I'm going to be a Mommy!!

If life wasn't crazy enough after planning a wedding, being a wife, building a house, and moving to NC, God decided to bless us with a baby!! Joshua and I conceived baby McCombs during the honeymoon, not before the wedding for those of you who think other wise!! :0) The week after we got back from our honeymoon I hadn't been feeling very well. I was tired, sick, and just irritable! I just knew! You can't explain it, butyou have this feeling that you are pregnant. The next week I was getting Allie ready to go see her vet when I got so sick, I decided it was time to take a pregnancy test! So after I dropped her off, I stopped by Harris Teeter to pick up a First Response ( I was still about a week away from a missed period). I didn't tell Josh I was taking the test. I just figured it would be better if it came up a big ole negative. The lady at the register was so sweet. "Is this your first?" "Are you nervous?" "Goodluck!!" It's so interesting to me how baby can bring up any conversation. From there the 15 minute drive home seemed endless. I walked in the door and went straight for the potty. And, to put it as nicely as possible, tinkled on that little stick. Now, for those of you who have taken a pregnancy test before will completely understand the next part. For those 3 minutes my head was full of daydreams. What will it look like? Will it be a boy or girl? Can it sing? I don't think there was ever really a doubt in my mind that I was with child. At the end of that three minutes there was the one line, that indicates you peed and then a very faint "you are pregnant" line. I went ahead and took the other test in the box, just to make sure and the results were exactly the same.

A faint line.....what does that mean? I read the instructions in the box and noticed that a second line, no matter how faint is a positive. I was filled with joy, anticipation, nerves, and utter fear!! How in the world was I going to tell Josh? We both knew we wanted children, but just assumed it would be a couple of years from now, atleast. I thought about doing it in a cute way, or suprising him, but as soon as he walked in the door from work and saw me wrapped in a blanket on the couch, he knew something was up. So I just told him!

Next step, how do we tell our parents. We knew we didn't want to do it over the phone, and since we live seven hours away we would have to wait for the next opportunity to come home (2 weeks later). Keeping the fact that I was pregnant in for that long was absolute torture. Mainly because I was dying for some advice from someone who knew me and had gone through this a couple of times before, aka mommy! I decided to make the telling here a bit more fun. Joshua and I went out and bought 3 bottles, his parents are divorced so we have 3 sets!! I found this adorable little poem from the baby to the grandparents, typed it up, and put it in the bottle. A "message in a bottle" The reactions were all priceless. There were tears, laughter, joy, and complete SHOCK!! We had a lot of fun with it. We are now 7 weeks along and trying to ease through the sickness and exhaustion!! March 26th can not get here soon enough!!!!

A New Start to Life!

So this week Joshua and I found out that we get to close on our house the 21 of August! We are both so very excited. Although we love our neighbors at the rental, we are stuck in a twilight zone. It's a good 20-30 minute drive to civilization, and you have to stand in certain parts of the house to achieve any kind of phone signal! I will keep everyone updated to our new address once we get in and settled! I also began my part of becoming a working woman again, and signed up to sell Mary Kay! It was actually Josh's suggestion at first! Since he makes enough to support us, my money is kind of "play money", so I can make as little or as much as need be! Plus with the flexible schedule and being my own boss, I can travel home, focus on school, and be a part of the community like I want! I have to say that we are both extrememly excited about it. I am ready to dive in and make it the best that I can! So if any of you ladies wish to throw a party, or need a faciel, or just some good ole product, email me and I can set you up. I haven't yet started my website, but hope to have that up and running by the end of August!

In other events, Joshua and I are planning a small trip home next weekend. I reallymiss my family, and Josh's so it will be a nice pick me up to see everyone before the chaos of Aug. begins! It always feels like a rollercoaster though, when we only have a weekend. There are so many people we want to see, and it never feels like enough time with each of them! Luckily though Josh has accumulated enough vacation time that we will be in for two whole weeks during Christmas! We couldn't be more excited about that!

Well I guess as far as news with us goes, that's about it. Being married isn't always excited, but it sure is blissful! God bless!!

Wedding Pictures

Love and Marriage!

Let me start this blog by apologizing! With life in motion, the last few months have presented little blogging time! I wanted to let you all know that Joshua and I were married June 27th at 5:30 p.m.! The ceremony and reception were more amazing than any dream I could have ever had about them!
The ceremony was held at Beaver Dam Creek. This is the place we were both babtized at, and is located in Edmonson County, Ky. The reception followed at Lost River Cave in Bowling Green!! I wanted the day to have a large sense of that classic love. So I opted for a modern 1940's theme. The cave was originally a night club back in the day, so we wanted to bring back that flair. As you walked down into it, you could hear the big band music blaring!! The ceremony also stuck to that music era. Josh's cousins Kelli and Kyla did a beautiful job singing, while my brothers friend Jacob played the guitar for us! Instead of rambling about the day, I thought the pictures could do it more justice, so here you go:

It's all Coming Together!

So today I found myself only 10 days away from my wedding day! I can't explain to you the excitement I am feeling knowing I am about to marry the love of my life, and best friend! For those of you who haven't been blessed enough to know my fiance Josh, he is truly the most amazing man in the world. I can say that our engagement wasn't always easy.
We were engaged at midnight on New Years of 2007! So this has been a long three year process for us! The engagement was absolutely perfect and romantic. I unfortunately had to pull a double at work that day, and didn't get off until 10 that night. Joshua came to work to see me right as I was getting off. We had thought about going out, but opted on staying in, mainly due to my tiredness. Josh went to get something for us to eat and I met him at his Mom and Stepdads house (where he was living at the time). When we got there all I could think about was a shower and PJs, followed by a long backrub! :0)
Joshua and I began to make our way downstairs after eating. While walking down I noticed a fuzzy light coming up. I didn't think much of it, until I noticed there were candles lit EVERYWHERE and a bottle of wine chilling on the coffee table. Josh took my bags and told me to go shower and get comfortable! I followed his directions, seeing as my steak perfume was a major mood killer!!
I could tell that Josh was anxious about something, but I was so exhausted that I didn't want to think, but just enjoy this amazing night together. We were watching the MTV NewYears party, so we saw the ball drop an hour ahead of our time. After that Josh turned the TV off and we layed there talking. He received a few odd phone calls, now that I think about it! It was his dad asking if he'd popped the question yet! haha Shortly after the clock struck midnight Josh looked at me and told me he wanted to ask me the first question of the new year. He told me how much he loved and wanted to spend the rest of his life with me and proceeded to give me my ring and ask me to marry him.
I smiled from ear to ear and happily agreed!! I didn't think of crying until I called my parents and talked to my daddy! Josh had been very sneaky and had gone to them weeks before with the ring to ask their permission! And now here we are almost 3 years later, a little over a week away from the big day! We couldn't be more ready than we are right at this moment! No regrets to the long engagement, or the way our relationship has played out! We have learned, and grown together! There were times we weren't on the same page in life, but we got through it with patience and understanding for one another, but mostly love! I am the luckiest woman in the world right now!!

GOD BLESS

"Ran over by a bus!"

So after an exhausting weekend with my bestfriends in Nashville, I have realized that I a more ready than ever to get married! We went down this weekend for CMA Festival and to have my bachelorette party! Don't get me wrong, we had a BLAST, but today I felt like I was ran over by a bus and crushed by a steam roller! Apparantly I was bound and determined to dance the entire night in my three inch heels. This resulted in muscle cramps and what I am sure to be a few pulled muscles. Rachel and I sat and talked the entire ride home about the good ole days. I used to be able to go out at night, be up at eight for class, many of which were dance classes for me, go to work, and then to a rehearsal and do it all over again! All while keeping a 3.0 and higher GPA. Now if I spend one night I seem to be in recovery for atleast twenty-four hours.
I am glad, however, that Joshua and I took thee time to get all of this out of our systems. I am being honest when I say I feel like I am getting married with absolutely NO regret. I don't feel as if I am being thrown into a prison of responsibility and stale life. Instead I get to wake up everyday next to my bestfriend and love of my life. Joshua and I always have an amazing time together, and life just seems better when he's near. This past yearhas been tough on our relationship, but we made it through and I believe our relationship is stronger because of all the ups and downs. I am truly the luckiest woman in the world and the next two weeks couldn't go by fast enough!!

God Bless

"Luckily it wasn't your nose!!"

This morning started off as any other, you know a few hits to the snooze button!! Just when I was about to get up and begin to get ready for work I got a phone call telling me there was no need to come in! Lucky me! You see yesterday my brother and I were on our way to the mall to get him measured for his tux! He was following me in his charger! I guess he assumed I had gone through a light, and while not paying attention he rammed into the back of my Ion! My head went shooting forward and whipping back before taking it's place back to center!! We were glad to find that both of our cars were fine, just a couple of minor scratches! Unfortunately though I woke up this morning unable to turn my head without sharp pains running down my side! I am very fortunate to have amazing friends and as soon as one heard about what happened I had about 7 missed calls making sure I was ok! While talking to Brianne (a bridesmaid) she helped me to remember that life can always be worse! She asked me what I would have done if my head went jsut an inch or two more forward and it was my nose hurting me this morning!! I laughed and thought I am sure makeup can do wonders! haha so even in the most painful of times, there is still good news!! :0)

God Bless