Dear Oscar and Judah,
You are eleven months old! I think this a great time to not only catalogue all of your recent achievements, but also to take stock of this insane year. Starting with the mundane, you guys are really continuing your journey from babies to boys. Judah, you continue to evolve into your role as the enforcer. Not long after your crawling began, you discovered that you had the balance and the desire to haul yourself up from your knees onto your feet. And now you are pulling up on everything that is within reach. It is hilarious to see you get from your bum to your knees to your feet, especially considering your inability to reverse and get back down. So although you are beyond proud of yourself to get up, you then freak out and scream until someone sets you back safely on your hands and knees.
If Judah is the enforcer, then Oscar continues to evolve into the mastermind. Oscar, your waving bye bye is developing into full on verbal and non verbal communication. It is becoming really evident that you understand everything quite clearly, and that you are frustrated if you can’t make your own desires and needs known. You are also still my emotional little guy, so easily amused, so easily frightened. The siren of a fire truck terrified you today, and the popups from your favorite book elicit endless giggles. Both of you have been so true to form from the day you were born.
This month I have been feeling so reflective. First of all, I am beyond grateful for your health, growth, and your mere presence in our lives. A friend of friend lost her twins this month during a very difficult pregnancy. Sometimes I think we took for granted how lucky we were and continue to be to have you both. You were born with no scary complications and the biggest complaint I could make about the experience relates to my stretch marks and my pregnancy misery. After hearing of our acquaintance’s tragedy, I was reminded to count my blessings more frequently. To our friends, we hope that you are finding comfort in this difficult time, and we are thinking about you. We are so sorry for your loss.
I have also been thinking about what the next year holds. So many things changed so profoundly in the last twelve months. Brent and I became parents. We make our decisions so differently than we used to, from things as simple as where to go to dinner (we are becoming frequent flyers at Red Robin, last year it was Ruth’s Chris), to things with far bigger implications, like deciding to save money and be responsible instead of buys another boho looking sweater from Anthropologie (ok, maybe that doesn’t seem to have big implications, but you haven’t seen my closet…). This year I also started a new job that I adore, and Brent and I are poised to be making some big announcements about King David. Change has been happening fast and furious.
The next month alone is going to be absolutely insane. As I write this, Brent and I returning from another quick getaway to Arizona (without the kiddos, which in retrospect feels like a mistake, I missed them so badly!). We had an amazing time with Uncle Robby and Aunt Marissa though, and I certainly couldn’t have inflicted the liver damage I achieved if I had the midgets in tow. Next weekend we venture to St. Louis for a Colts game and a little gambling. The following weekend we are celebrating Halloween and Brent’s 35th birthday with an enormous party, complete with tons of Halloween decorations, candy, and tequila. After that I am going to need to sleep for a month. Although I won’t be able to because I only have another thirty days until the boys turn 1!!! If you think I am feeling reflective now, wait until next month.
On another note, a few people have been asking about my job…and it is AMAZING!!! I have never enjoyed working more. While I am infinitely grateful for my experiences at Finish Line and L&K, I can honestly say that this new gig is what I was born to do. My suspicion that there was a need for affordable small business legal services was spot on. I have more work that time to get it accomplished, although that is what great associates and paralegals are for. I absolutely adore the client development aspect of the job, and I spend a good portion of each day making connections and going to networking coffees, lunches and events. It is a lot of schmoozing, and I am sure it comes as no surprise that I like all that socializing. But what I like the most is meeting with people and realizing that I have the tools to help them run their small businesses. It never ceases to amaze me how many great ideas people have and what fantastic innovations people have come up with to make money. I love hearing about those ideas, and doing the legal legwork so that their business can run smoothly. I am always in the hunt for new clients, so please spread the word if you know of anyone looking for an attorney with an entrepreneurial spirit! All of my networking should explain some of the recent blog posts about speaking engagements and guest blogging. I am trying to get a professional blog up and running soon, so hopefully I can keep those two worlds a little more separate so as not to bore those of you who don’t want to hear about the Legal Do’s and Don’ts of Social Media Advertising.
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