- Cody and I weren't even officially engaged at this point (although we had been dating over 4 years).
- I still had 2 years left of physical therapy school (I had already been pursuing this dream for 6 years). It's a doctorate level program which our classes are blocked out for us and if I were to miss any of that, I would have to take a leave of absence for a full year.
- I don't have a job. We typically have class 8am-4pm Mon-Thurs, study all night (should be anyway), and tests on Friday. This also means I have a lot of debt in student loans.
- For now I live in Lubbock while in school. But for my last 9 months of school I had planned on just packing up and living like a gypsy because we have four 8 week long clinical rotations and it's mostly just a lottery system as to where we end up for each of those. It could be anywhere.
- While Cody lives/works in Seymour and can't really leave (because one of us should have income)
What's the point? We thought there was NO WAY we could even think about a baby at this point in our lives and even if we did decide to get married and try for a baby, we were under the impression that it would be very difficult for me to get pregnant and/or stay pregnant. We were crushed and I spent the rest of the day in my floor crying. I wish I would have started this blog or even a journal at this point in my life so I could go back and read about all these emotions I was feeling at this time and really see how our outlook has changed.
I laugh with friends in my PT program because there was a day that 3 or 4 of us were standing outside the classroom talking about my situation and ALL of us were in tears. We just didn't think it could happen. I'm a planner...I had my life planned out and a baby wasn't "scheduled" in for at least another 3 years. Turns out God had different plans... The good thing is that His plans turn out much better than mine!
Cody and I are blessed with a HUGE support system of wonderful family and friends. Every one of them told us that they were with us 100% in whatever we decided to do and that we were in their prayers. Cody and I knew that this was a road we were going to go down together anyway and that the timing was the only issue. We saw timing as only a drop in the bucket of our lives so we decided to go for it and see what happened!
What did we do?
- Engaged August 1st. Somehow Cody still managed to make it a COMPLETE surprise and the perfect proposal for me. I'm usually not this cheesy but he really did good.
- Married October 3rd. That's right, planned an awesome wedding in 2 months (at least I think so anyway, we had the best time!) Looking back now I wouldn't have done it any other way, I couldn't handle wedding planning for any longer than 2 months.
- Pregnant in November. P.S. pregnancy tests can be harder to read than you would ever think (maybe i'll tell that story later)
- Baby due July 27.
Wild year or what?
All that said, Cody and I were trying for a baby but it somehow came as a surprise to me. I was shocked that it happened so quickly, especially since we don't even live together... We usually are only see each other on weekends and the whole ovulation thing doesn't always fall on those days. This makes it kind of hard to get pregnant. That is, unless you meet each other halfway in Dickens, TX.
That's it. Population 332. Let's just say there's not so much as a hotel in a place like this. Romance at it's finest... They do have good BBQ at Ponderosa. I at least got a good sandwich before we went our separate ways! Little did I know what this trip would really mean for me... Isn't it funny how things work out? We coudn't be more excited!
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