Happy New Year!

I have several things going on right now!!  I’m still keeping up with my workouts, which is tough some days and other days a great stress relief.  I am also trying to reorganize some photos to simplify my upload to shutterfly, and then I will be revamping the shutterfly sites.  This will probably take me a couple weeks.

While I’m sorting through pictures, I will also be working on the calendar for the grandparents.  I have a good start on it, but I just haven’t had time to finish it.  In the mean time, here is our year in review using only 12 photos.  (Can you do your year in review in only 12 photos?  Let me tell you, it’s super challenging!)

First time with snow! (Visit to see Heather and new baby Ryan) 

Outstanding Young Engineer Award

Sibling love 

First Birthday!

Happy Adoption Day!

Brand new house 

Summertime clean-up!

Three’s a charm! (Visit to Denver at the Faris’ house)

Visit to North Carolina and feeding ducks with cousin Ginny

Picking out pumpkins

Let the potty training begin!

Happy 2nd birthday!!

The last item I am working on is another blog!!  I know, can you believe I even have time for something like this?  I really want to learn more about photography (just as a hobby…I don’t plan on giving up my day job) and I really need to learn more about how to use my DSLR.  I’m learning, but slowly. 

My New Year’s resolution is to learn something new, so I’ve challenged myself with the Project 365.  My new blog, Twice As Many Moments, explains what the challenge and why I chose the name I did.  The other reason I chose my children as subjects, rather than my own life is that entering into motherhood has not been an easy transition for me.  There are many days that I still mourn the loss of ‘my old life’, especially when the kids are having a rough day.  I feel like this will be a great way for me to capture all the wonderful things about being a mother and to truly document how many bad days there really are.  It will either help me see motherhood from a new perspective, or at the very least help me accept my reality.

So on the days that you don’t get enough about us here, check out the photo blog to see pics of the kids there.  I’m making that blog public, so I’ve removed nearly all of my identifying information.  Please be careful what you post in comments, as I know that many of you have our family blog linked to your name.