Maiden Voyage

Well, this is the first of hopefully many blog entries. I am very excited to have started this process. I have just eneterd the blog world thanks to a friend, http://thehallfamilypage.blogspot.com/ Windy Hall, who used her blog to update friends and family on her husband's battle with cancer. From Windy's blog, I found a blog "button" called "Praying For Stellan" which was a small picture of an adorable baby sleeping in a hospital bed. From that moment on, I was hooked on "MckMama" http://mycharmingkids.net/ and her blog. MckMama has probably close if not more than 15 million hits and is an incredible writer. What's the most amazing about his woman is that she has 4 children who are 4 and under - NO TWINS. Her last two were "Irish" twins, and the baby, Stellan, has a heart condition called SVT. She has the best attitude about everything and is a faithful servant of the Lord. Anywho, I say all of this to explain that once I started reading MckMama's blog, I realized that this would be a great way for me to journal about my life, my marriage, my children, my family and my friends. It seems that since I decided to start a blog that I've been writing blog posts in my head and now I will be able to have a place to store them.

So now that I've begun, where do I begin? I am 33-years-old, married to Roy - the man that God made for me. Roy and I have been married for 5 years and have three children. Payton Diann is our 7-year-old daughter. Now, I'm sure you've done the math and I should tell you that Payton is my step-daughter, though I don't like describing her as that. Benjamin is our 3 1/2-year-old son. Benjamin is named after his father and has quite the name legacy: Roy Benjamin Pearson, V. And our youngest is Eli James. He's 20-months-old. I think it's funny that I still tell people how old Eli is in months. I think that when Benjamin was past the 18-month mark I just started saying "a year and a half" or "almost two." Eli is our last baby and I am having a hard time dealing with the fact that he's about to be two - well out of the baby stage. I guess giving people his age in months make him seem younger than he really is. Sigh. They grow up so fast and I am trying to come to terms that I no longer have babies. I am the mother of a third grader, a preschooler and a toddler!! It's a dichotomy of sorts - you are happy that they are able to do more for themselves but at the same time you are sad that they don't need you as much. I guess I better get used to it, huh?

I've got so much more to write but it's time for my nightly bowl of cereal and then off to beddie-bye. Thanks for joining me on the "Maiden Voyage" of As for Me and My House (more about my blog title later).

Blessings,

Leslie