1.30.2018

Some Things Have Happened (Part Two)

2017

  • I had the chance to participate at the CEW at St. Ann's in a meaningful way.  It was awesome!
  • I went to the Behavior Conference in Kansas City and had a chance to connect with my aunts while I was down there.
  • We had a fun Easter, Claire loved the Easter Egg hunt!
  • I joined Farrell's Extreme Bodyshaping and got in shape, lost some weight, and started taking better care of myself!
  • After many ear infections, Claire visited an ENT and she got tubes in her ears.
  • Ryan and I took our first vacation away from Claire and enjoyed four nights in Boston while Claire enjoyed time with her grandparents and aunt and uncle.

  • We had an awesome summer than concluded with a trip to the Ozarks and Claire being the flower girl in my aunts' wedding!
  • My nephew, and Godson, was born at the beginning of September and all of hearts grew three sizes!
  • Fall brought us Halloween, and weekend getaway in Nashville, and Claire's second birthday, which we celebrated at the Iowa Children's Museum in Iowa City.
  • We concluded 2017 with some family pictures taken by my amazing mother (if you want contact info, let me know!) and a super fun Christmas with family!

1.24.2018

Some Things Have Happened (Part One)

Hi there!  So...it's January...of 2018...TWO. THOUSAND. EIGHTEEN.  I've been thinking about making a blog post pretty ever since my last blog post, in August of 2015.  But then, I had a baby.  You'd think that would be the perfect time to want to keep up the blog, but holy crap; that little girl took over my life.  Add that to my first few years of teaching and taking grad classes, and yeah, the blog sat on the back burner for awhile.  And ultimately, the blog was forgotten about.  Whoops.

But here I am, wishing I was better about documenting my life, Claire's life, our family adventures, my teaching experiences, etc., without putting it all over Facebook and Instagram.  So I'm going to give this another go.  And I'm going to TRY to keep it up, with a little more focus.

Here's the quick and dirty update (since my last update in August of 2015)-

2015

  • Started my first year of teaching at Bettendorf High School.
  • Thoroughly, honestly, enjoyed the last few months of my pregnancy (until the last two weeks).
  • Had Claire Lindsey in November. She was 9 pounds 2 ounces, 21 inches long, with a head full of gorgeous hair!
  • My grandma passed away in November. I miss her every single day.
2016
  • This year revolved around Claire - what a whirlwind it was to watch her fly through all of the milestones and become the cutest, smartest, sweetest, and most perfect little girl in the world.
  • Claire had her first flight as we took our first big family vacation to Las Vegas and San Diego.

  • We celebrated Claire's first birthday with a dinosaur princess themed party and close family members.  The year went insanely fast, but was wonderful.