Family Introduction

I think I should begin with some background on our little family.

Scott and I met almost 6 years ago while I was working for a local credit union. He (thankfully) was confident enough to ask me to dinner. When I accepted we picked a day, time and place for our first date. Little did we know that this would be our last first date and we had chosen April 1. Clearly, this date went well and we began spending a great deal of time together.

I knew early on that Scott was the one that I was going to spend my life with. Thankfully Scott felt the same way and September 16, 2007 he asked me to marry him while we enjoyed being back on the beach in Corolla, NC (the Outer Banks). After getting over the initial shock, I quickly said "YES"!

We spent several months just enjoying each other and being engaged before we began planning our wedding. We knew that once the planning began, we would be busy until it was over. We eventually decided that September 5, 2009 would be the perfect date. Everything fell into place from there. It was a truly amazing day that I will have to make a separate post about another time.

We decided we did not want to wait too long before adding children to our family. I was truly shocked (and a bit in denial) when I took a pregnancy test February 15, 2010 and it was positive. Scott had told me about two weeks before that he was sure I was and I kept telling him that he was crazy, my sudden craving for corn dogs and donuts were just because they taste good and I had not had either in so long. Well, once I got over the shock (and about 3 tests later), I had to admit that I was wrong and yes, those cravings may have been a bit crazy. That is one of the times that being wrong was perfectly fine with me!

Scott and I knew that before we welcomed a baby into the world we had some work to do. We took some huge projects on (bathroom remodel, remove upstairs carpeting and refinish hardwood floors, painting (LOTS of painting) the upstairs and creation of the nursery from what used to be our exercise room). Although we still have some minor detail work to be finished, we were able to do all that and have lots of fun!

October 19, 2010 changed our world forever and it was definitely for the better. Gavin Jonas McClements came into the world. I should have written it all down sooner (and I will likely have to do a separate post to contain all the events) but it was the most amazing experience of my life. Sitting here with Gavin sleeping on my chest, it is hard to believe that we made him and brought him into this world. He is absolutely perfect and has brought so much happiness to Scott and I. We have enjoyed watching him grow and look forward to all the wonderful times to come!