I doubt anyone will ever read this and I'll be fine with it even if they don't. I wanted to do something like this to chronical what I experience on a daily basis so I can one day look back and realize how far I've come and how much I have learned.
I have been married a little over one year. On the day I married my husband I also married his two beautiful boys who are now 7 and 8. I've been a part of their lives since they were 2 and 4 and they treat me with as much respect (if not more) than they do their mom. We have joint custody of the boys. They spend four nights at our house, then four nights at their mom's house. We live in the same county as their mom, but on opposite sides. The boys go to school in the district where their mom lives which makes it a bit of a hike to get them back and forth to school. But it's worth it to have them here so often. My husband is VERY active in their lives. He coaches their sports and doesn't miss an event. Luckily we both have jobs that allow us to be extremely involved in every thing they do.
We have recently decided to begin trying for a baby of our own, so I suppose this is also a "trying to conceive" blog as well, although I hope it doesn't stay one for long. We are on our second month of trying and keeping our fingers crossed for a positive test this go around. I'm looking forward to expanding our family and to have a baby that will be a brother or sister to my stepsons. I feel like it will make me even closer to them than I already am. They have both expressed excitement at the prospect of us having a child and I know they will be great big brothers.
I plan on detailing more about my relationship with the boys, my husband, his ex, my in-laws, and various other topics that may be on my mind at any given time. But for tonight I just wanted to get this started so I have a venue to vent when ever I feel the need. I like the fact that this is annonymous (it is isn't it???) As I feel it allows me to be more open than I would be otherwise. Anyway.... goodnight for now.
