26 Years!!

Yup! God has blessed me with 26 years of life today! It amazes me how fast the years go by! Sometimes it makes me want to cry especially when I look back at pictures! I have had such a wonderful life and there are times I want time to stop so I can stay in the moment! Is that weird??? I have been meaning to blog over the last few days but haven't so I will be playing catch up over the next few days! :) today I want to focus on my life and how special it is! I have been through a lot in 26 years and I have learned that is what makes me who I am today! So here is my 26 years in a nutshell (some of you have been through most of this with me so hopefully this will just bring back some memories, and the rest of you-enjoy!)
Friday September 5th, 1986- 8:36am  I entered the world as a healthy baby girl to 2 sweet YOUNG parents- Dana and Kenny! From what I have been told my Grandpa Justin (moms dad!), Grandma Margie(dads mom) were there when I was born and then my Nana and Paddy came shortly after! :)
At the time, we lived in Cave City-very small town in Arkansas! We lived in Cave city until the summer after my 1st grade year!
Summer of 1st grade/ 1991 ( guessing!) - made the move to Searcy!! I was so upset when we moved! Searcy is a much bigger town than cave city and we really didn't know anyone! Little did I know this would be "home"!!
May 2004- graduated from Searcy High School! I have very mixed emotions on this day! Part of me was happy because I THOUGHT I was ready to move on to bigger and better things! The other part of me was heart broken because I knew life would never be the same! Some of the people i saw every single day for years we would not see each other again until our 10 year reunion! Facebook does not count! :) I look back on the school years and just smile! Those were some of my best years! I had the most amazing friends!
Fall 2004-2008- college!! Lived at home then moved to Jonesboro for school! Worked the whole time! Never got involved in school as far as sorority or stuff like!!
Fall 2007- The man I knew I was going to marry walked into the shoe store I was managing! Didn't know his name but knew we would be together! :) if you want to know the whole story I wrote about it on another blog post!
June 2008- said our vows on the beach in Fort Walton, Fl before God and our family!!
January 10th 2009- our sweet baby boy, Jagger, entered into the world! That day forever changed our lives- only for the better!!
Summer 2011 - got real estate license!!
Fall 2011- went on first family vacation!!
July 2012- found out we would be having baby #2!!!!
Today- celebrating 26 years!! There is so much more in between most of these but it would take about 30 posts to get all of it and I don't think that would be fun! I always look at my life and think there is nothing "special" as far as graduating with a huge degree, having an amazing job and all that other junk but when I stop and look at my life -it is "special" to me! I have the best job in the world- being at home with my baby!! No amount of money is worth getting to be with him each day! I thank God everyday for the life he has given me! I honestly at times think to myself how do I deserve this??  I can't wait to see what is in store for me over the next 26 years! :)
Hope everyone has a blessed day!