Alive and well? Or just alive....

Do you ever wonder about bloggers that appear to drop off the face of the earth? One day you know everything about them and their lives and the next they are gone? I get it. Sometimes people get busy. They have babies or get a new job or move across the world to Germany for their husband's job. Sometimes the "busy-ness" or the inability to blog comes from things that are a bit bigger than just a change of job or a new addition. My situation is on the bigger side and sometime in the near future I will go into that a little bit further but for now I hope y'all can trust me, my life has been turned upside down and I'm just trying to swim towards the surface. Evans and I have been living in Atlanta for the past several months and have been trying to adjust to good ole mainstream America again. The transition appears to be going smoothly on the outside but I can assure you that it has been everything but easy. But the truth is that I miss blogging on a regular basis and I feel like I have so much to share when it comes to my child and "new" life. One day soon I'll be ready to share but for now, Atlanta is where Evans and I are living, without Deaner.

When I think about where I was in my life a year ago from today I am pretty amazed at where I have ended up. I believe that on this exact date last year (I'd have to go back and check the blog archive) I broke down in tears at bedtime because I was so big and pregnant and HOT. For god sake, those Germans don't know anything about AC! No relief for a pregnant lady! I've gone from having this teeny tiny babe......To having a crawling (that's right folks, we can't even walk yet!), babbling, singing, chatting, kissing, laughing, table food eating and real milk drinking child. It's unreal. I remember when Evans couldn't pick his head up off my shoulder and now I can hardly keep him in my arms. He brings so much joy into my life (gay, I know) and I'm not sure how I would have made it through the past few months without him. He is, simply put, the greatest baby to ever army crawl the face of the earth (besides your's, that is). In honor of Evans' first birthday, which is rapidly approaching next week, I'll post a small photo montage of him the past 6 months or so, where I left off, so y'all can see how he has grown. I'll start back in April with a picture of Evans having dinner after a looooooong flight to the US with his Old Dad (Deaner's dad). You can tell he is thrilled to be here!Easter 2011 was spent in Hattenheim, Germany and Evans got to play with his Easter basket down on the Rhein River.Memorial Day and my 9 month birthday spent on my Buddy's new boat. (I'm hardly cute at all).In June we celebrated (A BIG) birthday for my mom A.K.A. Nana Susie and Evans got to tag along just to say hello before having to depart with Buddy for home.In July we had a visit from Daddy and Evans took his first trip to the aquarium. He loved it so much that we are now members and have been back several times. Mama loves it because it has AC, good ole U.S. of A. They can get somethings right.And that brings us to August. The month my child was born in 2010. Today we went to have our first go round on the park swings.Needless to say, I'll bring him back again soon. I think he enjoyed it. :)

So, a week from today my baby boy will turn a year old. Crazy. We will be celebrating this Sunday in style with a giraffe theme. I may or may not have gone completely off the deep end with this party but it has been a much needed distraction and you only turn one once, right? As the guest list continues to grow longer and I keep adding more flavors to the rented Sno Cone machine I can't help but be a bit excited! I'll be sharing pictures of some of the things up my sleeve tomorrow. Until then, it is time for bed. I hope I still have a couple readers out there in blog land.