In the Beginning

Chris and I meet Sept. of 2006, we hit it off and knew that we were both in it for the long run. By 2007 Chris asked me to marry him and of course I said yes, we took 1 yr to plan our wedding.  Thanks to all of our family we had lots of help on what to do and how to do it we had a small wedding in my home town of Jarrell.  It was wonderful and fit Chris and I so well. We spent our honeymoon in New Orleans.  I loved the town so much but was so over weight I was not able to walk to far which left us limited on what we could do, but we still enjoyed our time as newly weds.  In the first year of marriage Chris and I traveled alot. Chris and I also discussed if we wanted kids or not and we both kept saying we didn't want kids we would rather travel, but inside really we both were open to kids.

In May of 2008 I decided I wanted to make a life change for myself and my future so I decided to have the gastric bypass.  For people who may not know what this is it is a surgery that obese people can get qualified for to have there stomach cut to help lose weight. This is not a permanent fix to obesity.  You must go through drastic measures to get approved.  I was on a diet that consisted of all liquids through out the day, and one meal that consisted of chicken, or fish and a green vegetables.  I started this diet in Sept the weekend after my birthday, and stayed on it till Nov when I finally was approved and had my surgery.  After recovery everything was so different, I had a new out look on life and something I never had which was energy I was ALIVE.  I started my battle at 350lbs and in this first year I had alot of work to do not only controlling what I was eating, and exercising, but figuring out why I let myself get so unhealthy.  Weight loss is a big mental game and you have to beat it to achieve your goals you can not let the game beat you. Towards the end of that first year after surgery Chris and I had decided we would let the lord decide if it were meant to have a child or not.

It was now time for our 2 yr wedding anniversary and I had lost almost 200 lbs and we decided to go back to New Orleans, I had made Chris aware he should prepar himself to walk alot, because I was ready to explore.  We had so much fun and sure enough walked everywhere, the day before we were going to leave I got really sick and thought it might of just been all the walking and partying we had done, so I just took some meds and took it easy.  I told Chris I was not feeling well and then we realized that something more might be going on, but we were going to wait till we got home to see if I was pregnant.  So we woke up to leave and I didn't feel any better, so I slept the whole way home in the car because I felt so nauseated, sure enough got home took the test and as I went to set it down Chris ran over looked at it and started yelling OMG! We’re going to have a baby.  I somewhat freaked out and told him to calm down let me read the instructions and well sure enough it was positive. Chris and I knew right then that our life was going to change, and we were ready for what ever was thrown at us.

My pregnancy went great, I did not have morning sickness I was just so tired all the time.  Then the second trimester picked up and I had energy.  Then the day came to see if we were expecting a boy or a girl.  Chris wanted a boy and I wanted a girl, and when Chris seen that we were having a boy he jumped up in joy and we both cried. Towards the end of my pregnancy I got tired again, but never did feel bad or sick, then we went in to the doctor on a Friday for a check up and she told us to expect a baby any day, so then the anxiety set in and all I wanted was to see his beautiful face.  On Oct. 19, 2010 I woke up around 2 am and my back hurt so bad I just cried called the hospital and they told me to come in so they can check me out and give me some meds for the pain in my back, so I woke Chris up and told him we had to go to hospital so they can help my back.  When we got there the nurse checked me out and told us that we would be there for awhile because I was in labor, I never even knew what a contraction felt like so I was extremely lucky, but having back labor hurt so bad.  The moment the nurse told us we were going to be staying Chris just started calling everyone.  We were so excited but nervous knowing our precious boy would be here at any time.  Labor was so long, but my family tired to make the best of it, but since I didn't ever feel contractions it made the waiting part pretty easy and fun.  Then finally the time came and Nicholas James Nolan joined our life.  I will never forget the moment they set him on me I never knew you could love someone so much, everyone went crazy with joyful tears and when Chris seen him the first time he had just as much joy as I had and you could tell he loved his son more then life itself. 

Well that is how Nick joined our lives and the journey continues each and every day.  Thank you for taking your time to read a little about how our family started.