All About Me

Taking a cue from my BFPB (Awoods), I am going to do an "All About Me" post to tell you more about myself.
My name is Emily. DH and I have been married for 3 years and one month. We are both in our early-mid 20's. DH is a 1st Lt. in the US Air Force. I am finishing my Elementary Education degree at the University of West Florida. By the time I graduate in May I will have been working on my undergraduate degree for 6 years. When you marry a military man you have to be prepared to move at the drop of a hat, thus me transferring schools four times. I am from Louisiana and DH is from Texas, we currently live in Florida. We have 2 furbabies, Darcy and Daphne.

DH and I met while working at a Baptist summer camp in 2003, I was about to start my senior year of high school and DH was starting his first year of college. We started dating in Nov. of 2004, engaged in Aug. of 2005, and married in May of 2006. We started our relationship on the prospects of getting married even though we were both really young. When we got married I was 19 and DH was 20, but everyone says we are old souls, which I have to agree. Many people would say we got married too young, but after many months of prayer and talking to one another for hours upon hours about marriage, we felt that this was the direction God wanted us to go.
DH and I had agreed to wait 4 years after we got married to start trying for a family, but after being married for 3 years and all of my friends having children the baby fever hit hard. It took me a while to figure out why I was wanting to start TTC sooner than we had planned, so after thinking about it one day I realized what it was. DH is gone for months at a time with his deployments and when he is gone I miss him so much and I never know for sure whether or not he will make it home. He has a pretty safe job, but nothing (including life) is never guaranteed. When we have a baby a part of DH will always be with me. I think it is amazing that a child is half of each of you. On the other hand, DH doesn't want a child for the same reason, he is away for months at a time, where I think having a child while he is gone would give me company, he sees it as missing out on half of their life. I know that breaks his heart as it does mine to think that DH may be deployed when our child takes his first steps or says his first words. He wants to be home to raise our child and I want him home too. His dad worked alot while he was growing up, so he wants to be home as much as possible. I think I was born to be a mother, I love children and I think a child is the most precious thing in the world and to raise a child, to love a child, and to make them a person who could change the world gives me such joy.

So this is where we are now, DH is gone on our third deployment, and when he gets home he will decide what he wants to do about finishing his Masters degree, and whether or not he wants to stay in the Air Force. We will discuss when we actually want to start TTC. I am already off BCP, cycle #2 of charting, and DH says he is open to talk about children and will be fine if I get pregnant right when he gets home. His only stipulation was I have my degree when I give birth. If I get KU in Oct after he comes home then approximate due date is in July, so by default, problem solved.

This is our story, and it is very incomplete, but current status is waiting. Waiting takes up so much of our time, so I am trying to enjoy the Season God has me in right now. "For everything there is a season" and my season is waiting.