As life may have it we have taken many different roads to get to where we are. We moved to Pennsylvania for a short while after we were married. It was such a great experience because I was able to see another part of our country but best of all Ron's family lives there. Being that our relationship moved so quickly it didn't leave me much time to get to know his mom, sister and two brothers. But living there gave me that chance.
When our stay there came to an end we felt the next best thing was to come back to California and begin a new career for Ron and with that we packed up our cars and drove 3000 miles back. We settled in Valencia outside Hollywood so Ron's commute to work and back wouldn't be so horrible as other parts of Southern Ca. He got work with Nickelodeon and has been there for about 6 years now.
At the end of 2003 we found out I was pregnant with our first baby. In the HOT summer of 2004 James Paul was born August 12th, he weighed 7lbs 14 oz and had a head full of styled blond hair. My experience having him was very scary and I swore we would never have another baby! Well all that changed when I got that urge to be a mommy again and give James a sibling. 3 yrs and Another Hot Summer later, George Edward was born on September 22, 2007. Weighing 6lbs 7oz. Our family was complete.
We have had our scares like any family. I truly feel our hardest year as a family was 2007 we had the writers strike which hit us hard but selfishly I must admit I was happy Ron was home to enjoy Georgies first few months. The biggest scare to us was when George was 6weeks old we got a call from the state of Ca. that he tested positive for Cystic Fibrosis they started doing more extensive blood work at the newborn screening. We were told that George was the first in the state to test positive for this certain form of CF. I was in shock. I knew I was a carrier from when we did blood work during my pregnancy with James but Ron tested negative... My greatest fear for George was what would he face with his health. They ran test on him and all came back super good. So for almost 2 years now we have had to wonder if he had it or didn't have it, they just didn't know enough about this form. No one could give us a firm yes or no. With every 6 months going to Children's Hospital of Los Angeles and running more test we finally received our answer this past July. He indeed has a form of CF BUT the most wonderful thing is he may never ever have a symptom of it. We also found out that Ron is also a carrier just not of the same as me....Yay
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