Hello readers! (Okay, hello the two or three people that actually read this blog.)
It's been a while--I know. If you follow me on Facebook you may have seen my short updates there--but life has been a little bit of a whirlwind these days. In a good way!
First of all, Aaron and I have the house on the market--we're trying to take advantage of the "buyer's market" KC is in at the moment, but it's hard to do THAT until we can sell Aaron's house. We recently had the house painted to up the "curb appeal," which all our potential buyers commented on. We think the house looks great, but since the deadline has passed for buyers to get that first time home buyer credit, it looks like there are less buyers out there these days. It has been frustrating. If we end up staying, we end up staying, but hopefully something good happens in the next few weeks.
BECAUSE...if you haven't heard, I'm pregnant! We are beyond excited about it--so much so that I started a new blog that you can follow if you like: http://growing-a-person.blogspot.com/. I hope to find the time to update it more often...work has been a little crazy these days but you don't come here to read about that.
This week, Aaron and I took a vacation to Breckenridge, Colorado with my parents. The weather was wonderful (it actually snowed the first two days we were here, but has been sunny and 65 since then). On Wednesday Aaron took me out to dinner, then for a walk along the river that runs through downtown Breckenridge. We stopped at a bench and he asked me to marry him--something I was TOTALLY not expecting, and of course I said yes.
Like I said, whirlwind! I have been humbled by the amount of love and support my family and friends have shown me through all of this--I have grown SO much in the last few years, and a lot of that growth has allowed me to stop worrying about what other people think about me and my choices. It has been freeing--I really can do whatI feel is best for me, all the time, and have the confidence that the people who love me will love me no matter what.
I am sure there are people who don't know my innermost thoughts that think I'm crazy, that think I'm making weird choices, that don't understand why my life has gone the way it has. I'm just not concerned with those people. Like I said--my family and friends love me, and understand me, and only want the best for me.
Aaron and I have been friends for seven years--we started on the same team at work that many years ago. It was probably one of the most honest friendships I have ever had--where there weren't any ulterior motives or expectations, and we really could just chat about life. At that time, our lives were moving in completely different directions, but I always felt like I could talk to him about anything. This many years later, as my life was changing and moving and rearranging itself, he was there for me as a friend, and it was amazing to discover that we loved one another. It feels to me like we have loved each other since we met, and maybe in some ways we have. I'm lucky to have him--he's creative, and interesting, and kind, and funny, and unpredictable in wonderful ways. He's going to be a great dad.
Anyway, sorry for my absence my (one or two) readers! I can't promise I'll update more often--life is changing in lots of ways these days, but I'll try to fit it in. Thanks for reading!
