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twenty-eight

March 19, 2012 in Family by Tristina | No comments

I met Stephen just after he turned twenty-one. I was twenty-five.

I don’t know if I believe in love at first sight. I definitely believe in lust at first sight and I can tell you (almost without blushing) I felt that way for him. I probably couldn’t tell you the moment I fell in love with him, but I do remember being nervous as hell to tell him only to have him smile at me and repeat it back without hesitation. We fell for each other from the beginning. We were “that couple” that people rolled their eyes at and were all, “Oh you two will get married. And stop being so cute. It’s grossing us out.”

We’re still cute.

And seven years later, we are, once again, celebrating his birthday together and our lives are so utterly completely different from that day back in 2005.

Happy Birthday, Stephen. I can’t wait to celebrate so many more with you. I love you…

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babymeat v2.0

February 18, 2012 in Baby, Family by Tristina | 2 comments

Whoa, hey, I’m pregnant!

If you missed the last post or missed all my tweetering about it, there you go.

Babymeat v2.0 is currently baking in Le Belly Oven.

I haven’t decided how much of this pregnancy I’ll publicly keep track of. I may randomly tweet nonsense like “Oh, hey, I’m in my second trimester!” or “Oh, we’re having a <gender>” but I’m not sure beyond that. I feel a little more chill about this one.

But the stuff I know so far:

I am nearly 10 weeks – due sometime in mid-September. Yes, I have a due date but I’m ignoring it because what baby comes on their due date. Honestly.

I’m nauseous like whoa. Ginger tea and jolly ranchers are saving my life at the moment.

I’m already kinda showing which is weird because I didn’t show until 15ish weeks with Olivia.

I have a kickass midwife and Olivia loves her so that’s a huge plus in my book since she’s so shy. Olivia, not the midwife.

Yes, we’ll find out and share the sex.

We’re probably going to keep the name to ourselves so please don’t hound us about it. I PROMISE you’ll find out eventually.

I can’t wait until Stephen starts getting regular paychecks again because I need warm-weather maternity clothing and that’s a perfect excuse to go shopping. Leggings and dresses! Whee!

I also can’t wait until we move into our own place so I can nest. I’m getting the crazies not having more than two rooms for all our crap. Yes, crap. Did I mention there will be a Goodwill purge? NOTHING IS SAFE!

Except maybe the dog. *side-eyes dog*

So, there’s the skinny, the haps, the deets. I’m pretty low-key about the whole thing. I have enough on my plate with Olivia and trying to get this book published and maybe starting to write a new one. However, I will answer any specific questions as long as it’s something Stephen and I have agreed we’re sharing with the public.

 

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overachieving in 2012

February 10, 2012 in Baby, Family, Happy by Tristina | 15 comments

Last Christmas, when we were faced with some fairly huge decisions regarding Stephen’s job and our future, he and I made four resolutions for 2012:

1. Get Stephen a new, stable job

2. Find a place of our own to live

3. Get me closer to publishing a book

4. Have another baby

Just four things. But Four Big Things.

 

1. Get Stephen a new, stable job

Stephen got in touch with a recruiter here in St. Louis and through him, plus some of his own digging around, secured a handful of interviews with some large and small companies. Every single one of them resulted in a job offer.

Yep, every single one. This is me being extremely proud of my husband.

He accepted one of them and will be working for a company here in town as part of a new department they are starting. The pay is awesome, the benefits will be fantastic once they kick in after the 3 month contract period, and he noted that everyone wore jeans to work when he was there for his interview. Win.

He starts Monday the 13th.

 

2. Find a place of our own to live

We are looking! Now that he has a job and we know what part of town it’s in, we’re looking in the surrounding areas for a place to rent. We’re hoping to find something in the next month or two and be out of my parents’ house by April. It’d be nice to celebrate Olivia’s second birthday in a home of her own.

 

3. Get me closer to publishing a book

The Book is finished. It has been read (or is in the process of being read) by beta readers. I am going through one last time applying feedback from readers and my own tweaks. I will be starting next week submitting it to agents. Fingers crossed, prayers, etc. This is the next biggest step and extremely stressful. I have to convince someone I’m worth taking on as a client because then they have to fall in love with my book and sell it to publishers.

 

4. Have another baby

I’ll turn this one over to Olivia:

Guess What

I'm going to be a Big Sister

In September.

[grin]

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