Bad blogger, bad blogger

I know, I am a bad blogger. There is no excuse for months, MONTHS to go by without posting to this site. I have been a decent e-mailer - decent might be a bit of a stretch. I hope...no, I will get better about keeping this site current and hoping that someone besides me reads this.

So, quick update.

1. I had a baby girl in October. October 9, 2007, three minutes after midnight to be exact. It was in a hospital (to my disappointment) but with a mid-wife.


2. Tracy left his job with the County Highway Department and is now a full time stay at home Dad with Emma. He is really good at it.


3. I am the primary wage earner for the family. I am less good at that. We are all adjusting.


4. Tracy and I celebrated our one year wedding anniversary. Well, I don't know that we really celebrated but cards were exchanged and I am the proud owner of the first two seasons of "West Wing." Hey, nothing says romance like the West Wing, right?


5. Emma will be 6 months old in just two short weeks. It blows my mind.


6. Parenthood is a head trip. Being married is warfare and a head trip.


7. I'm fat and lazy and out of shape. My hair is short. I am breast feeding (hence the fat and lazy.) What I mean by that is I am not working out to get back to my pre-pregnancy size because I am breast feeding and working. Therefore, I pump a lot and don't have the best milk supply. I can't risk a decrease in my supply by trying to lose weight. And, no, I am not one of those lucky women who are super skinny because I breast feed. I am never one of those kinds of lucky women. (If you don't like me talking about breast feeding - get over it.)

That should be it for updates.

Here are some early pictures of Emma. I'll add newer ones soon.

Emma, day one or close to it. It's amazing to look at these pictures now. I can't believe she was this small.

Here is Aunt Maggie with little baby Emma only a couple weeks old.