My husband
Todd and I have been together for about four years now. We have our beautiful baby girl, two Russian Blue cats (Raiden and Skyy) and a home in a wonderful neighborhood. We both have families that we absolutely adore and are so fortunate to have met each other! Todd is a pilot for Delta so he travels a lot. I have been lucky enough to get to go on a lot of trips with him. We've been to New Mexico, Boston, Chicago, Baltimore, and Nashville. My sister lives in Florida so we've also gone down there to visit her and her husband - they live right on the ocean so it's like being on vacation every time we go visit! We share a lot of the same hobbies like reading, watching movies/TV, snorkeling, and eating! We love to try new restaurants out! Todd is definitely more of a dare devil than me when it comes to just about everything - trying new foods, doing scary things like roller coasters and sky diving! We compliment each other very well with our personalities :-)
Our baby
Our baby! Her name is Alexis Ann. She was born March 28 at 3:31am. She was 5 pounds, 15 ounces but dropped down to 5 pounds, 7 ounces. She was 18 and a half inches long. This is our first child and we couldn't be more thrilled! This will be the third grandchild for both of our parents so the entire family is super excited! She is a handful at times but just the love of our lives! I can't wait to have the whole summer off to be with her constantly! She keeps changing every day and grows a little more alert and interacts more each day!
My parents
Pat and Tom
My parents are high school sweethearts and the best role models that anyone could ever ask for. My mom is a cancer survivor as the picture shows her walking at Relay for Life last year. They have been married for 47 years and have four daughters. They currently have a cat named Coco who is about 10 months old. They live in the same house that they built themselves over 40 years ago. They were both able to retire a couple of years ago and they now have a ton more time for their grandchildren! My mom enjoys knitting (she's already made my baby 3 sweaters and a couple of blankets), cooking, and reading. My father enjoys golfing and working outside in the yard and on projects. They are both involved in their church and my mom is the choir director and pianist for the children's choir at church. Their four daughters keep them very busy as well now that they are retired! They also enjoy traveling to visit relatives in other states like Idaho, Arizona, and Florida.
My parents are high school sweethearts and the best role models that anyone could ever ask for. My mom is a cancer survivor as the picture shows her walking at Relay for Life last year. They have been married for 47 years and have four daughters. They currently have a cat named Coco who is about 10 months old. They live in the same house that they built themselves over 40 years ago. They were both able to retire a couple of years ago and they now have a ton more time for their grandchildren! My mom enjoys knitting (she's already made my baby 3 sweaters and a couple of blankets), cooking, and reading. My father enjoys golfing and working outside in the yard and on projects. They are both involved in their church and my mom is the choir director and pianist for the children's choir at church. Their four daughters keep them very busy as well now that they are retired! They also enjoy traveling to visit relatives in other states like Idaho, Arizona, and Florida.
My siblings
Debbie
My sister Debbie is the oldest out of all of my sisters. She took care of me a lot when we were younger because both of my parents worked all of the time. She moved down to Florida after her husband retired. They have been living there for over a year now and are loving the nice warm weather all year round! We miss her terribly but go visit them whenever we can! Thank goodness for phone calls, texts, and emails!
My sister Debbie is the oldest out of all of my sisters. She took care of me a lot when we were younger because both of my parents worked all of the time. She moved down to Florida after her husband retired. They have been living there for over a year now and are loving the nice warm weather all year round! We miss her terribly but go visit them whenever we can! Thank goodness for phone calls, texts, and emails!
Lisa
My sister Lisa is the next oldest to Debbie. She has been a teacher for over 15 years and was the one to inspire me to become one. She has two beautiful children, Emma and Cole (my niece and nephew). She has been married for almost 11 years and they just moved into a new, beautiful house last year. They have a lot of land (over 10 acres) so they have a lot of toys like 4-wheelers and snow mobiles to play with! They are also planning on getting a boat this year so that will be so much fun to go out on the river!
My sister Lisa is the next oldest to Debbie. She has been a teacher for over 15 years and was the one to inspire me to become one. She has two beautiful children, Emma and Cole (my niece and nephew). She has been married for almost 11 years and they just moved into a new, beautiful house last year. They have a lot of land (over 10 acres) so they have a lot of toys like 4-wheelers and snow mobiles to play with! They are also planning on getting a boat this year so that will be so much fun to go out on the river!
Carrie
Carrie is closest in age to me and the next oldest to Lisa. She lives in a wonderful old, old house (almost a hundred and 50 years old) right across from her city fire department. She is also very close to the St. Clair River so it is very fun hearing the freighters honk when they go by! She has two cats, a brother and sister named Cookie and Cupcake - they are super cute and a handful! She is wonderfully organized and super smart! She helped the most with planning my wedding and was in charge of the baby shower! She has been going to a lot of my doctors appointments and classes with me throughout our baby journey. This picture of her is from the infant care class!
Carrie is closest in age to me and the next oldest to Lisa. She lives in a wonderful old, old house (almost a hundred and 50 years old) right across from her city fire department. She is also very close to the St. Clair River so it is very fun hearing the freighters honk when they go by! She has two cats, a brother and sister named Cookie and Cupcake - they are super cute and a handful! She is wonderfully organized and super smart! She helped the most with planning my wedding and was in charge of the baby shower! She has been going to a lot of my doctors appointments and classes with me throughout our baby journey. This picture of her is from the infant care class!
Pets
Raiden and Skyy
Rai and Skyy are both Russian Blue cats. Rai is years old and Skyy is years old. Rai has always been much bigger than Skyy and in the last 2 years actually had to go on a diet! He lost 7 pounds over the last year and a half! Rai is having all kinds of fun with his new sister (Alexis) but Skyy is still a little unsure of her and scares very easily!
Rai and Skyy are both Russian Blue cats. Rai is years old and Skyy is years old. Rai has always been much bigger than Skyy and in the last 2 years actually had to go on a diet! He lost 7 pounds over the last year and a half! Rai is having all kinds of fun with his new sister (Alexis) but Skyy is still a little unsure of her and scares very easily!