So I'm finally giving in and starting a blog about the Carden family. I've decided since we now have a baby on the way it's pretty much impossible for me to keep all our family and friends updated all the time, so I'll be using The Carden Clan blog as a way for me to keep everyone informed as we start this new journey. And just in case your interested here is a little background information on the Cardens.....
I'm Candice and my husband is Matthew Carden.....Matthew's first name is actually Walden, which at some point in his prep school days was called out while the teacher was calling role and thus his friends started calling him Waldo. So from now on I'll probably refer to him as Waldo.....sometimes I use Waldo and Matthew interchangeably, so NO I do not have 2 husbands....Matthew and Waldo are the same person. Waldo and I have been married for a little over 2 years. We were married on June 6, 2009 in my hometown of Fort Payne, AL. It was an amazing day and marrying Waldo was one of the best decisions I have ever made. He is a wonderful man as I'm sure you'll find out as this blog continues. Waldo and I live in Tuscaloosa, which is where we met while we were both attending the Univeristy of Alabama. We love Tuscaloosa and especially it's football team, Roll Tide!
Besides marrying Waldo, the greatest decision of my life was my decision to become a Christian. Waldo and I are both believers, we love the Lord and try to put him first in everything that we do. Are we perfect NO, its something we work at everyday. We do love our local church, Calvary Baptist Church...we have a wonderful worship service and an amazing Sunday School class. We also teach the Bumblebee Sunday school class, which is a group of precious 2 year old!
And now we are starting on the 3rd biggest decision of our lives.....the decision to become parents! As of today, I am 17 weeks pregnant! Waldo and I are expecting a precious baby boy on July 4th and that day can't get here soon enough. I know, I know, I should be patient and enjoy pregnancy, but honestly I'm ready for July 4th, I can't wait to hold our baby boy and I anxiously want to have him here with us. Maybe I'll be a little less anxious once I can feel him kicking, but until then I'm anxiously awaiting his arrival in July!
Before I go for today there is one more big part of the Carden Clan that I haven't mention yet.....it's my 2 feline babies...Crimson and Debo. Crimson or Crim is my 8 year old orange and white tailless cat. Crim came to live with me my Junior year of college and has been my baby ever since. Crim is a very odd cat to say the least. He is NOT social, in fact he is pretty much scared of everyone but me and Waldo. He hides under the bed or in the closet whenever we have company. He loves us though, but that was not always the case....When Waldo first came into the picture, Crim was not happy that mom had another man in her life and he let me know everyday for months just how much he hated Waldo by using the bathroom in the floor. Luckily we have moved on from that and he loves Waldo. We can't imagine life without Crim, he is a wonderful snuggle buddy at night and during my Sunday afternoon nap. Our second baby is Debo who is the exact opposite of Crim....in fact I think he may be part dog. He loves people, loves attention, and loves to play. Debo is still a baby he is only about 9 months old. Debo came to live with us after the horrible tornado on April 27th in Tuscaloosa. He was found by the West Alabama Humane Society all by himself in Alberta in the debris, he was only a few days old. Shortly thereafter we volunteered to be Debo's foster family....however, he was just so cute and snugly (and I'm a sucker!) we decided to keep him. I thought Crim was odd, but Debo is just as odd. He steals my makeup brushes, my ponytail holders, and pretty much anything he can put in his mouth. He constantly aggravates Crim by jumping on him. He also loves water....if you leave the shower door slightly open he will jump in even with the water running. So far he has eaten my indoor plant, lost a few expensive makeup brushes, and chewed through multiple loafs of bread. Having Debo is like having a 2 year old in the house, but we love him and he keeps things interesting.
Over the next few postings I'll try to update everyone on what's been going on with the pregnancy up until this point! I've been keeping a journal of most of the journey so I'll post some of it on here! I apologize if I stink at blogging for a while, but surely after a few weeks I'll get the hang of it! :)
