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california made, california born.

{ January 31, 2008 @ 7:27 pm } · { preconception. }
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i’m not sure how long i’ll be able to keep this blog a secret, but ryan thinks it’s best to wait to spread the news until there’s actual news to spread, which i can respect. probably.

our plan is to start trying in may. by then we’ll have been married for just about a year, and i think i’d like to be prego during the holidays. besides, what child likes having a birthday around christmas? and so it’s a valentine’s day baby we’re dreaming of.

i cannot believe tomorrow is the first day of february. january flew by, which leads me to believe the next three will do the same. the first week of may we’ll be in texas visiting eric and jeff, two of ryan’s best friends from college. we joked about conceiving in austin – a texas-made baby to be california-born – until i realized i likely won’t be ovulating then.

i’ve been lucky to have a very regular cycle since i was a teenager, making it a piece of cake to predict which days i’m ovulating and when aunt flo should be paying a visit. with the help of preconception weekly’s ovulation chart, i’ve determined my prime conception days fall between the 14th and the 23rd of the month, so regardless of what else is going on then, we’ll certainly be busy.

the beginning of all things.

{ January 30, 2008 @ 3:00 pm } · { preconception. }
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you see in the dark
right past the fireflies that sleep in my heart

ryan and i were married in a backyard ceremony on a warm summer afternoon in june of 2007. we stood in front of our closest friends and family and promised our hearts to one another in soft voices, quivering some from holding back tears. it was beautiful. magical. the best day of our lives.

since becoming husband and wife, we’ve experienced things many young couples never do. from vacationing through europe on our amazing honeymoon to the incredible thrill of skydiving for the first time, our first year of marriage has provided us stories upon stories to share with our children for years to come.

i speak of our children, while they do not yet exist as more than a twinkle in our eyes, because this blog was created for them. i hope it will serve as a memoir of the last few months before they came to be, so that they may see how much we love them already, and how eagerly we’re anticipating their arrival.

we don’t know yet how many children we want. i know both of us want more than one, three at most, although baby #3 is going to take a little convincing on my part. raising our children in the same place we both grew up is a dream of mine, but financially, more than two may be unrealistic. though as they say, life is what happens while you’re busy making other plans, and so however many children we’re blessed with, i know we’ll be happy.

i am starting this blog today, january 30, 2008, because this is the start of a new way of living in anticipation of babies. that means (among other things) less television, more books; less alcohol, more water; less time in the snack aisle, more time in the produce section.

i am unsure of the meaning of life, but i know our purpose will be our children. words cannot express how excited we are to begin this journey.