Let's give this a try...we'll see how long it lasts! :)

When I was thinking about what I wanted to do or try in 2011, I decided I was going to start a blog.  When my kids were born I started websites for both of them.  I was really good with Dominic's site for the first 2 years.  I updated it every month.  Once he turned 2, I decided I was going to only update it once every few months.  Well, that was a year and a half ago and I have updated the site maybe 2 or 3 times.  Chloe's site has not been updated since she was 6 months old.  She is now a year and a month old.  One of the things that always made me put off updating the site, was going through all the pictures.  It's hard for me to narrow down pictures of my kids.  I love them all so I want to share them all.  The time it took to go through them and upload them made me find myself always saying, I'll do it tomorrow.  The other thing was now that I have 2 kids with separate sites, it seemed redundant to share the same stories on both sites.  It just felt like a chore and so I stopped doing it.

I was on the phone with my Mom while we were in Disneyland last week and I was telling her some funny things Dominic had said.  She told me what she always tells me when I share such stories, "You should write this stuff down!"  This time I agreed that I need to capture these sayings and these moments and it made me feel bad for not keeping up with the sites.  So I decided to start this.  A blog for the family where I may share a few pictures, but not entire albums.  I can still share the kids' milestones and the funny things they say and I don't feel like I have to do it at a regular time (like once a month). I can update this as I please, however often I feel like (or don't feel like).

We'll see how this goes...I really hope I keep it up, but only time will tell!  Plus I don't really know much about this blogging thing (like what do I do with this "Labels" field) so any suggestions, advice, tips will be greatly appreciated!! :)