moved. I miss them everyday and I wish that they were closer.

9. N and I had been together for 5 years at the time of our wedding so we decided that we were in a great place to begin trying to get pregnant. Once we returned from our honeymoon I got off the pill and that started a terrible and painful battle of Infertility that we are still suffering through.

10. The year 2010 has been one of the toughest years of my life. Only a few days into the new year, I lost my grandmother. She was sick, but not expected to pass away. I was in Dallas, TX for a meeting and I wasn't able to say goodbye. It hurts my heart so much not to have her here. A few months later, the week after our first anniversary, N and I suffered a miscarriage. It was painful, but I we got through it. Two months after we were able to begin trying to conceive again, I got pregnant. Ecstatic doesn't even explain how we felt. Unfortunately, 9 weeks into the pregnancy, we miscarried again. I can't even begin to describe the devastation and hurt we feel, but this is what we're dealing with. We can only pray that God has a family for us at the end of this road...