Melanie's Introduction

Let me tell you a little about me. My name is Melanie. I am LDS (Mormon) and have been my entire life. Grown and raised in Utah. I’m currently 23 and living in Lompoc, CA. In my short years I have already been through a divorce and had a son and got remarried and gained a 7 year old “step” son. My life is not something I ever expected it to be, but I’m working toward what I want it to become.

I love animals and was a vet tech for about a year before all the heartbreaking deaths got to me. I had always wanted to be a veterinarian until I saw families decide to save $20 they would just kill there family pet. Very shortly after my job at the clinic I got into a car crash that put me on bed rest for my back and hips for quite a while so I picked up baking as it was as long as I could stand up to put a batch of cookies into the oven. I have really grown to love baking and have a true passion for that now. One day I hope to own my own bakery. But until then I’m happy to report I’m a stay at home mom, who gets to cook for my family and neighbors.

My first marriage was when I was 19 I had dated him for a full year before our engagement. We got married in the temple and I was very in love. Let me just say I was abused in every way by him. My life changed dramatically! I began to lie for him and I was never happy for real after about 3 months of our marriage. Every time I thought this time would be different it got worse and he proved me wrong. After a short 3 months of peace in our home we decided to have a baby. I got pregnant about the end of that 3 months and things went downhill fast. He ended up leaving me for another women 5 weeks after I gave birth to our son. We have a VERY BAD relationship to this day. It took a year and a half for our divorce to go through I was 22 when our divorce became official.

My husband and I have been married almost 2 months and have known each other only about a year. We were both divorcees and had been sealed to our ex’s in the temple. We ended up getting married civilly until our temple divorces go through. My husband Brian is in the Air force and has been for 8 years. He is a staff Sargent right now but got word he will become Tech Sargent this spring. We both love movies and together we have about 650 in our collection. We have a tradition that every Friday night is pizza and movie date night. We are so crazy alike and in love it’s ridiculous. He literally is my other half. The older other half hehe. My husband and I are 8 years and 9 months apart but couldn’t fit together any better. He is so good at reminding me how different my life is now and is very good at making me feel completely safe.

Now for my Ray he is 2 years old (25 months old today) and spends a week a month in Utah with his biological dad.  The rest of the time is spent with my husband and I. Ray loves cars, finger painting and basketball. He knows all his shapes, animals and there noises and has sense he was 18 months old. But those pesky colors he really struggles with. He speaks very clear is very expressive.

Now for my “step” son that I prefer to call my bonus son. Gabriel is 7 and is into Legos, Titanic, sharks (jaws to be specific). He spends a month in the summer with us and about a week over Christmas. The rest is spent with his mom and Step dad in Great falls, Montana.  He is really smart and seems to excel in school. He also is a bit girl crazy, He has a girlfriend and was very vocal about missing her this summer J

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