>Day 25 of 30.

>Favorite Memory

I dont think I can list just one memory :)

1. Surprising Jess in SC for her tournament game is probably my most favorite memory. The look on her face when she saw me across the court is a memory I will cherish FOREVER!! I would do it all again if I had too. It was one of the best days of my life. <3

2, When she told me she loved me. We went to the fair and she wanted to tell me at the top of the Ferris Wheel.. but the atendant sat a man and his son with us. WTF! Plus she didnt have a voice... so she just gave up. After the fair date, she took me home and headed back to school... she sent me a very long text saying that she had never felt this way about anyone and that she was in love with me. Que the awws. I wrote her back and said "really?" I didnt realize that it sounded so bad because I was jumping up and down like a kid in a candy store. I was super excited and deeply in love with her. She of course was thinking that I didnt feel the same and that this wouldnt last now. But I texted her back and said "Good, cuz in totally in love with you too."

3. The first time she kissed me. No details here for this one! But I will say that Jess is very "old school" about relationships and didnt even try to kiss me for almost 2 months. And can I just mention that she slept in my bed every weekend she came home to see me, but never tried to kiss me because she believes in getting to know someone and not just jumping right in. She says there is no reason lesbians should rush their relationships and shouldn't be any different than straight people. This is one of my favorite things about her. Her opinions on relatioships are so solid and reasonable.

3 days of crafting with Mom :)

Since we are on spring break the last few days were spent at my moms.

Jess packed the car, loaded up babies, and picked me up from work at 7 on Monday,
so we could be on the road to moms asap.
We had planned to work on ALL of our projects including
Jess's bball collage, our Hers & Hers mirrors, a decorative photo wall mount,
and a new ribbon book I bought.
However,
we only finished the collage.
Haha.
We were lazy Tuesday and spent too much time shopping on Wednesday.
We also wanted to try making cake pops.
I saw these on a few blogs here and there,
and thought they were too cute not to attempt to bake them myself.
We ran out of time for that, so I packed up all the stuff needed (including several of
Mom's things) to make them when we got home today.
Btw, since I have become so nesty and crafty lately,
I have all these ideas of things to make or bake.
Now I realize how expensive my ideas could be since I dont have anything
to attempt to create anything with.
The best thing having these is ideas is that my mom has been having these ideas for that last
15 years or so.
:)
She has a craft room with enough supplies for scrapbooking, stamping, baking,
cake decorating, candy jar making, & any other craft.
It is my personal belief that SHE could supply every Hobb.y Lobby or Mich.ael's
within a hundred mile radius. lol.
It doesnt matter what I say looks like fun to make or bake,
she has the supplies. It may even be something she hasn't tried to make or bake
but "it was on sale and she had a coupon and well she only paid $0.50 for it in the end".

(This idea occurred about a month ago!)
I have always wanted to stamp with markers but I have never really understood the process of it
and my mom doesn't do it.
I tried endlessly to explain it to her but she didnt know exactly what I wanted to do.
So we called my aunt (who equally owns as much craft stuff as mom) and she
had some ideas as how to go about it.
We shopped at some craft stores to see if I liked anything because
I didnt just wanna jump into it and buy a bunch of stuff.
Mom says she "thinks" she has a few things at home that I might like and
I could play with it before I start really buying stuff.
We go home and search the craft room, (and by craft room I mean converted garage with tons of space!)
She pulls out 2 totes FULL of stamps, stamp blocks, ink (Mart.ha Stewa.rt ink at that),
all kinds of stuff.

Me: *Laughing* Where did you get all this?? You dont even stamp!!
Her: Well it was on sale.. I paid like a $0.50 for it. :)
Lol.
This never ceases to amaze me.
But it always works out in my favor!

This is the collage we have been working on for Jess.
Each letter is cut out (using a c.ricut) and then glued by hand..
 more time consuming than I had antispated.
But so worth it.

*edited info*



This is a random online pic of the cake pops.

I can't wait to go back to mom's to finish the rest of my projects!

Being at Grandma's makes little chihuahuas very tired.. they slept the whole way home and
have been napping since we got here!!

In the crate on the way home.
*Mango IS the big pink hump Kiwi is resting on*

Sleeping beside Momma J on the couch.

*SNORING*

>Sunday March 6, 2011

>In the 2 & 1/2 years that Jess and I have been together, I have rarely missed a basketball game. Last year, I was lucky enough to have someone to go to almost every single game with. This year, with work, I was only able to go to the home games and a few away games. It was hard for me to miss games, especially since it was her senior year... her last year to play... ever. That being said, I forgot about going to the conference tournament. I guess in my mind I was just thinking about the season being over.. Nevermind the fact they were going to the tournament. I didnt ask off for work, so I miss the first 2 rounds of the tournament. Well needless to say... they won!! Of course they did... why wouldnt they?!? :)

So I'm driving to work on Saturday (the 5th) and she calls to tell me all about the game. Fortunately, I was able to watch both games online.. Thank God! So I did see them.. And she said ...

"I wish you could have been here for this"

And thats when it all clicked.. I wasnt there. I didnt see it in person. All the games I hadnt missed before came down to these last few games and I missed them. WHAT?!?! My mind started reeling uncontrolably. All I could think was I am going to South Carolina tomorrow. I wont miss THAT game. Unfortunately, I was scheduled to close the next day. Dammit. So now I'm carrying on a conversation with Jess about how great she did (only half listening to her haha... sorry baby.) and trying to figure out how I'm gonna pull this off and surprise her. I sent out a mass text message to all my friends, praying someone would go with me. And luckily, someone was available to go!! :)

Next problem.. was work. How the hell was I gonna get out of work?! Only certain people can do what I do.. so it wasnt like they could just call someone in to cover for me. eeeek! So I walked into work and the conversation went like this-

Me: Umm... so I cant work tomorrow... who's working for me?!? :)

In the sweetest voice I could possibly manage.

Of course they knew right then it was about basketball.

And my totally awesome mgr says:

I'll help anyway I can.

                                             Just get the shift covered and I'll approve it.

Now I just had to find someone to work for me... hmmm. At this point I was ready to pay someone to cover my shift. Fortunately, one to many office staff were scheduled, so my amazing team leader worked for me. :)

They love me.

So Jess has no idea... how much begging and pleading and worrying I was doing to make sure I could go. She had no idea I was even trying to come. So Sunday morning I woke up early to get ready and get on the road. I wanted to talk to her but I needed her not to suspect anything because I do NOT get up early ...ever. Our dogs even sleep till noon most days! :) So I told her my allergies were killing me and I couldnt sleep. Worked like a charm. I also knew she would call me before she had to be on the floor to warm-up and I knew that she would be able to tell I was driving.. so I decided to tell her I was going to get me something to eat...and when she called... that little lie also worked like a charm!!

So we get to the game, find her mom, and sit 2 rows behind her. I knew eventually Jess would look up in the crowds for her mom.. so I figured she would see me. NOPE! Not once did she look up.. apparently she only does that when I'm there. She never saw me. Not even during half time.. when she shooting to warm up.. she always makes sure I'm watching her. I assumed she would look for her mom then. NOPE! So I watched the rest of the game.. clapping and yelling.. and sitting on pins and needles when the score got to close. It was super close for a while.. but in the last minute or so they scored like 13 pts. Yay!

So they won the conference championship!! A first in the years Jess had been there... so it was a VERY big deal. And definitely something I was glad I didn't miss. The team gets their trophy & t shirts, and start taking a million pictures. And she still never looked for her mom which means she still didnt see me. lol. Her mom was making her way to the floor to take pics... I watched a few more minutes from my seat and enjoyed seeing her so happy. She was ECSTATIC!! As I was walking down to the floor... she finally saw me!! It was the best picture-perfect moment. She ran across the court to me and wrapped her arms around me and squeezed me so hard!! I was on cloud 9 that she was truly surprised and super happy I was there.

Jess:   Pookie, you came!! I'm so glad you're here... it makes it so much better!!

Me:  Baby I wouldnt have missed this for anything!!

I feel truly blessed that I was able to be there & that my job is so amazing that they always gave me Saturdays off for the games and never gave me a hard time. I mean I'm only part time.. and my schedule gets very limited because of school. But they were always so great about it! Although, now I feel that I owe them my whole spring break. haha. So I will be working A LOT over the next few weeks.

And if you made it this far in the super long and detailed post... then u you deserve some pictures! :)

 Cutting down the net

 Jess and Her Mom

>Ahh Finals.

>

While I'm studying... I'm thinking of the super big post I want to write about:

• 
  
  My surprise trip to SC to support Jess at the championship game... which they won! :)


• 
  
  Her last game ever ... after 16 years of intense traveling and playing it was bittersweet to say the least!


• 
  
  And some plans for the future!

Blog full of pics to come.

But back to studying microbiology now.

>3-3-2011 :)

>

Yesterday was..

I decided to eat at ...

Because their Chips & Salsa-Ranch is my favorite!!

Jess got me this for my birthday...

And the babies got me this...

I really want a new tv for the living room

so thats my "BIG" gift!!

I'm going to Mom's today to work

on my crafty projects!!

Jess is in SC this weekend for the basketball tournament! :)

>Bake's Senior Year in College Basketball

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There's nothing I love more..

than watching my baby do what she does best!

>Crutches.

>

Jess rolled her ankle last Wednesday during the game.

:(

I put my nursing skills to use while taking care of her.

I successfully managed to help her get in and out of the bathtub

and didnt even drop her.

Ha!

>Memories in the Making =)

>We're still here! We apparently took a short break from blogging, but we're back!! Im officially done with fall quarter, things didnt go exactly the way I wanted but all is well. I'll just study harder next time. I got all B's and that is unacceptable to me. Although, Jess keeps telling me B's are good! I just stress about not getting A's because Im terrified of not getting into nursing school. Im so glad its over for now and it couldnt be at a more perfect time with the holidays just around the corner. I dont go back till Jan 11th!! =)

Basketball Season has officially began and I so love seeing her play! My favorite days are the road trips my bff and I take for games. We go to the games within a 3 hrs radius of home. Although this past weekend, she was in Ft. Lauderdale, Fl. And that trip was just too far for me to drive, plus it was my mom's birthday. So I went home to moms and she went to Fl. While I always enjoy hanging out with my mom, spending almost 4 days apart was unbearable. =( We missed each other like crazy and trying to sleep without her was almost impossible. As if that wasnt bad enough, she texted me Saturday and tells me she's stuck in the hotel elevator. Ok, in reality I know she'lll be fine, there's no need to worry and the situation is probably actually funny. However, I'm extremely claustrophobic and just the thought of her stuck made me feel sick and my chest all tight.. ahhh... of course in 20-30 min the firemen got them out. No big deal. Haha but the best part was one of her teammates got it all on video and posted it on facebook. Needless to say it was pretty funny! The best part to me was watching the fireman rescuing Jess. Jess is the "tough boyish one" and she was like a "damsel in distress" that had no choice but to let the fireman get her out the elevator. :D It was priceless. I drove home yesterday at 7 am as soon as it was slightly daylight and my mom wouldnt fuss about me driving in the dark (shes a bit of a worrier). I couldnt wait to get home and snuggle with my baby!!

Last night was our New Moon Date Night. I love date night more than anything! But seeing New Moon just made it 100x better!! :D The movie was amazing!! And as much as we loved Twilight, New Moon was way better. Im glad they didnt change out "Jacob" because I dont think the movie would have been the same. And that 30 lbs of muscles he gained.. O.M.G.!! The whole movie I was just like DAMN!! hahaha Jess was starting to get a little worried I think, lol. Of course, she never has anything to worry about. But after you read a book, fall in love with characters and the actors actually meet your expectations on screen, you just fall harder for them. The funny thing is the whole time I was reading the books I HATED JACOB. I was Team Edward all the way. BUT! In the movies, Im all Team Jacob!! I dont like Robert Pattinson for Edward at all. Although, I think he was much better in New Moon than Twilight. I just think Taylor Lautner portrays Jacob perfectly. We saw Twilight twice in theathres, I cant wait to see it again!! I just hope we can afford to go again! Omgosh, It was Packed! And we knew this, so we got in line an hour and half early and so did about 100 other people. But we were first which Jess just loved :D When they let us in, it was almost completely full in 10 min. People would come in and seemed to be completely stunned that there wasnt anywhere left to sit. I mean, really? Did they really think there would be seats 10 min before the movie actually started?! We had already prepared ourselves for this and sat on the end, so when the manager came in and told people to make room and slide to the ends of the rows, we were already there. Good thing too, because I would not have moved anyways. I was there early and I shouldnt have to be inconvienced by there tardiness. Our end seats were actually in the middle because we were by the top set of stairs. So it was perfect.

:D

>Crazy Week

>(Posted By Bake)

So this is my first post on our blog! Its usually my girlfriend who does all the writing on here. But i figured it was time for me to get in on the action too.

I'm the one she refers to mostly as Jess cause that's what she calls me, but i usually go by Bake to everyone else. I play college basketball and am majoring in community health with an education concentration to hopefully one say be a coach and teacher.

So this past week I worked my schools Pee-Wee basketball camp, for kids ages 5-10. I had the 5-8 year olds, and what a week it was. I was responsible for 10 kids from 9 am til 4 pm. And i almost went insane! Now don't get me wrong...I LOVE KIDS. I want to have 3-4 of them myself and foster and adopt too. But having 10 little kids to keep up with that aren't yours and don't listen to you because you aren't their parents is very stressful!

Basically what we do all week is teach them the basics of the game of basketball....i.e. how to shoot, dribble, pass, etc... They love it! Its a whole week for them to run around and eat whatever they want for lunch in the "big college cafeteria"! But the most fun part of the days for us, the college player, was the games. At the end of every day each team would play 1 or 2 real basketball games (well at least real in the sense that we kept score and all). It was the cutest thing watching the little 6 year olds dribble down the court and try to shoot. And when they scored they were so excited!! it was our job as their coaches to make sure that each kid got the chance to score at least once during the week! And i am happy to say that all of mine did! Although our record was only 3-7 :( . I know all this kids had fun!

On the last day of camp we had all the competitions for the kids to try to win awards. But no one on my team won anything....BUT...i made all of my little kids a goodie bag full of candy to take home and eat around their parents!!

And so the week ended and i am free of my 10 little wild things! And i finally got a chance to spend some time with my baby last night! All week we had only been seeing each other for a few hours a day and it was tough. So we have dedicated this weekend as SHELL and BAKE weekend!

>So This is Our Story....

>I'm in college to be a neonatal nurse. I LOVE BABIES!! That is truly my passion. I could literally spend the rest of my life holding, feeding and changing babies and be perfectly happy. =) I'm probably the only person in the world that could be content working in a day care in the infant room and be satisfied. HAHA! But unfortunately that wont pay the bills, so nursing will just have to do. I'm moving in with my girlfriend, Jessica (aka Bake), to our first place later in the summer. She's in college to be a teacher and a basketball coach. She's a total tomboy with a love for sports and I'm a complete indoor, air-condition kind of girl. I cant throw, catch, run, hit, shoot, or score, nor do I have any idea what all that means.. LOL. And let me just tell you, she finds all this simply amusing. At some point everyday, she finds something to toss at me such a keys or a hairbrush just to watch me attemp to catch it. =) We're total opposites. Except for our love of children and desire to be happily married forever. Somehow it just works.

I spent five years with a full-time job that I hated. So I started over last summer when I quit my job and enrolled in college. And I love it!! I never wanted to go when I was in high school, but now I wouldnt trade it for anything. When we graduate we plan to get married and start our family. However, we are sorta-starting a family soon.... We're getting two puppies when we moved into our apartment. They are 2 weeks old and will be coming home later this summer!! Perfect Timing! Its a boy and a girl. (Bella and Edward) They are Chiweenies!! (Chihuahua-Dachshund Mix) We're so excited!

I decided to start blogging after reading a lesbian couple's journey of starting a family. The more Jess and I discuss our plans for the future, the more questions I have. I was looking for any infomation about same-sex couple with families. I just needed to know it could work out and that somewhere, someone was dealing with everything, I wondered about.

Even if no one else ever reads this, we'll always be able to look back years from now and see where we were.

=)