Hello again!

I realize that I have neglected this blog for far, far too long. Almost a year!

Along the way, I have been keeping notes for some of the things about which I wanted to blog, but just never got around to writing the actual posts. It seems like something (or someone) else was always commanding my attention...and then when I did actually have free time, updating a whole year's worth of information seemed too daunting and I would procrastinate.

So, here I sit on September 4th, 2012, writing this post. I am going to date it mid-November, 2011 just so that it precedes the myriad of posts that are to follow, (which are each appropriately dated, I hope). I know I have inevitably left some things out, but I tried to capture the big moments and share some of the photos that we at least managed to snap.

I do apologize for my absence. Now that I'm caught up, I hope not to slip so far behind again. Yell at me if I do!