How does one begin to blog??

I have always been one of those people that have DREAMED of blogging, but I just never have really known how to start!  I guess I could start by telling a little about how I have arrived at today...

2006 was not one of the better years of my life - in a leap of faith I packed all my belongings into a Budget truck rental & moved 2,000 miles across the country from Idaho to Austin, Texas!  It was great to be back where my roots began & be home with my family. 

6 months after the move I met my prince charming :)  I didn't feel like I was in a place to start a relationship so I tried to keep him at bay...  When he asked me out, I had to tell him I wasn't ready to start dating anyone.  We proceeded to spend a month "pretending we weren't in a relationship", but it gave us a beautiful opportunity to build a real friendship.  On May 15th, 2009 we were married at a beautiful park here in Austin.  It was 2 years to the day from the first time Clay asked me out!

In the summer of 2010, we decided we wanted to to expand our family & right before Christmas we found out that we were going to get our wish!  On August 12, 2011, my heart exploded in ways I didn't know was possible when I became a mother to the most beautiful girl I had ever seen... 

Kaelynn Andee Halliburton, 7 pounds, 15 ounces, 20 3/4 inches long arrived at 6:20 pm.

My life has dramatically changed over the last few years.  I am now in some uncharted territory.  For the first time since I was 15 I do not have a paying job.  When Kaelynn was 6 weeks old I was laid off from my job.  I had worked there for almost 5 years, but with the recession my position had been outsourced to Romainia while I was on maternity leave.  Technically I could have fought against FMLA laws, but I honestly felt like God was in the middle of all of it.  I am now a full-time stay-at-home-mother & I honestly love it!!!

I never knew I could be as happy today as I am...  I never knew that the life I live today was possible...  I am so happy that I wasn't really allowed to pick out my life - I would have sold myself so very short!  I am looking forward to getting on the blog-wagon & hopefully will be able to have lots more to write about soon!!