Nikki’s Stuff

I guess this means I have to write about myself?? Okay hear goes!

I’m 28, I’ve been with my husband Jason(Joy’s son) for almost 11 years. We have a son together, Bailey, he’s 8. He is our one and only!!!! I love having only one child. He doesn’t have to share us and he gets all of our love!! Being a mom is what I truly think I was meant to be! I do daycare for a couple of kids, I love that!!! It’s the best job ever, I get to play and teach and watch kids learn and grow. I’ve been doing this for many years and children have came and gone. I tell my friends as long as they keep having babies I have job security!!! I never work nights or weekends and I’m always home when Bailey is. The pay isn’t outstanding by any means but the rewards are so much more valuable than any amount of money.

I was born and raised in California for my first 16 years. I didn’t have the best life and some really bad things have happened to me but I’m learning that I can’t let that define me or dictate the outcome of my life. I have broken that cycle! I got the hell out of Cali when the summer I turned 16, moved to Montana where 2 of my 3 sisters live. Running from my problems didn’t work though…they just followed me. Trouble always seemed to find me. I was your typical rebel without a cause teenager!!!

Long story short my mom moved to Minnesota for some pretty messed up reasons but non the less I eventually followed. Best thing I ever did!! I was 17 trying to figure out where I fit in life, if I really fit anywhere. Then I met Jason, never in a million years did I think I would marry him someday. Ask him and he’ll tell you he knew from the second he met me! We were friends for about a year when I decided to do something really stupid. I moved back to Montana. Why? I still don’t know why! The thing is he never told me how he felt about me. One day I get a manila envelope full of poems and letters he had written everyday since I had left. What’s better than that is there was also a tape he had made me of all the songs we had come to love. It was the single most romantic and sweet thing any guy had done for me. So what did I do? I moved back, walked into his apartment the day I got back into Minnesota, and never left! 2 years later we’re married and expecting a baby!

Although I had a pretty crazy life, I think I turned out pretty well. I could have let it destroy me and I could have continued down a really bad path. Jason in a sense saved me from self destruction. I’m not perfect nor do I ever want to be. I do however make it a priority to better myself everyday. I’m over emotional and a little clumsy…okay very clumsy! I’m a scatter brain like my Mom in law. Jason says I’m a lot like him mom. I take that as a compliment!

So that’s my story and I’m sticking to it!!!!