Since last we met...

Fourteen months.

I haven't written a proper blog post in fourteen months. During that time I've thought about it, played around with topics in my head, even logged into Blogger a few times - but somehow I just never got farther than that.

But, enough with the excuses. This may be a one-night show, a fluke, a blip - but tonight I feel like writing.

On to the big news - I had a baby! We decided last fall that we were ready for a family, and presto! Mother nature wasted no time obliging us our wish. After nine months of bellyaching (no pun intended) about the woes of pregnancy (I was not the gracious, adorable kind of pregnant woman. I was the chubby, awkward, sweating one.), I gave birth to a beautiful baby girl.

"Life changing" is how everyone describes becoming a parent, but I think that barely scratches the surface. Ups, downs, way ups, waaay downs... the first month home with our little one was a hormone-powered roller coaster unlike anything I have ever experienced. I expect that parts of my journey will become blog fodder in the days and months to come. As for my baby bear, I adore her, I and am glad to have such a sweet, lively little soul to teach me how to be a mom.