My husband and I got married on June 6, 2004. I was 19 and he had just turned 20. One of his friends was not allowed to attend the wedding because we "were too young and it wouldn't last". It was the summer of my freshman year and Norman had just finished his first year in Culinary school. The first year of marriage was hardest because we were both in school and sometimes brought in all of $30 for the month. Our grandparents sent us food and we had no tv. My grandparents gave us a gas card to use on their account. That is a memory now, 6 years later, as I sit nursing our son, Desmond.
I graduated in 2008 with my Elementary Teaching degree and Norman has been working as a chef at Wild Horse Casino for about 3 years now. After a miserable stint at a nursing home he landed the gig at the casino and got promoted to salary last year. That's when almost everything we had set as conditions to have kids was met. We needed to both be done with school, have a salary to budget, and have health insurance. We gave up on the house of our own condition, that's still a long way off. We rent a house from my grandparents for just the cost of utilities. Because they're amazing like that.
So, last winter I substitute taught through my pregnancy and May 12, at 2:05 in the afternoon, Desmond Andrew Lewis Shaw announced his arrival with a shriek and stole of hearts of all who saw him. It's definitely be life changing. I'm still not sure what to make of it all yet. He's 7 weeks old today and it's flown by.
So, enjoy my random thoughts, stories, and revelations as I figure out this whole "mom" thing. It might be entertaining and there will definitely be pictures.
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