I moved to the city for college when I was 18 and I loved it so much that I decided to stay. When I was 19 I started working as a community support worker for a man with Down syndrome. What started as just an after school job became so much more and I actually worked there right up until two days before my daughter was born over 7 years later.
When I was 20, the summer before my junior year of college, I met a man about my age working in the convenience store on campus. We really hit it off but I was too chicken to ask for his number. Every time I went past the convenience store for the next 6 months I checked in looking for him. Just as I was about to give up, I found his picture on an online dating site. I messaged him and he remembered me too! He had been looking for me as well. A few days later, we went on what would be the last first date of my life. Within 3 months we were engaged and we got married three months later the summer before my junior year of college.
I finished out my college schooling and received a bachelor's degree in psychology. I continued working at the job I had held during college because I loved it so much. We started trying to have a baby, but I couldn't get pregnant. We tried for a couple years and I struggled with the idea that I would possibly never get pregnant. Then one day, it happened. We discovered I was pregnant and later that year, Hannah was born when I was 26 years old.
We decided that although it would be tight moneywise, it would be best for us if I stayed home with Hannah. Staying home with her is the best thing that has ever happened to me. I love being a mom so much! These last few months have been so hard for my family as both my dad and my husband's mother passed away within months of each other, but Hannah is what keeps me going even on days when I just wanted to hide in bed all day.
So that's a bit about me to start out with. I hope to post updates along the way about my life home with Hannah.
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