Back at it

It's been a year since I've checked in.  I finally spent a few minutes and figured out how to import the posts from my other two abandoned blogs into this one; at least now I have all my things in one spot. Woo!

I blog for two reasons:

1.) Mom Brain is taking over my life; coupled with (or due to) lack of sleep, I forget a lot of things.  I mean a LOT of things.  Mostly short-term memory stuff.  Blogging helps me record events and moments I'd like to remember someday, since I'm not sure I trust my brain to do the job.  And, I find happiness in remembering the small bits and pieces just as much as the big ones.  Sometimes even more so.  I look back a few years and see some early posts and think, wow.  Look at all I've done, look at who we've created.

2.) I love the idea of my kids having a place to visit someday, to read about the things that make a family a family.  The good and the bad.  The frustrating and the joyful.  All of it.  Little glimpses.  I wish I had that -- something to look back on of my own childhood, of my own mother's journey as a mom.  Just a tiny bit of insight.  Captured feelings.  Of course there are a few photo albums with treasured pictures, but I always wish I knew what it was like.  What it felt like to raise four kids. Realizing that I can give this to my children, especially my daughters, makes me feel extremely happy, and compels me to write.

These are old pictures from 2014 -- one from June and one from early August.  One BT (before Teagan) and one AT (after Teagan).  And to think, I thought I had my hands full last June.  Riiiiight.

Here is Miss Teagan now.  14 months old and all kids of awesome.