Tomorrow Izzy will be 2 years old. I can't believe my baby is two....it's so wonderful and bizarre! I'm so blessed to have been given the chance to be this beautiful girls mommy for the past two years!! And I hope I'm able to be her mommy for another 102 years!!! She's such a beautiful part of our lives!!
Friday is my wedding anniversary!! March 20, 2004 I married the man of my dreams, my best friend, my partner sent to me by God. Yes, this Friday is our 5 year wedding anniversary!! I was thinking about it this morning, and I thought I'd share our journey, thus far, with you!
The Spring of 2003 Justin and I were both working at the new
Wal-Mart in
Murfreesboro. He worked in lawn and garden and I worked in jewelry. He was (and still is) so cute. But I wasn't looking for a relationship at the time. On May 20
th, 2003, I ran into
wal-mart to get my cat some
cat food before going to eat dinner with my parents who had come into town. It was my 19
th birthday. I ran into Justin and some of his friends who were also shopping. We
began talking and we realized that it was his birthday as well! Yes, I was born May 20
th, 1984 and Justin and his twin brother Dustin were born May 20
th, 1983! I made him show me his drivers
licence to prove it ha!! I went on with my evening as planned, but Justin told me later that he really wanted to ask for my phone number :) but he didn't that night. After then, my friend that I worked with noticed Justin coming around more, noticed he was going the long way to take out the trash so he could come by our counter, etc. I didn't notice he was going out of his way, but of course I noticed him!! The beginning of June my
roommate and I were having a party at our apartment, and it was the night of the MTV Music Awards. My friend that I worked with, finally convinced me to ask him to come over. At the end of my shift, I walked out to lawn and garden with the biggest butterflies in my stomach. Justin was putting up stock, he had his shirt off, but still had his green
wal-mart vest on. Oh My, I just about couldn't speak!! But I managed to stumble out the words, and he agreed to come over to my apartment. And that was the beginning of Justin and Leslie. We spent the whole night on the couch, talking and talking, I don't think he went home until 3 in the morning! I don't know what everyone else was doing because I was so focused on him!! Right before he went home I kissed him on the cheek, and then a couple of minutes later we had our first kiss. He said he had wanted to kiss me all night, but didn't want to push it, but once I kissed him on the cheek, he knew he could and it would be
ok. We were
inseparable, we ate our lunches together, we got in so much trouble at work by sneaking to talk to each other instead of working :).
By the Fall of 2003 Justin and I were living together. Our relationship moved quickly, but we had felt like we had known each other all of our lives!! The beginning of
February, 2004 I felt awful, I was so sick and noticed I had put on weight. After a missed period, I took a test, and sure enough, little Miss Madelyn Grace
Coker was on her way! Boy were we scared, but excited, nervous, and blessed!! We were using protection AND being careful by the way :) But God wanted her to come to us!! On Valentines Day 2004, Justin popped the big question. I said yes, of course! We married March 20
th 2004!! Madelyn made her grand
appearance on October 8, 2004. A couple of years later we had Isabella Jane, who joined us March 19
th, 2007 and our third daughter, Katheryn Anne, should come somewhere around June 4
th, 2009!
It's been a crazy road of ups and downs, struggles and blessings!! I never thought, in a million years, that at 19 I would find the man of my dreams!! But I did! And here we are still, 5 years later, he's still my dream guy, my night in shining armour, my
soul mate, my best friend, my husband. He has made me the woman I am today, he brought me to my Lord and Savior, he's been my all. I'm so thankful for him, every moment of every single day, I am thankful for him!! And I'm thankful that GOD knew what he was doing and brought us together!!
So.....
Happy Birthday Isabella!!!
Happy Anniversary Justin!!!
May we have many more years to share with each other!!
~Blessings~
