Happy to me!

Another year gone by...

The times they are a-changin'

I have started my intense amount of reading for my first grad school class. Wow, I just got excited to say that. Ha - I am officially a grad student! That is change number one.

Change number two: I am taking some time off from the Museum to head back to Indiana and help take care of Reese. I am very excited about being able to spend this time with her, especially during this time in her life when she is changing so rapidly.

I just read a chapter in Rethinking Information Work (I know sounds boring but I am loving it - dork!) that talked all about change. I know it was talking about professionally I need to be ready for change to be a constant but I couldn't help thinking of it personally right now. It took me moving to Arizona to realize that any decision you make in your life cannot be wrong, because once you have made the decision it has become your life and your life cannot be wrong. That sounds confusing but I feel like I spend a lot of time trying not to make the wrong decisions but there are no wrong decisions. There is your life and maybe it isn't what you planned but it has made you who you are and I like who I have become.

New chapters are beginning and I was super nervous when I got back to Phoenix about everything changing but I think I am ready to be excited now. How can I not be excited about spending time with this little girl?

In love

I am in Indiana right now for an extended trip. I have been spending every waking minute with my niece and I am completely in love with her. We had her baptized on Sunday and I am proud to be both aunt and fairy godmother. She went to the doctor's on Tuesday for her 4 month vaccines (she was a little behind - she is 5 and a half months right now). She is 13.5 lbs, 25 inches long and excelling in every way possible. The doctor was very impressed with her neck control and she is so close to sitting up by herself. She loves to roll over and kick and kick - it looks like she is swimming. Speaking of her grandpa bought her a little pool but of course it is has been cloudy and cold every day since. Hopefully we will have some pool time this weekend. We are taking her to have some professional pictures taken this afternoon. I cant wait! For now here are some pictures from the doctor's visit.




Oh! I have to talk about her singing. She coos all the time and recently she has started to singing in the highest pitch known to man kind. We call it her Mariah Carey. She thinks she is a soprano but i think we should work on her alto skills.