Me, as a Teen Parent.

    My sophmore year in high school, everything was going smoothly. I had so many plans for my future, I originally wanted to become a lawyer and was going to persue it. Then on January in '10 I found out I was pregnant with my 2-year boyfriend.
    When I found out, I was speechless; I didn't feel sad, happy, scared, or excited. Then seconds later I knew this was not a good situation and that this forming baby will give me alot of complications. I knew my parents would be disappointed, embarrassed, and aggravaded especially from my father. I was the eldest of my 5 step siblings and 1 half sister, I was supposed to be a role model; show my sibling how successful they can become. Wait until they understand the fullness of how teen pregnancy is not such a good mildstone; since they're too young to understand now. I was devistated; upset at myself for not being educated in sex. I knew I had 3 choices to chose from; abortion, adoption, or become a mother.
     I was strongly thinking about abortion, which now I wish that wasn't an option I thought about. I'm assuming abortion is a natural reaction to choose to an unexpected pregnancy for a 16 year old that was still in high school. I then came to a conclusion that I am not going to abort or give my baby to another family, I am going to be a mother. I eventually told my parents 4 days later, they weren't happy, but eventually had to accept it. My mother was my only strong supporter, she stood by my side even though people would start their gossip and not only talk about me, but also about her. I felt horrible, I know people judge my mother for my actions.
     Yes, I am a teen mother, but this isn't stopping me for getting a bachelor degree; my son who is almost 2 years old motivates me become the best that I can be with an education. Michael, the father of my son and now my husband, has helped me out a lot also. He is the best father that any baby boy could ask for and he is the best husband, I wouldn't trade him for a billion dollars I wouldn't even hesitate. I hope that my story can help other teenage girls out there to be educated about your sex life; ya ya ya you may all know this but some don't understand a baby is serious responsibility.
     In becoming a teenage mother I've had to sacrifice a lot, but all that unnecessary moments that I could of experienced does not matter anymore to me. Isaiah, my son, I want to see his every mildstone. Instead of getting my senior pictures, I want to get my son photographed. I do have a budget to the wants that I'd love, but thats okay. My son depends on me, who loves me, who always wants to be beside me, who wants to impress me, and just wants me to be in his life. All the moments and love of my son replace the other moments I could of had 200% more better! My pregnancy was quite dramatic, emotional, and alot of betrayals, and a lot of people critized me (and still to this day). All these months of becoming a mother has defined me the person I am now and I can say I am happy with it. If I could go back into time and change my choice I wouldn't, but I should've been a lot more smarter.
     Now, I can't imagine my life without him. He is so precious and so amazing; the little thing do really count. There has been a lot of changes since he came into my world, but I love every single minute of it even though it can be hard at time. I am blessed with the most gorgeous son in the world and with the most amazing family. For my family and myself, I AM going to become a legal secretary.

I AM A PROUD TEENAGE MOTHER; AND I AM GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL!

{Love} is the best ingredient of life

Special thanks to my mother, my husband, and mother-in-law

all of you have helped alot for my little family



 

Late night fun..

I made this 4X6 album awhile back, but I remember the night I made it quite well. One night I was extremely bored and had no money to go out and watch a movie or grab a bite, so I looked in my closet full of goodies and came up with a pleasant idea. I grabbed an old album that I used in school to put recipes in and threw the recipes away since I never used them. I grabbed some scrapbooking paper leftovers that I've used for previous projects and mix and match, then turned out to a lovely original album cover.

Items you need:

• 4X6 album (got mine @ walmart for like $2)
• Scrapbooking paper
• glue stick
• Stickers

Directions: First, you want get an album that allows you to take out the cover it came with when you bought it. Then you're going to take the old album cover out and use it as a measure guide to cut the scrapbooking paper the proper size. Now this is where you make it your own; you mix and match how you want, use some glue stick, and stickers. After your done decorating your cover just slip it back in the album and you have your own original album cover. (: Enjoyy

DIY Blocks

My all time favorite store is Porter's; you can always discover something new in this amazing store. They sell cute wood blocks and I've seen online different blocks people have made and noticed its very simple to make.

Items you need:

• wood block (any size you'd like)
• craft paint
• scrapbooking paper
• letters (you could also use vinyl lettering)
• hot glue gun
• glue stick
• sandpaper

Directions: First you want to paint your wood block. Second once your wood blocks are dry, I sanded the egdes of the block to give a cute distressed look. Third, you need to cut your scrapbooking paper; not the exact dimensions of the block faces, but a tab smaller. Once you cut the square scrapbooking paper for all the faces of the block ex-cluding the bottom face, you're going to glue stick the square scrapbooking paper to the blocks faces. Next, you use the hot glue gun to glue the letter to the blocks. Finally, you get to display these blocks any way you'd love.

FUTURE Plans..

So, I have thought out what I am going to do about college.

{Before I enter into Boise State, I am going to attend EITC which is real

close by. It takes two years to complete to become a Legal Assistant. Once I

get this done, I will get a higher pay instead of minimum wage and

will find a place in Boise, then I'll be able to afford more.}

I'd love to attend Boise State, but this just isn't
in my budget. I'd love to get my criminal justice
degree here, but I dont plan going there for another
2-3 years. Meanwhile, I am going to attend another school

This school seems to have great programs theres;
certified nurse, dental assistant, other great programs also,
but what I want to do is be a {Legal Assistant} I love learning
about law, being organized, doing paper work, and staying busy.

{Simple} Wallet Size Photo Flash Cards Project

I recently did a project for school and I printed out a whole bunch of wallet size photos to put on my poster project, but ends up I didn't use much of them. So, then I came up with an idea, instead of just keeping these gorgeous photos of my son locked up and not being seen; I found a way that I will show them off in a cute simple project.

Items You Need:

• wallet size photos
• badges
• scrapbooking paper
• stickers
• scissors
• ring holder
• ribbon

Directions: I made a cover badge with some scrapbooking paper, stickers, and I wrote my sons info. With the photos I just inserted them into the badges and they fit perfectly inside. With these clear badges; the photo are protected from getting dirty and not easily bent. In between some of the photos I just put some other scrapbook covers instead of a photo just to divide the photos by son's age.

Our {New} Home!

I am ubberly excited about my 'lil family {Michael, Isaiah, And I} and I being accepted to move into a beautiful townhome close by my mother's home. With this new place I have so many plans since it is much bigger than our last place which was only a 2 bedroom apartment, but now we have a 3 bedroom townhome. Since we have an extra room I'd love to use as a work room for me; for all my crafts, projects, and school work. I also want to remodel my son Isaiah's room since he isn't a baby anymore; he's a soon to be 2 year old. I already have some projects in mind to make my living room much more my style instead of just plain boring decor. Can't wait to share..

One of these is our new home. (:

{New} Blogger, {1st} Post.

For about a year, I've looked at different blogs that creative mommies do. How do you all find the time to do your projects and share them by bloggin? Seriously, I want to know haa, well I am going to do some projects that I have planned and will surely share, when I find some time. (:

Haha this will be somewhat it'll be for my next few months, I Can't Wait!