Holy Mother!

As much as I have been hoping I really wasn't expecting this to happen so quickly...


Yep. I am officially knocked up!!! I have been feeling so many emotions since we found out. What surprises me the most is that I mostly feel content and peaceful. It feels like everything just fell into place and this is the right thing to be happening at the right time. I admit that was a little disappointed when our doctor told me I might have limited time left if I wanted a biological child and we decided to put our adoption plans on hold to try to conceive. There will always be a part of me that would have liked to adopt first - that is the way my parents did it. I also never thought that I would get pregnant on the 1st try and was worried that it would be a really long time before I was a mom. I guess I can throw that worry out the window now. I'm due the 1st of March and as excited as I am to meet my baby I think I am going to like this whole pregnancy thing. Don't get me wrong - these 1st few weeks haven't been a walk in the park by any means. I just want to enjoy the whole process (even the painful parts) because it is such a miracle and I feel so lucky that I get to experience it all - good and bad. I think the end result will be worth it. :)

Summers coming...

It has been sooo long since I have written anything. Even though I religiously check up on all of those blogs I love to stalk (I mean read) I haven't taken the time to write anything myself. Things are so busy but I don't feel like any of it is really worth writing about. We are re-financing our house but that really isn't fun to talk about. I finally went out with my friend and took some fun shots of the gorgeous flowers down by the river this weekend.


I am so excited to be getting back into my photography. It makes me feel so much more complete when I am taking pictures. Once the re-finance is done on the house I am going to buy Photoshop so that I can start having some fun with editing and schedule some real photo shoots. I really like to do portraiture and I even have a new friend in town who is going to let me photograph her family. I met her when I was researching adopting from Ethiopia. She lives here in Durango and has two fabulous kids from Ethiopia. I am hoping that I can have an actual photography business established in the next year so that I can grow it and I can be a work at home mom when we have kids. I would also really love to be able to join an organization called Celebrating Adoption. If you haven't heard about it you should check it out. It is a group of professional photographers who volunteer their time and expertise to do free family portraits for families who have adopted a child within the last year. Durango doesn't have a photographer involved in the organization so I think it would be really exciting to be the first one down here!