About us.

We met in 2004 shortly after I turned 18. I immediately knew we were meant to be however, he was not as convinced. After almost a year of trying to decide what we wanted to do with eachother, I finally took the plunge and asked him to be my date to my mothers wedding. He said yes and, literally, I walked on cloud 9 for the 4 months before the wedding. The day of the wedding we met up in Augusta and headed to Belfast. We spent most of the day walking on the beach, having lunch, and really just talking about the possibility of us dating.

Well, guess what- I won the first of many battles :). We decided to become "official". A few months later, we were in a movie theatre as it was clearing out when he pressed a little black box into my hand and whispered "happy birthday" in my ear. I literally squealed with excitement. OBVIOUSLY I said yes. I won't lie, even though no one said anything, I could sense peoples doubt in our relationship. We had only been officially dating for a couple of months. But, we were crazy about eachother and wanted to prove everyone wrong. We spent about 4 years planning our wedding...in about 50 different ways. Maybe we wanted a winter wedding up by Mt Katahdin? Maybe we wanted a summer wedding and to get married on the beach? Maybe a Disney Cruise wedding? We considered all the options but, we finally decided a wedding in Camden, ME overlooking the ocean would be perfection. My husband graduated from college and the real wedding planning started. I was so beyond ready for the wedding to just hurry up and get there! When it finally did, it was the most perfect day...or so I'm told. Like many brides, my wedding day was a blur. I remember very little from the actual wedding day- other than the fact that it was the hottest day of the summer (a little under 100 degrees) and we were all outside in heavy dresses and all black tuxes. I was thirsty. My mother told me after the wedding we could get a drink. I practically ran down the aisle, I was so thirsty! But, all the thirst, the sweating, the WORK was definitely worth it. A small intimate ceremony was held with a huge reception afterward and, we became Mr. and Mrs. Colby. It still excites me that his mother and I are both Mrs. Colby's :).

Before we got married, I had been begging to start trying for a baby. Even though I knew we were the farthest thing from "ready" I wanted a baby. Intuition kicked in early for me- we'd better start now because, it will be just my luck that it will take forever. But, we decided it wasn't the right time. Finally, we got married. "Are we ready now?" The answer was always no...and then, October 2009- we were finally ready. My heart literally danced when I found out that was my birthday gift from my husband.

And, as you know, we've been trying ever since. We've tried as much as our insurance will allow us and are moving on to the next step probably within the next few months. This struggle has changed us- as individuals and as a couple. This blog is our day to day story.