Who I Am

So, it occurs to me that those finding this may or may not know me. So here's a bit about me to help you get to know me better.

A few facts:
I have a wonderful husband named Erik. I can't imagine my life without him and am so lucky to have found him.

I have a 5 year old son. He's the light of our world. It took us 2 years to conceive him, and a very difficult pregnancy to get him into this world, but we're so glad he's here. We're also incredibly thankful that he is a happy, healthy, brilliant little boy.

I'm in my mid 30's.

We live in Idaho. We moved here 2 years ago. It was a great move, and we love it here. We were absolutely blessed to be able to move to pretty much anywhere we wanted. Erik was starting his own business and I already had mine running, so we had the freedom to choose our home. The only sad thing was that it meant moving away from family.

I am an oldest child, I have one sister who is 4 years younger than me. She is married with 2 children, a little girl who is 4 and a baby boy. I love her to pieces and can't stand that she and her family live so far away (they are in California, we're in Idaho).

My mom also lives in California. She's been struck with a lot of illnesses and what not over the last few years. It's been terrible, and I hate that I am so far away and can't be much physical support through all of it. It's sure made me appreciate having her around though, and I hope we get a lot more years with her, preferably in much better health. When she is in good health (and even when she's not for that matter), my mom is one of those people that no one can stop. I've seen her put her knitting down to go change the brakes on a car, you just never do know what she'll be up to.

My dad passed away more than 10 years ago. I feel guilty that I don't know what year it was, but I really couldn't say, other than to say that it was probably 13 or 14 years ago now. He never met my husband, and obviously never met my son. He'd have been excited to have a grandson. Someday I'll probably write about the strange week I had the week he died.

My parents seperated when I was 16. The divorce was not a surprise to me, but it shocked the socks off my mom. I was fortunate in that my parents worked very hard to get along so that we would never have to feel like we needed to choose between them.

My father remarried a few years later, right after the divorce became final. He married an absolutely wonderful woman who I love to pieces. I can't imagine not having her in our lives. She still a part of our family even though he's not around anymore. The fact that she is so wonderful is largely responsible for me being able to have a relationship with my dad as an adult as we had a lot of bad history. She managed to help him be the best person he could be, and I'm so thankful she was there so we could have some pleasant memories of those years.


My husband and I both work at home, which is a real blessing, although it did take us a little while to get used to it. Every now and then we still find a few little hurdles to navigate from being together so much, but I wouldn't change it for the world.

I run 2 businesses from home, and also babysit a little girl. My main business is The Babbling Baby, which is a baby boutique of sorts, focusing on baby gifts and supplies for baby showers, baptisms/christenings, and young kids birthdays.

Store blog

The store blog has been up and running for a little bit, check it out when you get a chance and if you have any ideas, let me know.

www.thebabblingbaby.com/blog