just reminiscing

So I am sitting here bored out of my mind (because it is summer) watching junk tv. I am watching true life: we are newlyweds. They are following two couples who had never lived together before getting married. It is actually awkward to watch but some of the moments remind me of when Nick and I first got married. :)It is almost weird to think of how drastically different our lives are now. As I find myself reminicing I felt the need to blog for myself. When we were married I was 21 and he was 23. I was just barely old enough to drink. We lived in Nick's Baton Rouge apartment which was small and dingy. I still smile when I think about it. I was going to LSU with one semester left and Nick was done with school working as a trainer at a clinic in Baton Rouge. I worked nights at the cafe. Nick was still in his black truck and I was in my accord. Just as happy as we could be in that crappy little apartment! That was also when we got our first baby. His name was Duncan. A black Scottish Terrier. I had no idea that that dog would be such a little baby to me in the future. It felt like we just fell right into marriage so easily. About six months after Nick and I were married he went to start PT school in St. Augustine. We were apart for about 2 months which was probably the hardest part of him going to school. I moved to Florida to be with Nick on June 17th. The day after my sisters wedding. I remember crying thinking that I was leaving everything behind. I had no idea what was in our future. Nick studied alllll the time and stayed at school. I would take Duncan to the beach a lot and send out resumes all day. I went about two months before I found my first job working as a daycare worker. Probably the worst job ever. I was so miserable that I quit that job and found a job as a caseworker. I worked for an agency whos job was to reunite families. It was by far the hardest job I have ever and probably will ever do. I still have so much respect for the people who do that job. Not only did the job change the way I looked at life but the friendships I made through that job were like no other. I still miss those girls! Living in Florida taught me so much. I learned that there are so many different ways of living. I learned how to be mad at Nick and find a way to deal with it, how to be independent, and how to deal with missing my family and not being able to run to them every moment I thought I needed them. Anyways... fast forward two years (I blogged at that time) I move home a few months before Nick to start a teaching program. I was apart from Nick and it sucked but that made graduation that much sweeter. He graduated on August 14th and it was one of the best days of my life! We moved to Torbert next door to his parents from August to October. In October we made one of the biggest purchases of our lives and bought a beautiful house in Brusly. A place I never thought we would be! I found my job as a teacher and Nick found his PT job. I bought my dream car in April. Just when I was thinking that life could not get any better we found out that we are going to have a baby! As much as it scares the crap out of me, I can't wait. I know that Nick will be an awesome dad and I can't wait to see what our little nugget looks like. When I think of how far we have come it almost brings tears to my eyes. Never in my wildest dreams as a 16 year old girl did I believe that this 18 year old boy would one day be my husband and the father of my children. I am so thankful for our path that we have taken thus far and all of the wonderful people we have met along the way. I am so excited to venture off into this new thing called parenthood. Nick and I go for the first sonogram on Friday and I will post a picture then and pray that everything is ok in there.