I'm back!

Dan has been on me for a few months now to get this thing up and running again but I ignored him, because I have three kids and a husband and a dog and who has time for this?!?  I'd gotten a few comments recently from people asking about when I used to write, but the final push was last Friday.  We were getting family pictures done by an amazing photographer who has become a friend and as we were wandering around Duke's campus she said "you should write a blog!" Dan just looked at me with a face that clearly said, "I told you so."

It occurred to me that I've made a lot of new friends over the last 3 years, most of which had no idea I ever even started this thing.  Not to mention there's the whole guilt behind Juliet not having what her siblings have...Abby has countless pictures and a partially filled out baby book, Austin has a years worth of monthly letters and pictures on here and Juliet has nothing but saved pictures on my phone and computer.  So here we are!

This blog started when I moved to Raleigh to keep friends and family updated on our new lives in NC.  It turned into my outlet and sounding board as I learned life as a SAHM.  It followed me through my pregnancy with Austin and was such a help as life turned dark and I worked my way through my post-partum and faced my depression head on.  But then I stopped writing.  I don't really have a reason, probably just life getting in the way.  (Have you met Austin? The boy is crazy.  And not just a handful, he is two or three handfuls.  Good thing he is such a sweet boy, because he is exhausting!)

Anyway.  Here we are again, almost three years later and so much has changed!  I'm not sure what this will turn into, so bear with me as I play around for a while. In an attempt to convince me to start again, Dan even offered to do a guest post every so often, so I shall hold him to it!!  Please note the name change! I took the giant step of purchasing my own domain name, since I am no longer in the "triangle" but have moved west to the "triad."  That was a lesson, once again, in how much I suck at using the internet and all things related.  (it took 4 phone calls to godaddy and 3 emails to blogger to figure it all out!)

In the meantime, please enjoy some pictures taken by Heather, that amazing photographer I mentioned, last weekend!