Trying again

So . . . I started this blog almost two years ago. As I read my first entry, all I could think was, "Yes, I was 27. Ah, to be 27." I will be 29 on Tuesday, ready to being the death march toward 30. Well, just kidding really. I'm not worried about being 29. Or being 30. Or being older than that. It's all part of the deal. To get older is to have more time to enjoy your family, learn and grow in your faith, and to figure out how to get your dogs to behave.

So since my last post, we have had our first baby. (Yeah, that tells you it's been a while . . . kids weren't really on the radar when I last posted.) We still do crossword puzzles, but really just the Sunday puzzle anymore. Not much time for that. Tragic. But Sunday puzzles are the best ones anyway. And it has to be the New York Times. We did USA Today for a while (alas, they are free), but NYT wins out every time.

So naturally most of my future posts will be about the baby. Maybe the dogs, maybe crossword puzzles, maybe my culinary exploits, maybe my part time math tutoring job, but definitely about the baby.

Our little girl was born back in October. She is almost four months old. I'm staying at home with her, but we do what we can to avoid actually staying at home all the time. I can't wait for the weather to get nice so we can go walking every day! (The dogs, incidentally, also cannot wait for spring.)

For now, I need to figure out how to post some pictures and decorate my blog. I'll do better this time with updating it. Maybe. Hoping for long, peaceful naps!