Week 27 for our itsy bitsy spider

Hey Everyone! I need to take a picture and post how funny I look with this little belly I have. Looks like I have a little cantelope in my tummy! It's so much fun, pain and fatigue and all. I feel so blessed after all the heartache that we've been through to be truly pregnant at this point. I still can't believe that I'm actually going to bear a child myself. I feel so ready to do this, even though I had no idea that it could even happen. I love being a mom. I love my children and I love my husband. I love my friends and how much I learn from all of them. I learn about myself, my flaws, my strengths and how blessed I really am all through the people I love. The people I don't care about or respect, I give very little attention to. But it's the people I love that I really listen to and through them, I desire to be a better person. As I love my children and my husband more, I really am forced to look at myself and see what I can "fix" so I can be the mommy and wife that they deserve. That means me stepping up to the plate, making every minute quality time, it means me working on my weaknesses and being honest about them....I love playing pool and I love entertaining people, so it's really important that I continue to work on getting my act together so I can have it all, my career and my family.....Thanks to all of you out there.....I feel so fortunate and I love you.....

It's a Girl!

So I just got back from the doctors! I guessed it right, it's a girl! She's perfectly healthy in every way, according to the doctor.

It was so cool for me. I remember, with Angie (our surrogate for Chloe), we would go into the ultrasound room and I would ask her. How does it feel? Can you feel the baby kick you yet? I was so happy to share the experience with her but I never got to be the one lying in the chair. Other people had my stepdaughters and adopted daughters and my surrogate born daughter. I got to raise them and I'm so happy for the experiences I've had but I can definitely say that this is a dream come true. I just still can't beleive it's happening. I'd accepted years ago that it just wasn't meant to be that I carry a child. I thought it was God's plan to let me be the role model in Billiards and to raise awareness about adoption and so many other things I got to experience because I hadn't carried. And here I am.....Thanks to God for His love.....

A baby on the way

Wow. So much has happened this last year. I started playing so much more and felt my game coming back strongly. I've been really enjoying the game and having the time of my life. This is all while my daughter Chloe was born on October 1 of last year (2009). Now, here we are in April, and Chloe is already 6 months old. She is just beautiful, is a twin of her father, with lovely green eyes and a great smile. It was an incredible experience and a different one from my experience with Cheyenne. Cheyenne is now 5 and we adopted her at birth. But we got two days notice before we got her. It was a whirlwind and while she was the perfect baby, we certainly weren't prepared for her. There was so much learning but every experience was a memorable one. She had my heart from the first day I saw her. With Chloe, she was planned. We had an incredible woman named Angie that gave 9 months of her life to fill a dream of ours. She did it in the best way possible. She not only invited me to every doctors appt, ultrasound, gave me all the sonogram photos, clipped coupons, forwarded baby info emails to me, gave me some baby stuff she had from her children, taught me about breastfeeding and all kinds of things that I never got to do with Cheyenne. The best part was that I got to see the inside of a maternity ward. I got to look in the room where they keep the babies. These are things I dreamed of since I was 5 or 6 years old. Well, to go even farther, Angie was so kind to pump breastmilk for me so Chloe could build a stronger immune system....C'mon! Who does that? She is my SuperWoman! My hero!

Well, Chloe was about two or three months old, when I was traveling through Europe and the Middle East on a Military Tour with my best friend Marlene. Every year or two, I travel to entertain our Armed Forces to show them our appreciation and to remind them of America by sharing one of our favorite pasttimes, POOL, with a good ol buttwhippin from the Black Widow.

Toward the end of our two week tour, I started feeling really nauseous and tired. I was convinced I was coming down with a stomach virus or something. It continued to get worse till I started throwing up and needing daytime naps. The schedule of the tour is rough, a lot of traveling, and I was not doing well. My friend Marlene and I started thinking I had food poisoning because of the puking. But then, I mentioned to her that HMMMMM.....my boobs are really tender...isnt' that weird? What could that be?....Marlene said, "OH MY GOODNESS! YOU'RE PREGNANT!!!!" I dismissed it completely, That's impossible! I can't get pregnant! You know that!
I was really on a search for what else it could be. Well, it'll go away and if it doesn't, I'll go to the doctor. Well, it didnt' go away. I got worse and worse.

Then I had to go to the Derby City Classic, a big tournament in Indiana. I went and I smiled and I played pool every night, only to run upstairs and get sick, and take Tums and throw up everything I ate for every meal I ate. I did bleed during this time so I was even more sure that I wasn't pregnant but because I was still so sick, I made an appt with my doctor. When the tournament was over, I went in....and guess what....

YUP! I was prego! After 15 years of marriage and month after month of disappointment and heartache, injections, pills, invitro, acupuncture, praying, crying, it was just crazy. The idea of this....Crazy!

So here I am with 5 kids and now, one more on the way. I have two beautiful stepdaughters Morgan and Olivia. Morgan just got married to my wonderful son-in-law Jason and Olivia is still in college and working two jobs. We have had Cheyenne since birth and the experience was so great it left me wanting more. We then were blessed to be asked to accept John into our family when he was 14 and he just turned 18 and has been accepted to almost all the Universities that he applied for. And with a beautiful gestational surrogate (meaning with my egg, not hers), we just had our first fully biological child, Chloe. We're done. Well, we thought we were done. I just wanted to be able to raise one more infant....its so wonderful.....If the surrogate didn't work, we were going to adopt once more....

Isn't God funny? Such a sense of humor....But I am so thankful and blessed. I have a husband and children that I love with every thing I have. I love all of them and I feel lucky to have them in my life. I have the greatest friends in the world. I have a job that I love. And I am comfortable with who I am.

I'm not saying I'm perfect. I'm far from it. But I'm comfortable with where I am and that I know how to get my goals achieved, I know my weaknesses and that it takes work every day to improve myself. That's more than many have. That comfort in knowing, "I CAN!"

The doctors are a bit wary of the condition of my back right now. The pregnancy has already taken a toll on what I can do physically, but I'm a healthy woman, even at my YOUNG age....hehe....so we think everything should go well. I'm using this time to get caught up on things and to spend more time with my husband, my children, and perhaps get more caught up on working on my website, my store, my Facebook, my Twitter, my FANS!!! I'm tired a lot, and I am just finally getting over the morning sickness. We all have our own plan and God has His. I just want to enjoy figuring out what He has in store for me.

I'm so grateful to you guys. I don't always have my stuff together, I take each day as it comes, but I do love you and hope you stick it out with me on this journey of life. I'm 5 months pregnant. Will find out if it's a boy or a girl next week and I'll make sure you're the first to know...We haven't picked out a name yet but we're working on it.....I love you. Jeanette

Chloe Angelee Breedlove

As some of you know, we've been happily awaiting the birth of our baby girl (our first biological child) and our fifth addition to the Breedlove Clan. She arrived on October 1st, 2009 at 1:13pm weighing 6 lbs 14.7 ozs and 20 1/2 inches long.

My dream come true!

Hi all! Things are looking up right now. I just got back from a WPBA tournament in Durango Colorado. It was at the Sky Ute Casino and my family and I had a great time. My husband and I brought our eldest daughter Morgan and our youngest daughter Cheyenne. It was wonderful. I played well over all. I lost to Pan and in the semifinals, I lost to Kelly Fisher. I still feel as though I'm getting closer and closer to where I once was with my confidence. The difference is, I'm much more experienced and knowledgeable than I was when I was at my best. It's been all the practice that I've been doing. It's really given me more confidence which shows.

That's not the greatest news though. It's that in 3 weeks, October 7th, we are expecting a baby girl, our first biological child together. I have two stepdaughters (Morgan and Olivia) and two adopted (John and Cheyenne). One day, I will tell you about our infertility journey that we've endured but for now, we will just rejoice and praise God. I really stopped believing that it could ever happen. I'm so fortunate to know Angie Risen-White and her husband Jerry, who are both incredible people that are voluntarily giving us this gift. I can't imagine it. What she must think or feel to be able to give this kindness to whom, a year ago, she didn't even know.

I've really been holding back a little. With all our disappointments, there's been a small insecure feeling that this isn't really happening and something terrible might happen. I don't want to think about it. I want to enjoy this. And as we get closer and closer, I feel myself getting happier and happier.

My daughter Cheyenne named her Chloe, after the main character in "Beverly Hills Chuhuahua" the movie. I named her middle name after Angie, our surrogate and my last name. Chloe's middle name will be Angelee. I just can't wait.

Don't worry. I won't forget pool. I've already set up a schedule so that I can practice atleast four hours a day while someone helps watch the baby and Cheyenne and John are in school. (Our two eldest have already flown the coop) I've left

Summer Kids Overnight Camp

Hey Everyone! So, I have this idea. I want to create a summer kids overnight camp. I know there are alot of young players, serious players who want to become pros. But once they get to a certain level, where do they go to learn from the pros? To get their inspiration? To learn the tricks of the trade from their very own role models? Right now....nowhere. So, I was thinking, if I could use my resources to create a camp, an affordable one, that will go in the summer and be for kids at atleast an intermediate level, who aspire to become pros, ....that would be so cool. I would have classes that work on advanced 8ball and 9ball strategies, careers in billiards, the mental game, financial management, marketing yourself, etc. Wouldn't that be sooooo cool??? And if they can spend four days with the Black Widow and Johnny Archer and Allison Fisher and Mika Immonen? Ask them questions, play pool with them....I just gotta make it happen. Anyone have any ideas, want to be a sponsor, just email me off my site and title it "Kids Camp". I'd love to hear from you. I have the perfect place! Love you guys!

Exciting news all over the place

So, I'm gonna explode with excitement. First of all, I'm having a baby! Now, my beloved fans know that I have two stepdaughters from my husbands first marriage. They are beautiful and wonderful. I have known them since the youngest was about 6 1/2 years old. Of course, they lived with their mom most of that time, who has been quite consistently awful to us, doing what she could to sabatoge our relationship with the girls. Nevertheless, they are great girls and although I didn't get to raise them, we love them so much! Then, four and a half years ago, we adopted Cheyenne from birth. She'll be five in June. What a blessing that has been. To get to raise a child from birth and have all the joy ( and final say) on how we raise her. It's been so wonderful. The is the most incredible things that's ever happened to me and she makes me happy endlessly. She loves her sissies so much, but of course, by now, they are in college, as independant as ever. Then, three years ago, we became the permanent legal guardians of a young man who was 14 at the time. He is now 17 years old. A handsome and sweet young man that we love very much. His name is John and you will start to see more pictures of him in my photo gallery.

Well, anyway, George and I have been married for 13 years and have always wanted to have our own children but it hasn't been in the cards for us. We have tried naturally and multiple tries with specialists, with no success. Finally, we had a beautiful woman named Angie,and her loving Husband Jerry agree to make our dreams come true. Angie is carrying a little baby girl, our biological child, in her belly as we speak. We're about four months out. We'll expect the baby in October. I'm excited beyond belief. Some people think I was put on this earth to grow the sport of billiards and be a world Champion. I know I was put on this earth to be a mom. And I thank God for it. Nothing, absolutely nothing, gives me great joy. I'm just fortunate that I married a man that is compassionate, supportive and a really good father. I love my husband so much and I hope I honor my husband always because he deserves all my respect and love.

I want to tell you more about Angie and the baby in my next post because this will get too long and I have more to share with you (like what the baby's name is gonna be! Cheyenne named her!)

The other news is that I am playing more pool now that I have in years. My body is always sore but it's holding up to longer hours than I have been able to in the past. I'm more fit, working out more, practicing more.

I'm going to these tournaments with more confidence and preparation. I have also been working on my break and think I have found a good solution. Keep your eyes open to seeing me on ESPN this year because I'll be there! I love it!

I think the biggest thing I have to work on this year is my consistency and control on the break, and most importantly, my stroke and preshot routine. I know what I need to work on, I just need to do it. I'm very excited about all this because it's what I love to do.

Right now, I can only say, Thank you. Thanks to all my fans out there that ALWAYS support me and give me encouragement. I really need it at times. And I know you are there. I love you. Jeanette