We've Got This Shit

Ever since TC and I started dating, he's always told me, "we've got this shit!" And I know we do.

This weekend has been a hard one. Not only did we get the news of TC's deployment and the fact he'll be gone for 23 days for AT starting May 10th just 2 weeks after Grayson is born, I got some news at the doctor's office. Nothing that I want to discuss right now until I know for sure what's going on and know exactly what my doctor wants to do. Just need a lot of prayers right now.

Yesterday after TC got off of work, we sat down and talked. And while we talked, we agreed to get married sooner than we wanted to. The past couple of months, his Sargeant has mentioned deployment. When we heard of this back in January, we decided we were going to go up to the court house in July and get married. We were gonna wait until after Grayson was born so we wouldn't have to deal with all the chaos of changing my name on everything. That and so I'd have more benefits in the long run.

Instead of waiting, I told TC that I really wanted to get married before Grayson was born so that all 3 of us have the same last name on his birth certificate. So we went up to the court house yesterday and signed a marriage license. We are going Friday to actually get married.

So many people keep asking me why we chose to do this so last minute and just a week shy of Grayson getting born. They keep asking why we didn't do it sooner. Well frankly, we don't have to have a reason why we do the things we do. I thought long and hard about this. I want Grayson to grow up knowing that me and his daddy love each other and I know we don't have to have a piece of paper saying we're married to prove that but I wanted all 3 of us to have the same last name. We didn't get married just because we're having a baby like everyone thinks. TC and I love each other very much. We were in no rush to get married until we found out about his deployment.

This weekend has just been full of bad news after bad news and we wanted something to cheer us up. I know that sounds bad but we're not going to regret this. We're not going to look back and be like, "dang with all of that bad news we got, we shouldn't have gotten married JUST to cheer us up." No, we're not going to see it that way. I look at it this way: we were going to get married any way whether it be in July or years down the road. Even if he winds up not deploying, we were still going to get married in July. But we thought why not just do it now, get it out of the way, and focus on Grayson the rest of the way. So we just went ahead and made it official.

Now with that said, once TC returns home from deploying, we're going to have a big reception with all of our friends and family so no worries. I've never been the type of person to just get married at a court house. I've always wanted that dream wedding and we'll be able to do that once he returns. We just don't have the time or money to do it before he deploys because it's so soon.

I couldn't be happier right now. I wouldn't want to spend my life with any other man but TC. Yall already know how I feel about him so I'll save yall from reading all kinds of lovey dovey gushy things lol.

Grayson will be coming into this world April 24th. I'll be going into the hospital the night of the 23rd to get medicine to jump start labor, and then I'll be induced the morning of the 24th and have Grayson some time that day. We can't wait! With all of this bad news we keep getting, we've lost sight of the fact our on will be here in a week! It seriously doesn't feel like we have just a short week before we become a family of 3. It's so surreal. It still feels like yesterday that we told everyone I was pregnant. We couldn't be more ready to meet our son's sweet face. We're beyond happy and excited and anxious! <3

We've got this shit! :D