The first day of the rest of my life :)

As I sit here writting the first post on my blog I can feel baby boy kicking and moving around in my belly as if he had just drank three venti triple caramel machiattos from Starbucks... However life was very different before July 4th, 2010.


The days before July 4th were normal care free days for Nello and myself. I was working insanely long hours bar tending at Jack Astors, and he was busy working not so long hours doing sub-contract work. We were able to go out for the night if we wanted, or lay in bed all day watching movies... It didn't matter as it was just the two of us and we could come and go as we pleased. One of these care free nights we attended at concert at Jacks, and I had a couple corona's, and for some strange reason the next couple days I felt hung-over. One day I could understand but more than that was not something that I was used to. Something felt off, so off to shoppers Nello and I went and we purchased a pregnancy test. We had been down this road many times before, and nothing ever came of it, so I think we were both expecting another false alarm... WELL boy weren't we in for the shock of a life time.

I stared at the results in the bathroom trying to figure out how I was going to tell Nello that he was going to be a daddy... And I am not sure if it is just me or if many woman go through this, but I had not a clue the best way to break the news to this man sitting on the couch. I walked into the living room tossed him the test and said; "how do you feel about being a daddy?", and I waited for a response. He just looked at me, asked "if I was joking" and when I said "no" he started flipping through a magazine and didn't say another word to me.If I wasn't already panicking, after this reaction I was. I tried to remain calm and take everything in as this was not something that either of us were expecting. We had only been together 6 months and although a baby is definitely a blessing, this blessing was a little quicker than we had thought. As I sat at the computer taking everything in I realize that Nello has called his friend Domm. Keep in mind he had not yet spoken to me, but was outside on the phone with this person who as far as I was concerned was not the number one priority to talk about the pregnancy with first. Needless to say I was not impressed.

When Nello came back inside he grabbed me and hugged me and asked me if this is what I wanted. Of course my answer was yes. We decided then and there that we would make this possible and stick together through all the easy and tough times.

Looking back at that day now, I realize that it couldn't have happened at a better time. Although the positive result was a huge shock it was July 4th, 2010 that my life changed for the better. I found out that I was one of the lucky one's to be blessed with a baby, and better yet it was with the man of my dreams who I fall more and more in love with everyday.