It’s been almost 3 years since I wrote a blog. I’m going to try and get back into writing at
least once a month, if not once a week. There
have been a lot of changes in our lives in 3 years. So I’m going to start this Blog off with
background on myself and my family for those that may come across it and go um….what
in the world. LOL! Please understand this is not a professional
blog, so I have spelling and grammer errors.
At the time of writing this exact blog I am 34 years old. My husband and I have been together for 8
years this year and married 5 of those.
We have 8 Children we call ours though not all of them are ours by
blood. Coming into our relationship my
husband had 3 girls he called his own (and they called him dad) for years even
though he was not their biological father.
He dated their mother and when the relationship went south he stayed in
contact with the girls. Our youngest
girl (who is now 21) at the time had a best friend that we “adopted” into our family. Even though she lives in another state now
she is still one of ours. I came into
our marriage with our oldest son, whom I had in a previous marriage. We were quite content with the lot we
had. But the Big Person upstairs had
other plans. In March of 2010 we had our
Mack. He spent 6 days in the NICU because
they didn’t like the way he was breathing, but that is for a different blog
entry. In Dec of 2010 Daniel and I got
married. That month we also found out we
were having another baby. Talk about a
shocker. But wait it gets better. In Jan of 2011 we found out we were having
not one, but two. Yes you read that
correctly. We were having twins. I will not lie, I was scared out of my
mind. I mean holy rusted metal Batman…. here
we were at the time with a 6 soon to be 7 year old and a not even 1 year old
and now we were having twins. Oh my Daleks
(as we say in our house)!! Again I’m not
gonna lie I prayed for boys. We already
had two and I’m a tomboy. I had no clue
what I’d do with a girl, let alone two. Well my prayers were answered and I was
carrying two boys. At the end of June 2011
my father in law’s blood sugar sky rocketed and he had an episode that landed
him in the hospital and we thought for sure we were going to lose him. He was in a coma for roughly a month. On July 17, 2011 I went in to Labor and
Delivery and told them the boys were coming.
Since I was only 32 weeks they attempted to stop my labor. My husband, was running between my room and
his fathers room which were a floor apart.
On July 18, 2011 Malachi and Killian made their grand entrance into the
world. This would be 2 days before my
father in law and his twin sister were to celebrate their birthdays. Within
days my father in law woke up and is still alive today.
This was the start of where we are today. It was with the birth of our twins that has
taught me it truly takes a village to raise a child. Our family has grown so much since Daniel and
I started dating in 2007. We don’t just
have our children, we have those we call family. You’ll see in this blog that we are teaching
our children to love based on what is on the inside, not the outside. Our home has become Sanctuary to many. When you come on our property you leave all
the BS and drama behind. You don’t have
to worry what people will think. We don’t
judge. Now we may look at you and go, “What
in the Sam Hell were you thinking?” But it
will be said with a hug and love and possibly a punch to the shoulder. One of our motto’s comes from the movie
Stitch and when we first started using it we were a little family.
“This is my family. I found it all on my own. It's little, and
broken, but still good. Yeah - still good.”
We still use that one, though we are not a little family
any more. We also use:
“Ohana means family, and Family means nobody
gets left behind.. or forgotten”
In my blog you will see me talk about many things and many
people. A lot will revolve around my
Family. Our family has everyone from
Church Goers to Pot Smokers. Tattooed
and Non Tattooed. Gays, Straights,
Lesbians and Transgenders. Black, Asian,
Latino, Scottish, Heinz 57 mixed mutts.
We have young and old. Our family
is who loves us and us them.
A few notes to help you further understand us:
Many of our family are Whovians.
We cosplay.
We are geeks and very proud of it.
We swear, drink and most of us own guns.
While yes I believe in the Big Person upstairs I am
beginning to understand I don’t really fit into any religion (A Blog for
another day).
So please, love us or hate us. Read my blog or don’t. But maybe just maybe it will help someone understand
themselves a little better.
I can’t wait to get started on what I hope is the first of
many Blogs to come.
