NEW

State
We live in Tennessee again!  It's cheap and warmer (although a little too warm at times).  We do miss our friends + Tessa in Maine though!

Jobs
He's a college soccer coach.
I'm a NICU nurse.

House
We're building a quaint house in a newer, Cleveland neighborhood.  We'll be moved in by the end of January, weather-permitting.  Did I mention it has insulation and functioning heat and air conditioning?  What a welcomed change from our last 2 residences.

Baby
After 6 years of baby fever I can actually say we're welcoming lil Hennessey in 2014. I'm almost 23 weeks, and due April 2nd.  He or she (it's a surprise! and i usually hate surprises; look at me go!) weighs a pound and is the size of some fruit I can never remember (could they not compare a child to something better? "You're 20 weeks; baby is the size of a Foot-long Subway Melt").  

2013 has been the year we've been waiting for our whole marriage.  We've had so many "When you're a nurse..." "When my job is more flexible..." "Once we leave New England..."  conversations that it's surreal to me that all of those things have actually happened. I think we'll take a year off from Five-Year-Planning and just enjoy life as it is.  Roll on, 2014.  We welcome you and your surprises (seriously, look at me go!) with open arms.