Welcome!

Hello Readers!

First, I'd like to welcome you to my blog! The following is a little background history on me, my husband, and our daughter and why I feel like blogging about my mommy experience is beneficial to me as well as to you, my awesome readers.

My husband Rhett and I went to elementary school together for my 3rd grade and his 5th grade year. I was obsessed with him and he, of course, didn't even realize I was alive. After he left for middle school, I forgot he existed (ah, the inconstancy of childhood romance!), moved through school and two years later went on to middle school myself. We had no contact for ten years.

Fast forward through those ten years and we meet again, at our former elementary school where I was working as an aide in the infant/toddler classroom and he was doing handy-man maintenance for the school grounds. From day one we started talking, hanging out and within a week we were “officially” dating (July 13, 2007—not that I remember dates or anything…).

We got married in August of 2009 and shortly after we found out we were going to have a baby. That baby, our Ava, was born in March 2010 at a whopping 8lbs. and 21.5 inches long. Here is where our story really begins.

Ava is now a rambunctious 22 month old who absorbs life like a sponge. She teaches us so much every day and we feel extremely lucky to be the parents of such a wonderful child. From tips to soothe an upset infant to toddler organization tricks, I feel like documenting our experiences in blog form will be a great way to pass on helpful hints to other families. It will also be an outlet for me, somewhere I can come lay out both our successes and failures, can connect with other parents and families, bringing us together on this journey of parenthood.

I hope you enjoy reading this as much as I will enjoy writing it! Thank you and welcome!

Cheers!

~Jo Anna