In the beginning...

In the beginning.... everything and everyone has to begin somewhere right? In recent years I feel as though I am always finding myself in a place of new beginnings. First there was the beginning of college, the beginning of new interests and friends. Fast forward four short years and I soon found myself on the cusp of yet another new beginning, this time in a new state, and new city as I began graduate school.  Then there was the beginning of a new career, a new relationship, and perhaps most recently a new marriage. So many beginnings! I have always been the kind of person who loves change, newness and adventure... yet at the same times I hate it, in fact I dread it!!! Yep, it has made things complicated at times. 

In recent months my husband and I found ourselves at the start of another new beginning, we had decided to start a family and were over the moon to find out we were expecting our first child. On Christmas day none the less!! Unfortunately, that new beginning, quickly led to an ending, and a miscarriage at only 7.5 weeks. We are sad, and will always miss the baby we never got to meet, yet are choosing to move on, and (yep you guessed it), begin again. I suppose you could say this blog blossomed out of that place of newness, uncertainty, new beginnings and the big ole' question mark of "what next?" 

We contemplated quite a few options in response to that big "what next?"  We could take a break and wait a bit before trying again... we could sell our house, quit our jobs take the savings account and go backpack Europe for 6 months, we could move, we could try again right away! In the end we decided that although running away to some foreign land sounds like a great idea right now, now is probably not the time to make such a big decision.  

So here we are, back in the groove of life.  We decided we will give it a month and then try again to start a family.  If that doesn't go well, Europe here we come!!! For real. So we wait, and see what happens.  BUT, in the meantime life goes on.  

I'm hoping this blog can serve a few different purposes....

-A place for my husband and I to chronicle and document the beginnings of our lives as a married couple, and eventually a family. I hope this becomes something I want to print off and save for our future children. That it might serve as a way for them to look back, and better understand the beginnings of our family. 

-A place to share our current journey with friends, family and anyone else who cares to listen...

-A place to daydream and travel through the "virtual" world.... confused? Well, although we aren't going to be running off to Europe anytime in the immediate future, we are planning on making that 3-6 month trip at some point in our future- be it as a family of two- or perhaps a family of 3.  So i'd like to use these pages to research, plan, and share possible plans. 

I'd say thats about it for now..... we shall see where this new beginning leads us!