About Us.

My names is Jacqueline.

Although ever since i was a baby every one has called me Tia, from my middle name Antonia.

I was born on November 9th in Fort Lewis, Washington.

Growing up it was just me and my mom, you could say my dad is dead beat however that would be putting it lightly. Although i wouldn't have it any other way. I have learned so much from how strong my mother is.

And in the end its his loss.

I was the geek in high school, the choir nerd who also happened to play video games and hang out with the guys instead of the girls, because there was less drama. 

Class of 2008.

Gun Lover.

Hippie.

Lactavist.

Pro-Vax
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How I found My Pooh Bear

I met my husband in December of 2010 at the Y where we were both working at the time, he was retaking the life guard class so that him along with the others in the call would be able to be hired. 

I had been working at the Y a little over 2 years and i was very good at my job.

I was a life guard, a swim coach and swim instructor.

The new meat was divided up amount the experienced swim teachers, myself included, and low and behold i got the handsome ginger with a strong back and tattoos. 

So after teaching many swim classes with him for weeks, we got to know each other, or at least as much as you can when you are teaching preschoolers. 

Talk fast during bobs. 

Eventually we ended up going out with a bunch of co workers a couple times and then he finally asked me out on a date. We went to a bar and talked until it closed.

And as crazy as it sounds, i knew i wanted to marry him after that first date.

After a few more dates he asked me to be his girlfriend on March 10th 2011.

How Our Family Started

June 12th, 2011 Sean asked me to marry him.

I was elated and still am., and at that point was the happiest day of my life.

We moved up to Ellensburg, because Sean was enrolled in the EMT program that summer and was planning taking the paramedic program that following year. 

He moved up a week or two after we became engaged and i stayed in Tacoma to finish out my Job and other prior commitments. 

That was the longest summer of my life but we made it and i moved up in September where Sean and i were lucky enough to find a job at the same place, also life guarding. Pure coincidence 

We were planning a December wedding the next year and my mom and i had gone to try on wedding dresses in October.

And i found the one i wanted to walk down the isle in and put a deposit on it that day.

November 5th 2011

Sean and i went grocery shopping and happened to walk by the baby clothes and i had made a comment about how cute they were. He looked at me and said are you pregnant or something? 

With a response of who knows, Sean decided to get a pregnancy test.

And he insisted on a digit test.

We took it home and i went straight to the bathroom and took it and then sat down in the living room with Sean waiting for the results.

And this is the moment i will never forget. Sean looks at me and says "so what are we going to do if you are pregnant?" and in that moment that one little word popped up that changed my live forever. 

PREGNANT

Sean insisted i take the other test that came in the box, so i did and the same result. However he had decided we had a bad batch of tests. So we went to the store while he went in and decided which box wasn't a bad batch, i stayed in the car and called my best friend. 

Sean came out with two boxes and i took two tests that night and two more in the morning all with 

Our little poppy was about 4-5 weeks along. We called the baby poppy because that is how big he was when we found out he was coming. 

Little did i know that when i had put a down payment on my wedding dress i was already pregnant with my little man. 

While my belly grew Sean went to school,taking his prerequisites for the paramedic program and i continued to be little miss lifeguard until my belly was just too big and i was moved to the front desk.

Sean got hired at an ambulance company in December and with having all of his classes done he was able to focus on working as much overtime as possible which resulted in working 80 hour weeks. Since i couldn't lifeguard anymore my hours were only here and there, on top of being layed off for a few months, so i was home a lot. Sean decided that he wanted to get me a friend. So three days after our first anniversary We walked into pet-smart and walked out with a little blue Russian.

Coco Bean became a part of the My Ginger Clan even though she was gray.

Sean applied for the program and immediately got it, a no brainier.

At this point Sean and i were trying to find a place to live in Ellensburg and we weren't finding anything that would suit our needs. Finding a house for a family in a college town is not an easy task.

I was giving up hope.

Our family was about 2.5 hours from where we were living, so we traveled over quite frequently. 

My cousin had thrown up a baby shower at the end of May and Sean and i were on our way over to my best friends house to say hello and visit for a while seeing that i didn't get to see her very much anymore.

We pulled up to her house and right next door to her a house was a perfect 3 bed 1 bath home that was for rent. I thought how nice it would be to live next door to my best friend, right across the street from a park, 15 minutes from our parents and only 10 from a hospital. It seemed perfect but in the wrong location.

Until Sean looked and me and told me he wanted to enjoy the first year of our sons life and thought we should move into the area so that we would have our support system close.

Happiest. Pregnant Woman. Ever.

We were so fortunate to call the landlords for this perfect house and were able to look at it the next day. 

Papers were signed that night and we were able to move in on June 14th 

I was elated.

We went home to our ellensburg apartment excited for the future and began packing.

Sean had come to me a couple times and had talked about getting married before James was born, i was open to the idea so we decided to just have a small backyard ceremony with our family. However Sean was set on having our wedding day on June 12th, the same day he had proposed a year earlier.

That only gave us a little over a week to put this entire thing together.

Luckily between my mom and Seans family the entire thing went off without a hitch and i went from Ms. Jacqueline Page to Mrs. Jacqueline Williams on June 12th 2012.