Introductions

I just want to start off my noting that I have absolutely no idea what I am doing or what I am getting myself into with this blog thing.  I have next to no time as it is right now so the obvious thing to do would be to take on yet another daily activity.  I guess we'll just have to see how it goes. 

So I guess a few introductions are in order.  Some things that you should know about me...let's see.

First and foremost I am a new mom.  I have a 5 month old daughter named Olivia whom I absolutely adore.  She has brought me more joy over the past 5 months than I ever thought was possible.  I have an absolutely amazing husband that I love more than anything.  He really is my best friend and I can't imagine my life without him.  Cheesy I know, but it really is the truth. 

We got married on July 3, 2009, he was 29 I was 28.  We found out we were pregnant on November 27, 2010 and have Olivia August 3, 2011 via C-section.  Although I didn't plan on having a C-section I really had an ok experience with it.  I was even IN my brother's wedding the day after I came out of the hospital.  Ah you do what ya gatta do right?

On top of being a full time mother, I am also a full time teacher.  I teach middle school Language Arts, but don't feel bad for me, I actually love my job.  I use to love it more before it took me away from my daughter for 7 hours a day, but I still love what I do. 

As if that weren't enough, I also coach high school cheerleading.  I know what you're thinking, rah rah, pom poms, but it's not like that.  My team is highly competitive.  They practice 4-5 days a week, go to tumbling once a week and have to cheer at like 3 basketball games a week.  It's a really big commitment.  I've been coaching for 11 years now, but with my daughter here I'm finding it hard to balance all of this so I'm pretty sure this is my last year.

My husband and I bought my mother's house in June and we've been doing renovations since.  We added a floor and gutted the first floor.  It's a slow process but it's finally starting to come together and I can see that all this hard work will be worth it in the end.  For now, while our house is being built we are living in a very small one bedroom apartment with my mother's 2 dogs, so needless to say we are anxious to get into our house!

Well I guess that's all I really need to share up front, the rest will come out in my posts I assume.  I just hope I don't abandon this page!

My little family