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Romance Blossoms
My husband, Doug, and I are in Cape Town, South Africa. To celebrate Valentine’s Day this year we are swimming with sharks – so romantic, huh? Lol. Well, it is if you know the meaning behind it.
Doug hasn’t been ready to have children. He is a thirty-something year old who is really still a big kid. When we were married I was ready for kids PRONTO. He, on the other hand, was a bit more realistic about our situation. We just met at the altar, barely knew each other’s last name, and needed to take time to really get to know each other.
Pre-Baby Bucketlist
Ever hear of this? Yeah, me neither. My sweet husband came up with it. He went – as he would say – “balls to the walls” with it. (I told you, he’s such a big kid!) Top thing to-do on his Pre-Baby Bucketlist is travel to South Africa. While in Africa he wants to swim with sharks, go on a wild safari, and meet up with the native people. I wish I could follow this with “In his dreams!” but, nope. We are doing it.
“No one grows from staying in comfort zones.”
Doug and I have had our fair share of struggles in our marriage. (I wrote a book about this and will release soon!) One thing I have learned in my almost 2 years of marriage is that you’ve gotta go out of your comfort zone and really show interest in the things your partner’s interested in – no matter how ludicrous they seem. It bonds you together. You’ll get to see us check off each of his Pre-Baby Bucketlist items on Married At First Sight: The First Year in March, but you won’t see Africa on there.
PRIVATE TIME
We’ve spent more than half of our relationship in front of the cameras. We LOVE sharing our lives with the world, but when it comes to finalizing a Pre-Baby Bucketlist that needs to be done privately – if ya know what I mean! 😉 That being said, I am going to end with our official 2cd annual Valentine’s Day card to you guys! We love you and adore you! I hope you have a spectacular Valentine’s day – and I hope we don’t get eaten by the sharks!
P.S join my mailing list to get exclusive emails about our travels to South Africa! 🙂
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Jamie Otis
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have been a jamie and doug fan from the beginning, i was very happy that you got a good look at the guy standing in front of you, and then beside you. i wish you both the best from life and hope you get your babies soon. i think you will both be great parents…now am following the show as the participantsare in my home state, georgia. I hope ashley wakes up before its too late causei think david is a great guy for her…..more later…penny