welcome!!

hello and welcome to our blog. yep, i did it! after reading many great and interesting blogs out there, i knew i would have to create one for us! us...our family of 5, jeanette (me), johnny (my husband), johnny (my son), samuel (my son), and gabriella (my daughter, our boss and queen) LOL..REALLY!!

johnny and i have been married for 13 years (has it been that long?). we met in college (sorta...HE was in college and i was a senior in high school) married in march of 1995 and had our first baby in june of 1995 (don't ask....you all are smart enough to figure it out ; ). johnny juan carlos was born on june 6. 1995. being young and first time parents made things both easy and hard for us. he was such a simple and easy baby (i think God was being kind, as only He KNEW what was to come with this child). it was fun and different being a parent to a single child, yet we knew we wanted another child someday. we also knew this would have to wait!

we both worked so very hard to get our degrees completed and now we have successful careers in education (john is a boys varsity soccer coach, and i am kindergarten teacher). we are both working on master's degrees...so PRAY for us...that we have the ENERGY to go on, that we have the TIME to go on, and that we don't KILL each other or anyone else in the process!

in 2004 we were finally blessed with our second child! after many years of doctor visits and various treatments samuel joseph was born on october 7, 2004. we could not be happier (little did we know WHAT he would bring us LOL :). we describe samuel simply as "samuel". he is who he is...funny, crazy, wild, silly, and oh so UNIQUE (those of you who know about his recent medical issue know EXACTLY what i am speaking of). more on those issues at another time! samuel is currently playing soccer with the Y, driving us crazy, and annoying BOTH his sibilings! that is just sam!

now to queen..er..i mean gabriella. gabi was "discovered" to exist in october 2005 (yes, you smarty pants who can do the math, THAT was exactly one year after samuel's birth)! No, i DID NOT believe the breastfeeding myth about not getting pregnant, nor was i born yesterday LOL! 100% blame lies on my doctor who assured me that it would be just as difficult to concieve another child as it was when we were trying for samuel. shortly after samuel's first birthday party, i became ill and so weak. often i would lie down for a short nap after work and would not be able to get up. i felt so sick and not myself for a few weeks that i knew something was terribly wrong. i will never forget telling johnny the day before my doctors appointment, that i knew i was either very, very ill or that i was dying (YES it was that bad) LOL!! the next day i had a scheduled sonogram to scan my liver, kidneys, stomach etc..partly as a follow-up from previous problems and also to see what the problem might be now. uh...no real problem just PREGNANT!!! and pregnant with TWINS at that! i think i was in shock. i told the tech..he needed to go back to school cause he DID NOT know what he was doing, and that i was going to go take a REAL test to see if i was pregnant!! i left and went to walgreens. the test instantly showed positive....HOLY *RAP!!

a few weeks later i had an appointment with my oband found out that baby 2 was not growing anymore, but that baby 1 (gabi) was still going strong!! Gabi joined our family (offically) on may 22, 2006, and she has been going strong ever since. she is sassy, yet sweet! she is also the queen (sorta..she battles for the title with me)!

so..like i said, i am happy to be an offical blogger! you all gotta come back and check things out (actually, you all gotta keep me on my toes so i continue to update this blog)!

talk to ya'll soon!