6 months

That old saying 'time flies when you're having fun'...well, I've learned that time flies regardless.  Fun or not, it seems like every year goes by a little bit faster than the prior, and that's a good thing when you're not having fun.  When you are having fun, that's a different story!  Sometimes I wish time would slow down, but it won't, and as a result we need to make the best of every fleeting moment before it slips through our fingers!

These last 6 months have been a complete whirlwind!  During that time, we welcomed our 2nd daughter, took a vacation, came home to a flooded apartment, moved 500 miles, started 2 new schools, and walked away from 2 full time jobs in exchange for more time with our family.  Like I said, WHIRLWIND!  I wouldn't trade a minute of it though!

taken hours after she was born

Adlee Grace has been a huge blessing to all 3 of us, and while it seemed she'd never be here (2 days late overdue, clearly she came exactly when God was ready), now I can't remember life without her!  In 6 months she's grown 6 inches and over doubled her birth weight. She is a happy, healthy blessing and we are all head over heels for her!

first week, swallowed by her carrier

not so small anymore!

right before Christmas with big sissy!

                 

enjoying some swing time during a warm winter day

Happy half birthday Adlee Grace! I can't believe you're growing so fast. We love you so

Blogger Fail

At some point during 2012 I realized I missed blogging.  I missed the look back it gives, and the perspective.  I miss knowing my girls will have the chance to read it one day and smile (or have any myriad of facial expressions) when they think back on things we've shared.  As a result, I started blogging again.

I did really well for a while.

Ok, fine.  I did ok for a while. In total I managed to eek out 25 posts for the year.  Considering I didn't start until August that's not too bad, right?

Then December rolled around, and well, things got a little crazy.  We experienced our first Christmas rush with our business. We announced we were pregnant.  And we started packing our apartment for the upcoming move.  Add in the ridiculous morning all day sickness I was facing and blogging fell to the end of the line.  Even if I had time, I just didn't feel like it.

When we rang in the new year I made myself promise I would do better.  FAIL!  I managed to post twice in January and once in July.  I had big dreams of capturing our new home, my pregnancy, and I'm sure some other number of things I was going to accomplish.  While those things were potentially accomplished, I was too busy doing them to write about them.

On one hand, I am thankful that I was busy living my life and not just writing about it, but I want to find a balance here as well.

We are now halfway through the first month of 2014 and I'm going to try again.  After all, I can't change 2013, but I can make my mark on 2014 as it has yet to be written.

With that in mind, my goal for this year is to post on a weekly(ish) basis and to have a mix of family moments, recipes, and business updates along the way.  Hopefully I won't be writing this same post a year from now. :)