Our Story

A little about me -

I am Italian, which is an important aspect of my life. My parents were both born and raised in Italy, and moved to the states about 30 years ago. We have a huge family, and I would not have it any other way. I am one of eight children! Two boys and six girls, I'm number 7! Our home growing up was full of love, spice, and everything nice. Being Italian, soccer had been a way of life for my family since I could remember, Thanks Daddy! I played for 12 years, until I suffered from a knee injury. This turned out to be a blessing in disguise, because the doctor recommended strength training to help heal my knee and that was how I started weight lifting.  Power and olympic weight lifting were both big parts of my life. It was a wonderful sport and I was able to spend time with my baby sis, who turned out to be way stronger than me! After competing for three years, I stopped to be a regular college girl. I worked as a nanny for three years, and loved every second of it! Weight  lifting did not leave my life all together, I started lifting again in January 2012. This blog is a way for me to share my stories, and experience with the world. Documenting life one post at a time is how I am looking at it. The newest adventure in my life is becoming a new mom. With the support of my fiance, Raymond, we could not be more excited, scared, and happy to embark on this journey. I hope you enjoy my posts and if you ever want to know more just ask!

How we met was quite a simple story, but full of love and excitement. Raymond, known to friends as Ray, was the one for me the moment I set eyes on him at the gym where he worked. We were introduced through friends and began dating shortly after words. I was 17 when we met, he was 20, but I knew in my heart that he was my sole mate (know matter how cliche it sounds, but I don't care damn it.) 

We have had many ups and downs through out the almost 4 years we have been together, and I know we will have many more. Know matter how hard things get, we always seem to figure them out together. Thus bringing me to our story about how we were chosen to be the parents of our sweet baby elephant...

2012 was our most interesting year by far! Raymond's job had him transferred to Louisville, Kentucky in May. It was bittersweet, because we did not want to leave our parents behind, but we knew it was the best thing for Raymond's career ( or so me thought.) Raymond had to move within two weeks of finding out, and I stayed back in to finish school and my job. Luckily we have family in Kentucky so he was not alone in a a new city. For the two months we spent apart, minus the surprise visit in June, we planned our new life together. Little did we know that fate had other plans for us! Our stay in Kentucky only lasted for about 2 months, but in that time we found out that we were PREGNANT! We are so blessed for the time we spent in Kentucky growing together and being with our family, but Florida is our home. We are happy to be back in Florida, and will make this Chloe Marie's home! This little one has already lived in three different place, but we are finally settled in South Florida.

We currently live in Sunrise, FL ( we moved again after coming back to Florida, because Raymond got a great new job,) and with this being our third move this pregnancy it has been a bit crazy. We made the move when I was 26 weeks along, but we were able to settle into our little home and prep for baby to come!