My name is Margaret Dinah Holmes and I am a 17 year old Junior atManhattan High School. When I started high school I immediately knew that I wanted to join the Tennis Team and so for the past three years I have been an active member and I'm Vice-Captain this year and my ultimate goal is to become the Captain in my senior year!
Two months into the school year a boy named James Clancy Watson, caught my eye and I can't stop thinking about him and I want to talk to him but the only problem is that we are in completely different social circles. While I'm in the Tennis Team, he's a Junior and the star of the Cheerleaders. A few weeks pass by and I'm pretty much certain he thinks I'm invisible but to my surprise he gave me a huge teddy bear with a sign saying "Homecoming?"! I'm so happy and can't wait for the big night!
James and I dated the remainder of our high school years. My senior year we won Prom King and Queen and cutest couple. At graduation, James gives a speech since he was our Valedictorian and at the end of the speech addresses me and says "Will you marry me?". Even though most people say I'm crazy because highschool love never lasts, I know its true and answer yes immediately. We plan out the most beautiful wedding and we decide that colors will be Blue and Silver and our cake is Vanilla, Chocolate Chip filling and Vanila Butter-Cream frosting! We end up having the loveliest honeymoon in France to start off our perfect marriage!
A few months after our honeymoon I started feeling a little funny and went to the doctor. To our surprise we learned that it wasn't the flu that was making me feel sick, it was a baby! We're so excited and can't wait! Upon getting home to our one bedroom apartment we realize there really isn't enough space for a baby and we soon found ourselves looking for a new house. Since James and I are still going to College, he decides to get a better job than the one he has now and is soon hired to be the new Manager at Red-Robin and soon enough we move into an old house thats 3 bedroom and very spacious, but a little rundown. Thankfully James is very handy with fixing things so we've been able to work ourself in repairs.
Sooner then expected it seems our little bundle of joy arrives, the baby is a little pre-mature but, is healthy, as well as A Boy, and that's what matters. James and I name him Landry Chance Watson. We are becoming the family we always dreamed of!
So its been 6 years since Landry was born and James and I have both graduated from college! We're both working full time at our new jobs, James is a Psychiatrist and I am a Lawyer! We've really settled into being a family. We have also been looking into buying a house and decide on one, A yellow two story house with a spacious backyard. But with all the stress of a 6 years old, new careers and house hunting.....Birth control gets forgotten about one day and Surprise! I'm pregnant! Later that year I give birth to A Baby Girl, We name her Isla Grayson Watson!
Its been 3 years since Isla was born. Landry is now 9 and Isla is now 3, and everythings going smoothly. One night James and I get to talking and we decide the house is getting a little too smooth and we wanna shake things up by trying for another baby and within the next month BAM! I'm pregnant!
The pregnancy isn't the only thing that rocked the boat though, Landry has been causing some mischief and our smooth sailing is a thing of the past. Landry has been coloring on walls and anything else. In an attempt to stop this behavior James and I take away all of Landry's toys for two whole weeks. By the end of those two weeks he seems to have understood the message and hasn't colored on a wall since then. Luckily one day when I was feeling flustered James surprises me with a new car, a Cadillac Escalade!
Not too long after that debacle we welcome our newest addition, A Baby Boy. James and I name him Joel Finley Watson.
Its been 6 years since Joel was born and my children are 15, 9 & 6! James and I are trying again for another baby but sadly, we find ourselves unable to conceive. We look into many options and decide to adopt from another country. We decide that we will give them a name that is from the country they are adopted from to show their heritage. While our time was mostly dedicated to looking for our precious new addition to our family, a baby girl named Kinley Grace Watson who we adopted from Ireland, Landry g0t into some trouble.
We found out from one of his friend's mother that she found liqure in her son's room. Knowing that the boy's are close I became worried Landry was drinking as well and so I searched his room. I had hoped I would be wrong but, I wasn't. I found a bottle of Vodka hidden under Landry's bed. James and I decide to do what my parents did to me. We showed Landry we knew he had the bottle and then we got him so drunk he was sick all night and had a horrible hangober the next day. It was a little harsh but, it was needed. Landry hasn't touched anything of that nature since.
The Watson Family
DH: James Clancy Watson {33}
DW: Elizabeth Dinah Watson {33}
DS: Landry Chance Watson {15}
DD: Isla Grayson Watson {9}
DS: Joel Finley Watson {6}
DAD: Kinley Grace Watson {0}