Firsts. I’ve always been a fan of first days on the calendar – The first day of the week, of the month, of the year. There’s power in using a “first” to renew a commitment, refresh a perspective, and resolve to do – and be – more.

2018 brought big firsts for us. We anticipate 2019 bringing lots of room for a refresh. Actually, we know it will. Because we’re packing up and moving — again!

An incredibly grueling and rewarding year is over, and I can finally turn the page to the next exciting chapter of life!

I don’t want to be THAT blogger who starts off with an apology for such a wait between this post and my most recent. It definitely won’t be the last of such spots of “down-time” that my blog will experience.

I guess I’m starting off like this because I’m apologizing to myself – to my goal of posting a bit more frequently.

I guess I haven’t been able to just sit down to write because I knew exactly what it was that I needed to write and I didn’t want to do it.

I guess what I’m trying to say is that this particular post is more for my self than for anyone who’ll be reading this.

I‘m so excited to write this post and tell you guys about some of the coolest news that we got this week. It won’t be the COOLEST news, though, because I’ve got a baby being born at any moment. The wifey is 5 days past her due date (Jan 31) and is pretty antsy for our baby girl to hurry up and get here.

Okay okay, so here is the big announcement:

Holy crap, everybody. It is almost time for the baby! Yesterday, Allison and I went out for a drive to go exploring around Livermore. Along the way, we passed a little park off the side of the road. But this park wasn’t just any park – it was a park with a little bridge. And it wasn’t just any bridge – it was the bridge where I got down on one knee and bribed Allison to marry me with a shiny ring. We both thought it would be fitting to take some pictures there, so that is what we did.