The Holland Family

em.j

2010-02-24T20:19:00.007-05:00

I'm taking a little break from my 'catching up' posts because I got some fun mail today and just have to blog about it :)

Last week I won a blog giveaway from em.j and my goodies were waiting for me when I got home from work. I won this adorable headband and necklace:

Emily has a new etsy store with other fabulous headbands and necklaces. I'm currently lusting after this beauty:

*Photo from the em.j Facebook fan page

I love it! It's been listed - and sold - twice while I decide if I need to add to my rarely worn jewelry collection. I think on payday I will reward myself for an extra long work week :)

PS - I hate how crappy (and small!) blogger makes photos look. Blah.

Catching up... again (December)

2010-02-15T12:21:00.008-05:00

In December:

*I photographed my first birth experience. It was amazing! I have another one scheduled for the end of April and I can't wait. (The full slideshow of the birth is on our business Facebook page.)

*We took Maggie to get her picture taken with Santa at the Lexington Humane Society event called 'Santa Paws.' Unfortunately, when we got there they said pets were not allowed... which I'm still not sure I understand.

*I did a newborn session for Blake's newest nephew - which is the same baby from the birth session above

*I made some adorable birthday party invitations (If I do say so myself!)

*I packed for my month-long trip to TN/FL and took over our bed. Poor Blake.

*Celebrated Uncle Eddie's birthday in TN

*Mimi & Poppi took us to the Symphony

*We had to have our picture taken with Santa while we were there :)

*Visited Great Aunt Dot...

...and Mom's old friends from high school. Ruthie was with us via an iPhone photo :)

*Went to Granny's for Christmas Eve and played Scattergories with the cousins

*Got spoiled on Christmas morning, but we didn't take any photos all day :(

*Drove through downtown Chattanooga and looked at the cute window displays

*Spent a very long time in the car by myself

*Gave Sophie her Christmas presents

*I loved being there to help celebrate Sophie's 1st birthday!

*The Birthday Girl on her first morning as a 1 year old!

*Went shopping at International Mall with the bestie

*Spent quality time with the Baucoms :)

Catching up... again (November)

2010-02-13T14:12:00.007-05:00

I've been told that I need to update the blog. This is just for you, Sara! Especially since I'm pretty sure you're the only person who reads this :) I was doing a good job of updating in November! Guess the holiday craziness got to me, then I was out of the habit. So much has happened since my last post that it would make this one WAY too long - so I will make a post for each month.

In November:

*My wrapping paper addiction was confirmed

*I did a little babysitting

*I colored my hair for the first time since college. And even in college, we just did a few 'streaks' - this was all over! I went darker and I loved it. Can't wait to get it re-done :)

*We drove to TN for Thanksgiving. Maggie was a trooper!

*Blake got to open his Christmas presents early because he was on call during Christmas and stayed in Kentucky

*We had our first Gigi's Cupcake - I'm in love! (And the new Gigi's in Lexington just opened! Yay!)

*It was Blake's first time having Thanksgiving dinner with the whole family in Chattanooga. It was also our first time having a deep fried turkey. The first photo is a temperature gun (or something like that) for the fryer. It says 346.4 degrees!!!

*Maggie was being extra cute on Thanksgiving day :)

*Lunch after church with my favorite cousin at my favorite pizza place, Lupi's

*We came back to Kentucky and played with Blake's Christmas presents

*And put up some Christmas decorations

Whew! That was a lot of work. Hopefully I will get around to posting December and January before summer time :)

At this moment 5 years ago...

2009-11-11T23:11:00.007-05:00

...Blake was asking me to marry him after only dating for 6 months. We had talked for a while about getting married, and I knew he had already purchased my ring, but I was totally surprised the night he actually proposed! Here are a few photos from that day. (This was before we had a digital camera, so these were taken with a disposable camera and scanned into the computer - yuck!)

Re-enactment :) Boy were we skinny!

I have to explain the ridiculous outfit I was wearing: I was living with Blake's sister at the time, and her oldest son Will was about 4. I stopped at their house after work on my way to see Blake. It was raining when I left, so I borrowed Will's jacket... None of us realized I still had it on until AFTER we had taken all of these pictures! Haha.

Thanks to Channing for taking these for us!

Here are some of the professional engagement photos we had taken a few weeks later.

Can't believe it has been 5 years!

Haaaaave you met Swarley?

2009-11-09T14:22:00.005-05:00

Remember Blake's flooded backseat from my previous post? Blake wasn't really happy with his car anyway so rather than dealing with getting it fixed, we got this on Friday:

(Photo from the dealership website)

A 2006 Equinox. Blake took my Malibu and I get the Equinox :) This is by far the brightest vehicle I have ever owned! Haha.

Blake decided we should name it Swarley because "It's a little bit classy and a little bit flashy."

(Any HIMYM fans out there?? I probably just butchered that quote.)

Today I...

2009-11-03T00:01:00.008-05:00

-Made our ridiculously expensive car insurance payment. (Gotta love having 2 drivers that are under 25 and 2 wrecks in the past 2 1/2 years.)

-Stopped at a store that was going out of business and was disappointed that things were only 25% off.

-Visited my favorite little shop in downtown Georgetown - that recently opened an online store! - to spend a gift certificate I won. Got a certain sweet girl some presents for her 1st birthday which is approaching way too quickly. (Had to send a photo to her Mom for approval.)

-Made a return at Target

-Did a little shopping at Target and spent MUCH more than the amount I got back for making a return. But I got some really great stuff! :)

-Added my new Christmas wrapping supplies (from Target) to my already embarrassingly large stash

(In case you were wondering: I have over 30 rolls of Christmas wrapping paper. I have another 10-15 rolls of paper to use for non-Christmas gifts. Yikes.)

-Made a return at American Eagle and didn't buy anything else. Does that make up for my Target splurge?

-Met Blake at Olive Garden for dinner. We've been doing so good about cooking/eating at home!

-Came home

-Went in the garage to see Blake's flooded backseat (Well, just the floorboard)

-Wrapped my first 3 Christmas presents of the year :)

The wait is over

2009-10-15T14:23:00.000-04:00

In my post yesterday, I forgot to mention one tiny thing :) I've been waiting for over a year to get an iPhone, and I'm not a very patient person. My account was eligible for an upgrade on October 7th. I got paid for a week of babysitting on October 8th and promptly drove to BestBuy to pick up this beauty:

16GB iPhone 3Gs - I'm not sure how I survived without it! Blake is quite jealous, but I'm much better about sharing the computer now :)

Lazy & Productive - who knew?

2009-10-14T23:47:00.003-04:00

It's been a lazy and productive week, all at the same time. Not sure how that happens, but I like it! I've tackled a mountain of laundry, several loads of dishes, multiple errands and an entire season of Grey's Anatomy. My errands included going to the bank and post office two days in a row because I'm not aware of major(?) holidays. And, ok, if you want to get technical... we watched ALMOST an entire season of Grey's Anatomy. I forgot that Denny died in the last episode of season 2 and I didn't want to be sad for the rest of the week :) Ha! I'm such a dork.

So much has happened between my last post (September 11th!!) and now - my plan to be a better blogger clearly isn't working out too well. I think my blog is feeling neglected. Sorry, blog.

Procrastination at it's finest :)

2009-09-11T10:36:00.003-04:00

I'm supposed to be cutting out millions of giveaways slips. (Maybe not quite a million, but it sure feels like it!) There is a huge local consignment sale this weekend, and I got a booth for my photography business. This is the first time I've done anything like this and I'm nervous/excited. We went last night to set up and I'm happy with how my table turned out. Here is a super quick snapshot:

I felt dumb taking a picture, but I knew my Mom would want to see! Still a few little things we forgot at home that I will add when we get there tonight... Including the mountain of giveaway slips mentioned above :)

I saw this on LuvInTheMommyhood - one of the many blogs I follow - and thought it would be a nice break from cutting. I'm not going to 'tag' anyone, but if you'd like to fill it out, consider yourself tagged. Be sure to send me a link to your blog if you do fill it out!

Making : myself crazy cutting up 40 sheets of giveaway slips
Cooking : nothing for the 3rd night in a row :)
Drinking : grape juice
Reading: Departures - a book I found on the clearance rack at B&N. I don't love it just yet.
Wanting: a new camera
Looking: at my messy living room
Playing: Farkle on facebook because I'm addicted!
Wasting: time
Sewing: nothing at the moment, but several things on the to-do list!
Wishing: Florida wasn't so far away from Kentucky
Enjoying: the quiet
Waiting: for my hubby to get home from work
Liking: how productive I've been the last few days
Wondering: what I should make for lunch
Loving: that my internet is working again
Hoping: for a good turnout at the sale this weekend
Marvelling: at how quickly time has flown by
Needing: more sleep
Smelling: my new candle
Wearing: Pjs!
Following: way too many blogs on Google Reader - I can't catch up!
Noticing: how ruffles seem to be everywhere and on everything this season
Knowing: that's its going to be a busy but fun weekend
Thinking: about going to get my eyebrows waxed today
Bookmarking: nothing yet today - give it time, it's still early
Opening: my photography magazine that came in the mail yesterday
Giggling: at Maggie trying to get comfortable in her blanket
Feeling: excited

Chattanooga sunset

2009-09-04T23:29:00.003-04:00

Blake and I are in Chattanooga for the long holiday weekend. We were able to leave Thursday night and don't have to head home until Monday! Tonight we were driving around and ended up in a neighborhood that was up a little hill. (Blake said it was a mountain - ha!) When we turned around to head back to the house, this is what we saw:

Unfortunately, I left my camera in my aunt's car when we were shopping earlier in the day so the only camera I had with me was my cell phone. This picture doesn't even begin to do it justice! The sky was gorgeous pinks and oranges (and not nearly as blue as the photo makes it seem) as the sun was setting behind the mountains. It made me want to build a house in the exact spot we were so that I could see that gorgeousness (new word??) every night. *Sigh* I can dream, right? :)

Catching up

2009-09-01T01:36:00.006-04:00

-I keep forgetting about my 101 things in 1,001 days list. I was pleasantly surprised that I have crossed several things off the list! All updates are made on the original list which can be found here.

-Blake and I are heading to Chattanooga for Labor Day weekend. We'll drive down Thursday night and head home sometime Monday. Blake is actually on call on Monday, but one of his co-workers said he might be able to cover for him. We'll know later this week, but I REALLY hope he can! I travel a lot, but it's not often that Blake gets to come with me. We're excited!

-The weekend after Labor Day, a local Mom's group is having a big consignment sale. I've signed up to have a booth in their "Mommy Mall" the day of the sale. I've been getting everything together the past few days and I'm anxious to see the final product! I won a 24"x30" canvas from my gallery wrap company and absolutely cannot wait for it to come in. It was great timing! This is the photo I had printed:

-I would really like to get back on a normal sleep schedule. It's 1:45am - I should be in bed!

Slacker

2009-01-19T23:51:00.004-05:00

I've been a blog slacker - again. Posting on the Project 365 blog takes much less thought (and typing!) so this blog kind of falls to the back burner. I'm really proud of myself for sticking with P365 so far! I only missed one day, and in my defense it was the day I drove from Florida to Tennessee by myself :)

Not much has been going on since I got home from Florida. Just catching up on laundry and cleaning. I've been in the mood to de-clutter and organize for some reason, so I'm trying to take advantage of that mood while it lasts! Its been easy to do since I have no desire to leave the house. It has been FREEZING! It was below zero a few days ago. Pure craziness. Tomorrow I'm going to try and brave the cold to make a trip to the post office - I've been putting it off and the pile has gotten rather large: 1 client order, 1 CD, 1 DVD, my quarterly business taxes and one very late Christmas present.

See? My life is boring. At least I have cute photos of Maggie to share :)

Project 365

2009-01-02T14:37:00.003-05:00

For some reason I got the idea that I needed ANOTHER blog to try and remember to keep up with... we'll see how well I do!

Project 365 is making a goal to take at least one photo every day. I'm doing great so far! :) Click here to check it out, or click the link in the sidebar to the right. Instead of posting every day, I will probably just post once a week or so - but I am determined to take a photo every day! Being a photographer, I think a lot of times I miss family moments and memories because I'm too worried about the technical aspects of the photo. The past few months I've been trying to make a conscious effort to not worry about all of that and just capture the moment. I'm hoping this project will help with that!

I don't know what is up with me lately - I guess I'm just on a blogging kick.

#41: Check!

2009-01-02T09:07:00.002-05:00

41. Visit Florida once a year

I think I can officially cross this one off my list! I was in Florida January of 2008 for Sara & Joe's wedding, and now I am back in Florida again. I'm hoping that in 2009 I will be able to come to Florida more than just once :)

Forgetful

2009-01-01T23:28:00.004-05:00

I keep missing 'Wordless Wednesday' - shoot! In my defense, the last 2 Wednesdays were both holidays :)

It's been a busy few weeks! On December 18th, Blake, Maggie and I headed to Tennessee for Christmas. We had a great time! Blake and Maggie went home on the 22nd because Blake had to go back to work, but I was able to stay and spend Christmas with my family. (There were WAY too many photos from our time in TN to post on the blog. If you're interested in seeing them, click here, here and here.)

On the 28th, I headed down to Florida!!! My best friend, Sara, had a baby girl on Monday. I am LOVING being in Florida! The weather is incredible, and baby Sophia is just too precious for words.

I was planning on heading home January 7th, but decided to stay until the 11th for Sophie's dedication. Poor Blake and Maggie are probably getting lonely, but I'm already dreading the day I have to leave. It's been in the high 70's here and I am wearing short sleeve shirts and flip flops everyday. I'm not looking forward to going back to this:

I've been taking photos of Sophie since she was just a few hours old, but tomorrow we are planning on doing her 'official' newborn session. I can't wait!! I also have a family session sometime this weekend, and 2 or 3 other sessions are in the works - just trying to work schedules out. My camera will be working extra hard these next few weeks!

Wordless Wednesday

2008-12-17T11:04:00.005-05:00

Several of my blog friends do "Wordless Wednesday" on their blogs. I always mean to start doing it, but never remember unless its Saturday or Thursday or some day other than Wednesday :) I needed a few words to explain for this first post, but this officially starts my Wordless Wednesdays!

My dog hates me

2008-12-14T00:15:00.005-05:00

Testing out her Christmas outfit. I'm so mean :)

We've been elfed!

2008-12-04T16:05:00.001-05:00

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

101 in 1001

2008-11-25T16:16:00.007-05:00

A looong time ago I posted my 101 in 1001 list on xanga. I got the idea from an amazing photographer, Melissa Jill. Its a list of 101 things I'd like to accomplish in 1001 days. I never check xanga anymore, so I had totally forgotten about it - and actually had completed a few things without even realizing it! I tweaked it a little bit and decided to re-post it here. Hopefully I can keep up with it better this time! (I'll come back and edit it later, I'm trying to find some of the dates for things completed.)

Start Date: February 27, 2008
End Date: (Anyone want to do the math to figure out my end date??)

1. Sponsor a child through ‘All God’s Children’
2. Sign up with ‘Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep’
3. Do a photo session for my parents *Sort-of completed, we need to try again
4. Do a photo session for Blake’s parents
5. Second shoot at a wedding
6. Become a member of PPA *Completed
7. Attend a photography workshop/conference *Completed
8. Take Maggie to a training class
9. Go to the dentist and get up to date with fillings, etc
10. Eat at Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse with Blake *Completed
11. Go to 3 states I’ve never been to before
12. Order samples from all the vendors I'm signed up with
13. Finish painting master bathroom *Completed
14. Get wedding photos & book from my wedding photographer *In progress
15. Paint (or hire someone to paint) the living room *Completed 5/7/09
16. Organize & de-clutter craft closet *Completed
17. Make a weekly dinner menu and stick to it *Completed
18. Make a budget and stick to it
19. Put one month of our salaries in savings
20. Pay off all credit cards *In progress
21. Fit back into my wedding dress *Completed 3/14/2008 (Needs to be completed again)
22. Vote *Completed 11/4/08
23. Sing in public
24. Blog once a day for a month (Professional or personal)
25. Twitter *Completed
26. Send 5 friends letters through snail-mail
27. Purchase “L” glass for my camera *I rented a lens, and wasn't as impressed as I thought I would be. This isn't such a high priority on my list anymore.
28. Get 5 stars on Guitar Hero in ‘hard’ mode *Completed
29. Go camping
30. Make & sell something on Etsy
31. Make a snow angel
32. Go to another Red Sox game *Completed Father's Day 2008
33. Go back to Chicago
34. Ride a horse
35. Create an ‘inspiration folder’ for magazine clippings (& throw out huge pile of old magazines)
36. Learn how to sew *Completed!
37. Take a photography class
38. Flatten my tummy
39. Take a road trip and stop along the way at cool places to take photos
40. Enter photos in a print competition *Completed
41. Visit Florida once a year *Completed
42. Get a massage
43. Go to a concert *Completed 4/18/2008 and 4/26/2008
44. Go skiing/snowboarding
45. Go on a picnic
46. Become CPR certified
47. Crochet a blanket
48. Become a member of a church
49. Switch from PC to Mac *Completed 9/2/2008
50. Watch a sunrise
51. Set up a recycling system *Completed 11/20/08
52. Go to a museum
53. Go to a zoo
54. See the penguins at the Tennessee Aquarium
55. Go on an out-of-state weekend getaway with Blake (TN & MI don’t count)
56. Buy a fish-eye lens
57. Organize the garage *Completed
58. Replace flooring in living room
59. Use power tools and don’t get hurt
60. Take Blake to the Strawberry Festival
61. Get headshots taken for the website *Sort of completed
62. Have new pictures taken of Blake & me *Completed 8/30/08
63. Go to Las Vegas
64. Make prints of personal photos on my computer and put into albums
65. Learn to drive stick-shift
66. Tile the kitchen backsplash
67. Learn to speak Spanish
68. Fit into size 8 jeans
69. Get a bigger Wacom tablet
70. Get tested for the Cystic Fibrosis gene
71. Mail in a postcard to Post Secret
72. Get Maggie professionally groomed
73. Cook breakfast on a weekday
74. Get a new cell phone *Completed
75. Get my teeth whitened
76. Grill a steak as good as Poppi
77. Make a homemade pie – crust and all
78. Go fishing
79. Do a ‘Trash the Dress’ photo session
80. Update my address book *Completed 11/22/08
81. Get a potted plant for the front porch and keep it alive for at least 3 months
82. Throw a party
83. Learn sign language
84. Tour Fenway Park
85. Purchase slideshow software *Completed 10/22/08 (Bonus - it was free!)
86. Move out of state
87. Learn how to play the guitar
88. Set up a display of photography in a local shop/boutique *In progress
89. Move into a bigger house
90. Read a classic literature book I haven’t read before
91. Try sushi
92. Finish this list! *Completed 5/1/2008
93. Re-design blog *Completed
94. See a Broadway show
95. Print & frame photos from Boston game *Completed 5/1/08
96. Organize master bedroom closet, dresser, etc. *Completed 4/12/08
97. Learn how to use my crock pot *Completed
98. Go bowling and score 175 or higher
99. Detail my car
100. Organize/re-design kitchen cabinets *Completed
101. Do an anonymous good deed

We're boring!

2008-11-19T01:36:00.002-05:00

I've had a realization... It's not that I'm a 'bad blogger,' I just have a really boring life! :) Haha.

I'm a bad blogger

2008-11-02T12:43:00.003-05:00

I always forget that I started this blog... Here is an update just for Christa! :)

We were hoping to have already started travel tech at this point, but obviously that isn't the case. Blake signed up with a traveling company, got the ball rolling a little bit, and now his rep won't call him back. We aren't sure if she's just bad at her job or if that means that there aren't any traveling positions open right now. At this point, we aren't really worried about pushing the issue since its so close to the holidays and it would be a hard time to move. Oh well.

Since we thought we would be gone by the end of October, I told the mom I nanny for that my last day would be October 16th. So... I am officially unemployed!! (Or retired, according to my Dad.) Either way, I'm loving it! I spent a few days in Michigan, next weekend I'll be going to TN for Lee's homecoming, and my house is much more clean! I was worried about needing to find a new job since we will be here a while longer, but Blake told me he didn't want me to get another job and I didn't argue :)

So, that's all that is going on with us. Blake took the day off on Friday so we have had a great long weekend just hanging around the house. Here are a few pictures from Halloween night. Maggie's first Halloween she was a fire hydrant and last year she was a lobster. This year Blake wouldn't let me get her a whole costume so she just wore a pumpkin t-shirt.

I've been tagged!

2008-10-03T15:47:00.003-04:00

Attached or Single? Attached

Best Friend? Sara Q, Ashley

Cake or Pie? Hmm... probably pie. I don't eat much of either.

Day of Choice? Friday... most weeks, I have Friday off so its the start of the weekend!

Essential Item? My cell phone. I feel lost without it.

Flavor of Ice Cream? Lately, its been Ben & Jerry's Brownie Cheesecake.

Gummy Bears or Worms? I don't eat either, they hurt my teeth

Indulgences? Getting my nails done. I know its silly, but I feel prettier/skinnier/girlier when I have my nails done!

January or July? July, I hate winter

Last Movie I saw in a Theater? I think it was Enchanted, last Thanksgiving! I need to get out more :)

Middle Name? Kathryn

Number of Siblings? 1 sister

Oranges or Apples? Oranges

Phobia or Fear? I have several... spiders, clowns, the dark. I have more but my brain is tired and I can't think of them.

Quote? "We must be willing to get rid of the life we have planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us." Joseph Campbell

Reason to Smile? Shoes, shopping, finding a bargain, a weekend at home with Blake, Miss Maggie

Season? Fall or Spring

Tag five more: I don't read that many blogs, and the ones I do have already been tagged :) If you are reading this, feel free to pretend that I tagged you!

Unknown Fact About Me? I can't really think of anything, most of you reading this know pretty much all that there is to know about me!

Worst Habit? Texting while I drive! I HAVE to stop doing that!

Xrays or Ultrasounds? X-rays, I hate how much you have to drink before an ultrasound!

Your favorite Food? Italian at the moment

New Glasses

2008-09-29T17:18:00.003-04:00

Last week, Blake and I went to the eye doctor to update our prescriptions. I just got contacts, but Blake got some spiffy new Banana Republic glasses! I forced him into the backyard for some pics :)

Craigslist

2008-09-19T18:40:00.003-04:00

We have posted ads on Craigslist several times in the past, and have had about 50/50 success. This time, though, we have made $310! We sold almost everything we had in the ad. Not only is the money nice, but we have SO much more room in our garage! Much easier than wasting a whole Saturday on a yard sale! :)

Packing, Day 2

2008-09-14T19:47:00.005-04:00

We are almost completely finished packing up the craft closet. We have a HUGE ad posted on Craigslist, and what doesn't get sold will be donated to a Christian school down the road. Here are the pictures I promised... I took them before we finished up today. But first, a before photo:

And now, what a mess! Goodbye organization :(

The mess even spilled over into the office

The grey box in the photo above is what I am keeping and taking with us when we travel. Blake made this label for me: (I forgot to flip it, sorry!)

We're hoping that this room was the worst, and thats why we started with it. Time will tell!

Shopping and Target and packing, oh my!

2008-09-13T23:03:00.003-04:00

Today consisted of:

-Getting home from work at 3am and falling into bed (Not as bad as it sounds... $10/hr to 'watch' sleeping children.)

-Waking up and having blueberry muffins for breakfast (Thanks to my wonderful hubby)

-A Thirty-one gifts party at Stacey's house (I bought the cutest fabric covered 'H' for our bookshelf in the living room!)

-Going to Lexington to take advantage of a sale at Hancock Fabrics and get some stuff to use for photo shoots (I have a session with a 2 month old on Wednesday, can't wait!)

-A trip to my favorite store, TARGET! (Stocked up on plastic totes for packing/storing and got Maggie's Halloween outfit)

-Yummy date night at Olive Garden (Had the Stuffed Chicken Marsala again - fab as usual!)

-Came home and started packing up my craft closet in the office (Way too much paper, ribbon, photo albums, buttons, stickers, note cards, pens, glue, markers, scissors, etc, etc, etc.)

Ok, so I have to elaborate a little more on that last one. I had so much... STUFF. Thats the only word for it. We've packed up what I want to keep and are going to either trash or donate the rest. It is complete chaos in that room right now! I'll try to post some before & after pictures tomorrow. We've only been packing a few hours and I'm already tired of it. Thats probably a bad sign, huh?

Here we go!

2008-09-11T21:41:00.005-04:00

After over a year of discussing, planning, un-planning, stressing & praying Blake has finally submitted his application to be a traveling x-ray tech! We are so excited to get started and can't wait to find out where our first assignment will be! Hopefully we will find out in the next few weeks and then the craziness begins. I'm already a little stressed about packing! Any volunteers? :) Its so strange to us how quickly things are moving now, since we have been waiting SO long for it to finally be here. We're hoping this blog will be a way for family and friends to keep track of us (since we will be moving every 8-13 weeks!) and to also make sure the memories are well documented for ourselves. We'd appreciate your prayers because as exciting as it is, its also very scary to have so many unknowns.

And because the photographer in me can't make a blog post without a photo, here are a few of Maggie in her typical spot on the couch. She loves to bury herself in her blanket, but when she gets hot she pokes out her paws and face. Its adorable!