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katiekate214katiekate214 member
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Hi everyone! I am new to the message boards. My husband and I have just started TTC but I figured I would join in advance to get a head start ;) The knot.com message boards were so helpful when I was planning my wedding so here I am at the bump.com :) 

Here is some info about me:

My name is Katie. My husband Matt and I have been married for a year and we just bought a house in Plano. I am originally from Philly but have lived in Houston for the past 11 years. Matt is from Houston originally and we moved to the Dallas area together about a year or so ago. We are still trying to meet new people and get acquainted with our fabulous new city! 

 

Hope to get to know you all! :)

-Katie 

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  • katiekate214katiekate214 member
    I forgot to mention that I work in Dallas as a Nanny to an 18 month old little girl. So I am sort of already a Mom. It may confuse some people if I comment about "having a baby"" LOL ;)
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  • fashionchica2fashionchica2

    Welcome and I know the feeling of loving kids as if they were you're own...it makes you a mommy at heart or mommy in training. Congrats and good luck with ttc.

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  • missjanelmissjanel member

    Wow we had a DD.

     

    In any case welcome.  

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  • shandarsshandars
    Ya, I deleted as to not hurt anyone's feelings.  I disagree with what she wrote, I do not think being a nanny makes you "sort of" a mom, however, I am adopted and just because my mom did not give birth to me, doesn't mean she isn't my mom.  I did it more to not hurt anyone who is having trouble ttc, and I didn't want them to think just because you do not have a baby you are not a mom, but if you are not the one raising the child, you are not the mom.  I hope that makes sense. I probably should have just wrote this instead of deleting, but I was on my ipad, and I haven't figured out how to post for the ipad, but it did let me delete.
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  • katiekate214katiekate214 member

    Oh geez I really didn't mean to offend anyone. Im sorry. I just didn't want anyone to think I was crazy if I commented on a thread giving advice about kids seeing as I don't actually have any of my own.

    But to address my "sort of a Mom comment" Im not sure why anyone would have a problem with me saying that but I will "defend" myself by saying that my nanny job situation is extreamly unique. The family that I work for is 100 percent my second family. The mother is a single mom who works full time and the father is not invloved in the child's life, hasn't been since she was 2 months old. I spend 45 hours a week with the baby while her mother works. It is very much like I am the stay at home mom and she is the working father. Because her mother and her extended family and I have grown extremely close we get together on the weekends as well so I end up spending even more than 45 hours a week with the baby. The baby lacks a father figure in her life so my husband (uncle matt) is the closest thing she has to a father so he is around for dinner at least once a week and to play on the weekends. I guess what I am trying to convey is that no I am not her mother but I do very much feel like her second parent and I love her and care for her as if she were my own. I am so sorry to have offended anyone. I very much understand that being a mother is a beautiful blessing and I am indeed not one (although I hope to be soon). With that said, I do hope that anyone who has a nanny has one who cares about their child (and the entire family) as much as I care about my second family. 

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  • AllynAndMarkAllynAndMark member
    Welcome! My husband and I just moved here from South Jersey (right outside of Philly!) about a month ago, and are always looking to meet new friends! I'm due in April, so won't be much fun out in the city :), but if you're ever looking for a couple to go out to dinner with or something, let me know!
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  • katiekate214katiekate214 member

    AllynAndMark-

     Oooo a fellow East Coaster! We have been here a while but meeting people is so hard, espeically for my husband (he is a bit shy). We would love to get together sometime. Would you like to meet for lunch or coffee someday first, just us girls? Here is my email if you are interested :) Oh and congrats on the baby to be!

     kate.mixon@yahoo.com

     

    -Katie

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