oh blog how do I update you...

WOW, has it almost been 2 months since I have updated this! It has been a whirlwind of events and I still feel like I am trying to get everything caught up in my life. We have celebrating 4 birthdays, got to see my grandparents who we haven't seen in 6 years, my sister flew up from Arizona, started a book club and have watched my Stella grow bigger and stronger! Thinking about it makes me tired! But now it is time to get back on track so bare with me while I get us up to date!

I think the biggest thing that has happened, happened last week buy will give you an insight on the lack of pictures! While my hubby was doing homework a couple of weeks ago a virus got on our computer... YIKES! I started freaking out because I have not backed up my pictures from 2009, (I know dumb thing to do, it just doesn't seem to be at the top of my list of things I have to get done!) Well thanks to some great computer guys everything was restored and I got it back last week. Well realizing it was dumb that I had not backed them up I was putting the pictures into folders getting ready to back them up when I realize all the 2008, 2009 and the few of the 2010 pictures were missing. I looked everywhere and then took it back to the computer place! Well there are now gone for good. What a wave of emotions these past few days have been. I feel dumb for not doing something that I KNEW I should have done, guilt for losing Stella baby pictures and sadness for missing something that I cherish so much. The glimmer of hope is that I have all of the pictures that I posted on my blog, and thank goodness I posted a lot of when Stella was first born, so with them and pictures from my family and friends I have enough to piece together the past couple of months.

It was intersecting that this past Sunday our lesson in young women's was about Journals. I had prepared and gotten together all different types of journals that they suggested in the lesson for the girls to see so that they could get an idea of what would work for them. When I was setting up for the lesson I thought about my blog book, so I had my hubby run home and get them for me. The girls were really excited to see them and to realize that it was a type of journal and I was grateful for the outlet to be able to record my life and my feelings. I have thought alot lately after losing my pictures and I have realized how much I value not only my pictures but all the stories behind them and my feelings during that time. In the lesson it talks about making sure that we post about our hard times with the good times. And I think that has been my problem lately. Being overwhelmed with a baby and a bossy 4 year old, a hubby busy with school and working at a time when I want more than anything to stay home with them. So when I think about blogging or writing in my journal I just don't want to do it. But those are the times that I need to do it!

Ok, so here goes the updating! Just so you all know I have been reading everyones blogs and have been loving them. Just need to take more time to comment on them so you know that I am loving them!