Our Story

Once upon a time, there was a girl and a boy. Both of them became very fond of one another. As time passed, and the girl and boy fell in love, the boy asked the girl to marry him. She thankfully said yes and the two of them were married on August 25th 2007.

I failed to mention that prior to the girl and boy getting married, they felt it was appropriate to buy a house and a dog who they named Smith. So far things were all going to plan....

When the wedding was complete and the honeymoon too, the boy felt it was time to challenge himself further by accepting a new job in his hometown of Appleton, WI. With the girl on board, the two of them moved to Appleton, bought a second house, and shortly thereafter a second dog, Abe.

Now, the boy and girl's stress levels began to rise and their lives seemed anything but in control. And yet, their love continued to flourish in their new home in Appleton. Still having not sold their original house in Bloomington, MN, the boy often joked about his busy and stressful life that he brought on himself by saying, "Now all we need to make things complete is to find out the girl is pregnant!!!" Little did the boy know that what he thought was a far-fetched attempt at humor would soon become as real as the two dogs, two homes, and his beautiful new wife. 

Around the beginning of March 2008, the girl began feeling unusually sick. The boy, as observant as he was, thought nothing of it. However, the girl had other thoughts in her mind.... It wasn't until the middle of the night on March 6th, 2008 that the boy was awakened by the girl who was soaking in the bathtub holding a foreign white object resembling today's thermometers. The girl screamed out, "BOY, get in here!! What does this say?". The boy jumped out of bed, having been sleeping soundly for hours and dreaming about his next big sales lead he would find at work that next day, stumbled into the bathroom where the girl was still holding the foreign white object that resembled today's thermometer and soaking herself in the tub. The girl again exclaimed, "What does this say?". The boy sheepishly responded, "...um...I don't know." "It says I'm pregnant!", the girl answered back. There was a brief but intense pause before the boy spoke his next well thought out response, "I'm going to bed now...".

It was at that point that the boy and girl, who spent their youthful beginnings together without a care in the world, realized they had become "true" adults. No other milestone in the history of the girl and boy can top the news they had come to realize that strange, exciting, scary, blissful, tearful, panicked, confusing, but mostly exciting March 6th night. 

This story brings us to where we are today. To avoid any further torturing suspense for our readers, the boy and girl are Pete and Christine Hoffman. On October 23rd, 2008, Christine and Pete's family will have gone from the little boy and girl in love from the day they saw each other, to a man and a woman who own two houses, two dogs, and a newborn baby something. How things can change in such a short time. The stress and repercussions of our past decision have brought us to where we are today, and, to be honest, we wouldn't change one thing! 

By: Pete