Just a brief introduction to our family. Johnny and I met at the AMF Bowling alley, during high school, in 2002-2003, I would go midnight bowling and always check out Johnny behind the snack bar because I thought that he was cute. Silly I know but what else did you expect from a high school girl. Hehe. During 2004 I got a job at the front counter and Johnny would occasionally come visit some of the other employees at night. I never actually talked to him because I was too shy (me shy, I know that may be hard to believe) and also because I had a boyfriend at this time. Over the year we became friends and started hanging out with each other. There was never really anything more than just a friendship between us. Our bowling alley group did what normal teenage kids would do, until Johnny and his girlfriend found out they were pregnant in the summer of 2004. I didn't talk to Johnny much until Nevaeh was born in April of 2005. I went to the hospital with some other friends to see the new baby. Johnny and I remained friends and spoke occasionally. I went to some BBQ's and birthday parties for Nevaeh over the next few years.
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| Johnny and Nevaeh 4-13-05 |
At the end of 2008 Johnny and I started to get very close with talking, and texting all the time. We hung out a little here and there but not much because he was busy taking care of his daughter as a single father and I was still in a relationship.
In early 2009 my relationship ended and Johnny and I started hanging out more and more. We talked for hours and when he didn't have Nevaeh we would always hang out. We couldn't hang out too much when he had Nevaeh because he didn't want to let her get attached to a female that he didn't know if there would be a future with. A few months went by and after all the long talks we decided that we would make a relationship together. Our official date we decided to be a couple was April 11, 2009.
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| Our first picture as a couple |
He and Nevaeh moved in a few months later and we both began to realize that we were perfect for each other. I thought of Nevaeh as my child and we did things as a family. I was beginning to realize that this was the guy I thought to be my husband and with that came a beautiful 5 year old that I would be a step mother to.
This was the start of my life.......
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| Summer of 2009 |
