Why I Married Nate

I have had a crazy-wavy-topsy-turvy-oopsa-daisy week. But as I was driving today I started pondering on how my life has gotten to this point, and I am glad to say that I can attribute most of my happiness to my husband, Nathan. I know most people want to know how a couple met, their first date, or how he proposed, but I think the real story of the Sokia-Gordon merger lies in the reason why I decided to marry him.

The reason I decided to date him was because of his sense of humor. He was and is still hilarious. But that's how I decided to date every guy I've dated. It was about three weeks into dating him that I really considered that this was something that could go somewhere. One night we were talking on the phone and I randomly asked him if he'd ever thought of names for his children, and to my surprise, he had. We talked about it and within a half an hour we had chosen the name of our first girl if we were to ever have one.

That was only the first of many indicators that Nate not only wanted to be a father, it was his life goal. Everything else he has planned for his life revolves around it and I know that he would be willing to make any sacrifice to be an amazing father. Even when I had my doubts about marrying him leading up to the wedding, they were always overridden by the fact that I wanted him to be the father of my children.

As excited as I am for the birth of my first child, I am even more excited for Nate to finally be a dad. I know that all of us here have a special purpose as parents, but I know that Nate understands and relishes that purpose more deeply and with more reverence than anyone else I have ever known. I am so grateful that he will be my companion in this crazy new adventure.

First Blog About "May Be Baby"

Okay, so I didn't want to update the blog until Nate and I had officially announced that we are PREGNANT!!! That and I was hoping to have a scan of our ultrasound pictures, but that never happened so here is a bad photo of it taken with my cell phone. We are due January 21st and will find out if it is a boy or a girl next month. We've been calling it "May Be Baby" in the meantime.

I am now 16 weeks along. I don't know why the first question people ask when you're pregnant if if you've been sick. How far can that conversation really go? Yes? No? In the morning? Evening? All the time? I was nauseated for the ENTIRE first trimester, had a good week at the beginning of the 2nd trimester that was immediately followed by the upheaval of several organic compounds from my gastric chamber, including (in order of frequency): water, DHA pills, pizza, watermelon, oranges, and apples. I am proud to say I have made it to the proper porcelain receptacles in time for each of these occasions. Although, I think by this time I should have a dedicated stall at work.

To tell you the truth, fatigue has been a lot more bothersome than the sickness. I was not planning on having to sleep all the time when I signed up for my first semester at Westminster, an accounting class at SLCC, planning the child care conference, and advising a student club 3 hours a week. I survived all of it purely by prayer. Now that my energy is coming back, I am a lot less stressed. I count the fact that I made it through the semester a very big miracle in my book. And now onto the next pre-pregnancy adventure, finding a new place to live. Yipes!

By the way, we do have names picked out, but I'm going to wait until we know if we're having a boy or a girl until I reveal it. And, if you're going to guess about anything, let me know if you think it will be brown or white. From what we've seen from others with similar genetic make-up, the first child is brown and the second is white. Either way, they come out adorable!

P.S. How do you like my super cheesy banner? Ha ha ha. I have way too much fun with Photoshop.