Casey & Whitney the Fairytale

Casey's 32nd Birthday!

2012-01-17T10:08:00.000-06:00

Casey's birthday began with a sick Jaedyn. Poor baby woke up coughing again and her sinuses have gotten out of control. He laid on the floor and cuddled with her in her room while I got ready to take her to the doctor. He went to work out and Jaedyn and I wrapped his birthday present! Jaedyn was happy to help his open it when he got home. He got a fishing reel he really wanted.

I took Jaedyn to the doctor to find that she has a double ear infection and our doctor think we should consider getting tubes in her ears. Consult coming soon. Casey had to work at Acedemy on his birthday but was off at 6:30pm to get ready for a nice dinner just the two of us. Dinner at Diamond Backs. Unfortunately we hadn't even made it out the door and Jaedyn and her little face met the end table in the living room. Poor thing bruised her cheek, and chin and also had a tooth puncture her lip. She has the grace of her mother : )After the bleeding stopped Casey and I had a nice quiet dinner at Diamond Backs. I wasn't impressed with the food but it was nice to have a DATE with my husband. We needed it.

Pink Eye

2012-01-05T16:25:00.000-06:00

Jaedyn was hit with pink eye for the first time ever. Noticed sleep in her eyes on Sunday after noon. Pretty unusual for her but I waited it out. Monday morning her eyes were matter shut and she refused to let me clean them off. Casey took her to the appointment and sure enough she had pink eye. Both eyes of course, I hear it doesnt usually just happen to just one eye.I stayed home that afternoon with her so she could get a good couple rounds of drops in her eyes to get her back to school the following day. If anyone has any further tips on how to put drops in a 16-17 month old childs eyes, I'm all ears. My husbands way seemed to work okay but our little girl is a fighter! Not sure where she gets it but she is tough!

Faith

2011-12-29T10:04:00.000-06:00

After much thought, I have begun to realize what is important and what is not. Casey and I both have come so far in the last couple of years. We went from dating to living together, to getting pregnant, to having a baby, to getting married all in less than two years! Heck, we got pregnant within 3 months of dating. We both went from being very selfish to learning to be very selfless in such a short period of time. As Jaedyn gets older and starts really picking up on things, I really start thinking about what kind of household I want her to grow up in. Casey works two jobs now so he can't always attend church with us. Jaedyn and I go every sunday and in doing so I have started incoporating things at home so that she will definately grow up in a Christian home. I feel like I have had this awakening in me again. I like who I am when I'm at church. I want to be that person all the time. I have learned that there are no benefits to the way I was living. Only negativity.

PRAYING is sooooo important yet we struggle with it as much as we struggle with flossing everyday. As much as my family has seen the benefit of prayer; you would think we would be doing nothing but praying. How can we expect to have our wants/needs satisfied if we don't communicate them to God? John 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. The ultimate sacrifice and we can't take some time out of our day to worship?

Things I am now incorporating into our daily lives:
1. Prayer before supper
2. Supper at the table, not in front of the television
3. Prayer with Jaedyn when we lay her down.
4. Reading the Bible before bedtime.
5. Prayer with my husband as we lay down.

I want my life and my families lives to glorify God in every way. Life groups at our church should be starting up again in a couple of weeks and I am so excited to start. Hopefully I can get Casey to come with me if he is off work. I love it because it is on Wednesday and its right in the middle of the week to pump you up and keep you going. I want to surround myself with positive people who are on fire for God too.

I have faith that in doing these things and only improving and adding more every day, we will finally be where we want to be. We will be happy and living for the glory of God.

Our Big Day 5-7-11

2011-12-28T10:40:00.030-06:00

I married my best friend on May 7, 2011 at 6:30pm. It was a magical evening and we were so blessed to share it with all of our closest family and friends.

So much build up to this day made every single thing worth it. Everything down to the last detail was absolutely perfect due to our amazing wedding planner and sister-in-law Amanda Menchaca-Firmin

Its Been a CRAZY Year!

2011-12-28T10:12:00.006-06:00

It's been a little over a year since I have been back on our blog and let me tell you, its been crazy! Casey and I got married and Jaedyn celebrated her first birthday. Through all of this Casey has been working his tail off and I have been working and still going to school. Lots to catch up on and many wedding pics to be posted this evening. : )

Wedding Update

2010-12-07T11:34:00.002-06:00

Casey and I decided a little while back to move our wedding date to September 17, 2011 due to our venue crapping out on us and with the birth of Jaedyn, it was just too much stress. Well Casey asked me if we could go back to the May 7, 2011 like originally planned. I have no problem with this, that just means I get to call him my husband that much sooner but there are two things that might hold us back now. I have all ready ordered my dress and I don't know that it will be here in time especially if it needs to be altered. We also have to find a venue quick!

Jaedyn's Newborn Photo's!

2010-12-07T09:58:00.008-06:00

I was given the gift of a newborn photoshoot by my awesome sister-inlaw Amanda! The photographer is Ashley Munn!

The Belly Pics!

2010-12-07T09:31:00.017-06:00

I never did post the belly progression pics and now I believe I will get all caught up and do so. I took pics from 18 weeks all the way to 41 weeks. (I think I skipped week 37. Ooops)

Looking back at these pictures now I am really remembering all the funny stuff like the swollen feet! My feet swelled up so bad it was hilarious. I couldn't wear anything but flip flops for months and months of my pregnancy! Everyone was always asking me about my blood pressure and stuff but everytime I saw the dr. she just said "welcome to being pregnant in the summer in texas". Thats just the way it was and would be the rest of my pregnancy.

I always told myself when I got pregnant that I was either be that crazy pregnant lady on the treadmill walking really fast and staying really thin with a big basketball belly, OR I was going to take advantage and eat anything I wanted all the time. Now I didn't eat anything all the time. I was good some of the time but I certainly didn't stay in the gym like I wished I had.

Pregnancy was certainly one of the hardest things I have ever done. It was the most difficult to be told you couldn't do things by everyone around you. I didnt handle that very well. I am one of those people that will do something just because you said I couldn't.

Let's Play Catch Up!

2010-10-29T09:54:00.003-05:00

All right, well our baby girl is here! She about 2 1/2 months old now and getting prettier every day! Casey and I are still learning every day. At this time she is sleeping in the bassinet (sp?) next to our bed. Her room is currently the spare bedroom for Casey's hunting buddy when he comes to town but that will all change next week. Casey did some work at mom and dads house cutting down a tree so instead of the cash we are getting an air unit for the baby's room that has heat and air. So hopefully by this time next week Miss Jaedyn will be in her crib! Its about that time anyway. She turns herself sideways and has even turned herself completely around in the bassinet so this little one needs some room!

Our wedding plans have changed. With so much going on and then our venue crapping out on us we just decided to change the date all together and now we are back to square one. No venue, no colors, no nothing. The new date is September 17, 2011. I have all ready ordered my dress but other than that we are starting over. My sister in law, as a wedding gift, has taken over and will be our wedding planner. This will take quite a load off of Casey and I and his sister too.

Been A While

2010-05-17T15:06:00.002-05:00

So I suppose I could try and catch everyone up with my life real quick. We are working on wedding plans while at the same time working on baby stuff so its kind of hectic these days. First wedding stuff.... we have found the location and mom paid for it all ready. We have enlisted the help of Caseys sister Kimberly Gossett to be our coordinator and I just know she is going to make this so much clearer and easier for us. We have all ready decided on colors and how we are going to decorate so we are gradually going to gather items needed to make this easier. I cheap and easy to please so I see this going very well. Next baby stuff, well the lists I am gathering for showers is definately helping me out with wedding invites too. Casey painted the baby room last week and it didn't quite turn out the color I wanted but hey, its still pretty and I will deal. I am not going to ask him to repaint it. Next we are going to get the carpet cleaned and start hanging curtains and stuff. I am so excited! Now that school is out for the summer I will be scrap booking all the crap I have saved over the years and printing the million pictures I have saved on my computer at home! If I don't do it now I won't be able to do it with baby stuff so Busy Busy Bee I am now! I have 12 weeks to go and our little Jaedyn is here!!!! Casey is finally starting to freak out a little bit. Its cute. He is going to be an amazing dad! I will start posting pics of the baby room soon. : )

We are ENGAGED!!!

2010-04-06T08:42:00.002-05:00

Just when I thought my life couldn't get any happier and more exciting it did! Casey proposed on April 1, 2010. April Fools Day! He showed up at my office with a dozen roses which didn't shock me too much cause he is just that sweet. He sat next to my desk and told me how much he loved me and held my hands. I at this point am still thinking he is just in a really sweet mood and nothing out of the ordinary. He talked a little about the future and how scary marriage is and I said "well we are all ready kind of doing it." We kissed and hugged and he god down on one knee. I said "Oh what are you doing?!" He pulled the ring out and said "Will you marry me?" I said "Oh yes, yes I will." Tears filled my eyes and I just couldn't believe it happened! It was completely unexpected! I feel like our lives are just coming more and more together every day. We couldnt be happier with the way things are going! I love him more every day!

ITS A GIRL!!!!

2010-03-22T10:08:00.003-05:00

I just had a feeling and boy was I right. It's a girl! We even have a name all ready! Jaedyn Faye Garcia. Faye is my mothers Aunts name as well as my mothers middle name. My mom is my best friend and wanted to included her how ever I could so I figure this was the best way. So the sonogram was on the 17th and boy was it exciting. I laid on the chair and the techniciam began taking all the measurements. I couldn't see the screen but I looked at Casey and his eyes were HUGE!!! It was so funny. She was moving around and rolling over and everything but I felt none of it.

My mother was there and got to come in and see and that made her so happy! Now I'm just struggling to get pants to fit. It just happened so fast I wasn't ready to have to put my jeans away but they hurt so its about that time : )

OUR APPOINTMENT IS ON THE 17th! St. Patty's Day!!!

2010-03-12T11:06:00.002-06:00

We find out what we are having on Wednesday the 17th at 1:00pm! We are both sooooo excited!!! Casey wants a boy, I am now thinking I want a girl. Either way we will be sooooo happy. I have had a pretty 50/50 split between all my friends so this is going to be exciting to tell everyone. All the old wives tales have all been debunked one way or another by my friends so I really don't know what to expect. I think maybe a girl but I guess we will see.

A little scare

2010-03-12T10:55:00.003-06:00

I was at work on Tuesday, just a normal day. I was sitting in my boss' office reading lines back and forth with him. (He needed to rehearse for a play he is in) I was sitting normally so I thought. Next thing I know I am feeling extremely weird. Couldn't really figure out what was going on. Felt a little sick and then my hearing started to diminish, my vision started to be tunnel vision. My boss rushed over and helped me get up and walked me to his chair. I had no balance what so ever and was almost completely blind at this point. I sit down and I am sweating like crazy so I take off my sweater. My vision slowly starts to come back as well as my hearing. My ears are hissing and my body temp starts to go back to normal. After a minute or two I am sitting there and looking at my boss and asking "What in the hell was that?!" He was a bit freaked out and said "I have no idea are you ok?" I was back to normal in minutes and drove home and woke my hard working man up from his nap and told him what happened. I crawled into bed and paged the doctor immediately. The doctor called and I explained exactly what happened. He said "I wish I had an audio recording of what you just said. You described this exactly the way we would have to a medical student." There is some fancy name for it I can't remember but this is it. The way I was sitting caused my uterus to move and pinch a main artery and caused my blood pressure to drop quickly. Basically I almost passed out. Had my boss not moved me I would have passed out. Thank GOD he was there! The baby is fine and I am fine. This is something that is pretty common. Usually its later in the pregnancy but everything is ok. Now I know what to do if it happens again. : )

This Weekend

2010-02-22T10:16:00.000-06:00

This past weekend was awesome! Casey and I watched movies Friday night until I feel asleep as usual then Saturday he went to work and so did I but on the house! There was much organizing to do and cleaning too so I worked with the blinds up and the radio on all morning and afternoon on Saturday. Now Saturday evening that another story! It was girls night!!!! We had dinner at La Fiesta then walked over to Hondos to see Laci. Unfortunately we didn't get to stop Laci long enough to get her in the pictures.

Cammy and her Te-Kill-Ya! LOL

LOL

Awwwwww

Im not going to go into the horrible ending too Hondos except that the bartender was quite a B WORD! LOL

We finished the night off at Smokelys (Oakleys) where everyone kept talking about sad stuff and then made Shelly cry in a bar. We love you Shelly! All in all it was a great evening!

Sunday morning I was up bright and early for church. Not really I was about 10 minutes late but I made it. Afterwards I went to see my mom who was working at the Home Products Show and The HOT Complex and dropped my phone in the parking lot and cracked the glass on it. No bueno! I spent the rest of the day with the blinds up and radion on again organizing and cleaning until 1030 pm. I was pooped!!! My house wasn't that dirty I am just a perfectionist and we had piles of paper work to file and somethings of his that still remained packed up. So now it is all put away and next weekend I can get to the real nitty gritty! LOL

What's NEW!

2010-02-19T09:29:00.000-06:00

First things first! Casey and I both have been digging into our faith a little deeper lately. Some things have happened in our lives that we thought were not possible and we sat back and realized God is trying to show us he is here and will provide what we NEED if we just pray and stay positive and focus on him.

Well Casey now has a truck! Yes he does! We didn't think we could afford to get him a truck but somehow we made a way. Its a 2010 Dodge Ram Quad Cab.

Its just what we needed. Space for the baby and room for him to load up fishing and hunting stuff and something that could haul things if needed. Casey put his little Ford Ranger up for sale right outside our house one day and it was sold in less than 5 hours! Gone!

Next I have been praying to be able to afford to quit waiting tables but I didnt see how this could happen without Casey getting a second job. I prayed and stayed positive and just knew it was going to happen I just didn't know how. Well my boss gave me a raise and I now am no longer waiting tables!!!! I have been waiting tables for 8 years and it was just time to quit. It is so nice to have my weekends back! I get to raise the blinds and turn up the radio and clean house and do laundry , read a book , what ever I want to do!

All these things were made possible because we stayed positive! We knew it would happen for us we just didn't know how. God sure does work in mysterious ways!

Now I have learned throughout the years that when you begin to follow God more closely, thats when the bad comes and tries to break you down. I know this to be true because just over the last few weeks Casey and I have been the topic of discussion for a few ex's and also enemies I didn't know we had. I prayed for them and hoped they would find peace in their own lives to they could move on from ours and I am happy to say that one person I have found peace with. We talked, got some old things off our chest and now I can say she is no longer an enemy. I wish the same to happen with the others but no luck yet. I will just continue to pray.

Now an update with the baby! I still do not have a baby bump so no tummy pictures yet but I am 15weeks and 5days now. My pants are fitting a little more snug but thats probably due to the fact that I can't stop eating junk food! Still no sickness or anything but I sure did get a UTI last monday. It was a dooozie. Woke me up at 245am and I was up in pain until I could get in with the doctor at 845am. Worst morning of my life. Im so glad Casey wasn't there because he would have felt so helpless and been so upset for me. I have had plenty of these before but this one was rough. The first time we heard the heart beat it was 168 and this past monday it was in the
150's. I know the wives tales but I just don't know what to think with that much of a change. Boy? Girl? Have to wait 3 more weeks! WE ARE SO IMPATIENT!

Casey's 30th!

2010-01-29T11:12:00.000-06:00

I did my best to make Casey's birthday special and since he was talking about how OLD he was turning I got black balloons, an over the hill balloon and a cookie cake that said over the hill and presented all of this at dinner with his entire family. I also gave him some suspenders to wear for the evening with shot glasses one on each side. One said its my birthday and the other said buy me a shot! I also pinned on him a black ribon that said old fart! He looked so cute and I think he actually drank about 12 shots thats after dinner where he had 3 mexican martinis and a beer I think. We ate at Ninfa's and then headed to Oakleys where we spent the remainder of the evening. It was difficult considering I can't drink or anything but I made the best of it and got lots of life lessons from family members (mine and his) who had all ready had a few too many drinks LOL. I don't have any pictures of my self for some stupid reason but his family member will hopefully pass along the pictures they have.

The First Trip of the New Year!

2010-01-12T14:26:00.000-06:00

Casey worked on New Years Eve and so did I so we decided on New Years Day to take off. We packed up somethings and drove to San Antonio and walked the River Walk for a while then the next morning we drove to Fredericksburg. Everything we saw the whole weekend was so beautiful. We didn't have very much money to spend but we just wanted to enjoy the weekend together. He bought a Fireman Tshirt from Fredericksburg and I bought a cute decoration for the house in Fredericksburg too. On the way home just outside of Johnson City (I think), we saw this amazing statue of a Longhorn made out of an engine and other metal parts. We turned around to take a picture and found out it was a ranch of statues. We drove back into the trees for a bout 5 miles to find it and it was the strangest, coolest thing we'd ever seen.

Yay for Christmas!

2009-12-27T23:25:00.000-06:00

Well, we technically celebrated on the 24th. Enjoyed a great lunch at my parents house. We made pizza's with my mom, dad, sister in law, brother and neice. We opened presents together and guess who game me my first MOMMY gift! Casey gave me a beautiful necklace with hearts and diamonds and it says mommy in gold. We watched my brother and his daughter play the Wii for a while before we headed over to his sisters house. We enjoyed a marvelous dinner with his family and as the night came to a close our exhausted butts went home and hit the sack. Casey worked on Christmas Day so I hung out with my parents and enjoyed a ride around town and ate at a Golden Corral. Yea, I really did. We had a very low key holiday and are ready for the New Year. He will be working New Years eve so I suppose I will too. Not like I would be doing anything else but sitting on my butt at home. BUT New YEars Day is ours! ALL OURS! Hope everyone had a great holiday and has a great New Year!

First OBGYN Appointment

2009-12-21T10:13:00.000-06:00

We had our first OBGYN appointment on Thursday the 17th. Everything went really well. The only problem was that the receptionist that set the appointment, set it too soon. I was only 6 weeks and 4 days along so we couldn't see a heart beat yet. We did get to see the little sac the baby is in but what we thought could have been a heart beat could have been other things too SO we are going back on January 4th. We are so excited about this next appointment! We hope to see a heart beat, heck maybe two heart beats. We are not going to be so naive to think that we shouldn't keep that in the back of our minds. Casey has twins in his family and I do in mine as well. Both have skipped generations SO we could be next in line. Wouldn't really hurt my feelings.
Christmas is right around the corner now and I cant wait to get our first baby gift!

Got the job!

2009-12-15T09:33:00.000-06:00

Thanks for all the support and prayers! I got the job at Chuy's so I will be saying goodbye to Hooters soon. Orientation is today and my start date will be decided then! I am so excited! I am not real excited about learning a whole other menu but its ok. I have done it 4 times before I'll get it down quick. I am looking forward to the change.
On another note, Casey and I had a great dinner with his family at his sisters house lastnight. His sister Kimberly is an amazing cook! I really feel the love and support from his family with this baby on the way! Nothing makes me happier than having the support of our families and friends!!!

Frustration a Little High Right Now

2009-12-14T09:30:00.000-06:00

Well last Friday I sort of had a little melt down. I currently work at Hooters and The Law Office of Seth Sutton. I have been with Hooters for 4 years now and we recently lost our General Manager Brooke who was like a second mother to us all. She is now a manager at Chuy's. We have new General Manager Jimmy, who I have not really had a problem with, like so many others have, until a little over a month ago on a Sunday evening. The day shift was almost over and me and the rest of the day girls were cleaning trying to get ready to go home at 5pm. Well, 430pm rolls around and Jimmy is running around behind each of us asking us to stay and work the night shift because he is short handed. (we lost quite a few girls when he got here)I avoided him as much as possible cause quite frankly I was tired. I worked my shift, I had homework and my other job at 8am the next day. So no one would offer to stay and help out so he gathers all of us at the front of the restaurant and basically threatens us cause no one will stay. I told him I thought it was b.s. that we were being cornered that way. (I was of the opinion it wasn't my fault he ran off half the staff) Someone eventually broke down I guess. Well ever since then I guess Jimmy has been holding a grudge and I didn't know it. I have been ready to be put back in the bar for months now and we lost a few bartenders recently so I just knew I was about to be put back there. Well I have been requesting bar shifts for 3 weeks now and have not been getting them with no explanation. So friday I called to talk to him before I put in yet another schedule request. I asked if I was going to be getting bar shifts and he said no. I asked why he says "You haven't been supportive A(he referred to that sunday of course), you wear a spacer in your nose for your nose ring, and me and the regional manager just decided its not a good fit." I was blown away! Not supportive?! Are you crazy?! I have been a loyal employee for 4 years and I didn't jump ship when everyone else did. If you don't talk to me and tell me what the problem is I can't fix it. So he is paying to train 2 other girls to bartend when he has one ready and all ready trained. REAL SMART! I don't deserve to be treated this way because he wants to be childish and hold a grudge. I have an interview with Chuy's at 5pm today with my old manager and I hope it works out. I didn't want to work at Hooters pregnant anyway this was just a sign that its time to go. I don't want to work two jobs while being pregnant at all but money is super tight can't afford not to. Casey has applied several places for a part time job as well. He was all ready planning to do that so we could save for a wedding so soon we will BOTH be double working machines LOL. This is just the beginning of our frustration. Both of our cars need some work, we both are trying to get out of debt, his phone broke today, and now we have doctor visits to go to and copays to pay so we are both a little rough today. I do feel a little more positive than him this morning cause I truly am trying to just give all my frustrations over to GOD because being frustrated and negative all day is going to do nothing but bring more negative. He is still sick and the last straw was his phone breaking lastnight so I am trying to pep him up a little today. I told him no matter what this is going to be an amazing day. His sister is having us over for dinner to celebrate our little bundle of joy so we are going to try and focus on the positive here. We have eachother, we have vehicles, we have our health, we have a roof over our head, and most of all we have and child coming.

Couldn't Sleep

2009-12-11T08:54:00.000-06:00

He was at work lastnight and I was at home and turns out we both had problems sleeping. I picked him up this morning and started to tell him I slept terribly and he said he did too. He said he kept thinking of every scenario of what could happen during this pregnancy and how we would get through it. I kept having terrible dreams and waking up with one of the cats sitting on me (lol kind of cute). Obviously we are nervous about financial responsibilities but everyone worries about that when they are expecting a child right? Then the questions really start flowing like "am i going to be a good parent?" (and in our case) "will we still get to have the magical wedding we want". My response to his and my fears would have to be this.... we are not the first ones to go through this. We both have very loving caring families, and God will never give us more than we can handle. Keep positive and all will be fine. Sometimes its hard to believe.

Big News!

2009-12-09T00:28:00.000-06:00

Yep! That's right! Casey and I are expecting! No we were not trying and actually planned this a few years down the road but someone upstairs must have a different plan for us. We were planning to get engaged soon then marry sometime in the beginning of 2011. Following our wedding we wanted to travel some and enjoy being married. I was also going to finish school. We will still do all of those things just in a different order now. We told my parents tonight at they handled it really well. My dad handled it surprisingly well. The only snag when telling them is this. My father wants us to being married when the baby comes whether that means a Justice of the Peace marriage then a wedding later. I personally think this will take away from the actual wedding. We both kind of want the moment I walk down the isle to be it! THE MOMENT. It is our decision and we have time to think on it obviously. We have a lot to do and talk about but we are both super excited!

The Beginning of our Fairytale

2009-12-09T00:18:00.000-06:00

We met about ten years ago in Casey's hometown of Oglesby. I was with friends that were dating his friends. Didn't start off well. Casey was actually not very friendly to me so I in turn decided that was my last trip to Oglesby. Throughout the years we have run into eachother, hung out and seperated again a few times. Most times we ran into eachother one or the other was in a relationship so timing was never quite right. Then one evening in August Casey appeared again at the restaurant I work in. Neither of us were seeing anyone so to break the ice I mentioned we should go running together again like we use to a few years earlier. Casey at the time was employed with the Port Lavaca Fire Department and was only in town for the week. Both of us failed to get up in time to run but finally one night later in the week we met up. We hung out all night long and had an amazing time. The next day I was doing a photoshoot as well as getting my birthday plans together. He was leaving that evening so we spent every possible moment together that day. The photoshoot never happened but that didn't matter cause something else did. We shared our first real kiss just before he left to go back to Port Lavaca. We sent texts his whole drive home and talked til we both couldn't stay awake any longer. Ever since then we have only been apart when work wouldn't allow him or I do travel. After many miles on both our vehicles and many discussions of the future Casey applied at the Hewitt Fire Department and was hired! The last week of October he moved in and his first day with the department was November 1, 2009. We since have learned so much about eachother and are loving living together. We are both trying to build up our finances and make this house a home. So this is how we got to where we are now. The beginning of our fairytale.