Life Changes
From July 9, 2018
Have you heard the song “Life Changes” by Thomas Rhett? If
not, it’s a super cute story telling song which Rhett chronologically orders
his life changes beginning in college, when he met his wife, to the adoption
AND pregnancy (at the same time) of their two precious daughters. If you haven’t
heard it check it out here Thomas Rhett "Life Changes" Song
. Super cute song and COMPLETELY describes our life right now…
“You never know what’s gonna happen, You make your plans and
you hear God laughing”
Isn’t this lyric the truth?!?! I mean how often do we make a
plan, have it all figured out, and BOOM something happens that completely
changes the plan? Story. Of. My. Life. I’ve
always been very independent (go ask my parents!) and I really don’t rely on
anyone for help. In addition, I pretty much have a plan for my life. I rely
heavily on my calendar and I have multiple calendars which I take A LOT of
pride in! One spiral notebook planner for home and school (I'm a teacher- yes I color code :/ ), a wall
calendar, a desk calendar, calendar on my phone, etc. Here is my go-to spiral calendar: Blue Sky 8.5 x 11.5 agenda OR Blue Sky 5x8 agenda
My husband and I met in high school. Yes, we are high school
sweethearts, still going strong and about to celebrate our 6-year wedding
anniversary (together for 15 years!). I’ve literally known him for half my life
so to say that I/ we had our lives planned out would be in understatement. My
life plan went something like this…We both would go to college in 2006 (more
than likely the same college because DUH! I don’t want to leave him, we would
both graduate in spring of 2010, get married that summer and honeymoon in Australia
(I’m seriously laughing at this thought), we would both find amazing jobs and
purchase a home shortly after returning from our honeymoon a few years down the
road we would begin having children let’s say around the year 2012/2013 and we
would have 3 children ALL before I was 30 years old (I turn 30 July 2nd,
2018). I mean when I say I had it planned I mean I HAD IT ALL PLANNED!
“…but I wouldn’t change it for the world..”
Needless to say our lives HAVE NOT been this seamless!
*insert emoji laughing face* To make a long story short my husband went and
played football at Purdue University, which I did not follow him to! I
graduated in December of 2010 from Kennesaw State University. We both did find
great jobs in 2011 and moved into a tiny apartment. We got engaged in fall 2011
and married summer of 2012. (We were supposed to be welcoming our first child
by 2012! Haha) We finally welcomed a sweet baby girl, Emery Leigh, January 2016.
We moved in with my parents in June 2016 (a HUGE life change for us!--jobs and location)
and finally found our first home in 2017 which we have been renovating ever
since. I’ve been working hard towards my “dream job” in education for about a
year now and we recently found out that we will be welcoming our 2nd
baby GIRL in December 2018!
Needless to say LIFE CHANGES! We made our plans and we definitely
heard God laughing! BUT we “wouldn’t change it for the world!” We’ve leanred
along the way that you truly can never really plan your life they why you envision
it to go. I guess this is the beauty of life. I’ve learned to embrace change
and to live more in the moment rather than trying to plan my life away, because
well more than likely that plan will change. Embrace the change, learn from mistakes, take chances, and live in the
moment.
This is just a short
intro into our lives. I’ll be sharing more in future posts to come. In the meantime,
check out these adorable pictures of Emery announcing she will be a BIG SISTER-
Oh and our dog is thrilled too!
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