Our Life

So as we approach our 9 year wedding anniversary this Thursday, I have been thinking alot lately of how we met, what we have done, and where we have been.

Eddy and I met at a junior college in Clearwater while home for the summer. We were both taking the same class. I told my sister I had met someone cute and she asked his name. I said I didn't know, but I knew he wore a backpack and drove a cool car. So I called him backpack boy. Lol. We quickly formed a friendship and that was it. I remember he used to bring me fountain coke while I was at work :) Summer ended and we went back to school-him to UF and me to FSU. We kept in touch visiting each other. I brought my friends down for the UF-FSU game. Val lost a shoe somehow. Haha! She has a tendency to lose shoes. Nothing happened because we were both dating someone at the time. Well we came home for the holiday break and spent New Year's Eve together. We kissed and here we are almost 14 years later.

We got married in 2007 and were living the dream in Jacksonville. We bought a cute house and started a life there. We had a good time for awhile! Partied like we were still in college. Lots of stories there but that's for another time :) We had our first baby, Edward Owen in March of 2012. Decided to move to Nocatee in 2014. We built our dream house and the day we closed we found out we were pregnant. Caroline Elise came April of 2015. Life was complete! And you know when you say that, things happen real quick! Eddy took a promotion February of 2016 at Fidelity, but in Sarasota, FL. So I quit my job (YAY), we packed up the kiddos, and the house and moved down to Lakewood Ranch. It was an adjustment at first, but we have settled in and are loving it! I am also fortunate to stay at home with the kiddos. Some days are wonderful while the next can feel like I live crazy town and am the mayor.

So 9 years wedded, 4 homes lived in, and 2 wonderfully crazy beautiful kids here we are! And some great news--we bought a house! We are super excited to be out of this rental and to be planting our roots down here. I would not have wanted to take this journey with any other person. Eddy is my person. He is a wonderful father and a great husband. We still make each other laugh and have fun together. Looking forward to what the next 50 years bring :)