And so it begins.....

I have recently been inspired by the blogging of friends and friends of friends so....Drumroll please, I've decided that I am going to undertake becoming a blogger myself! As of right now the only person (other than myself) who knows of this is my husband and he is currently mad that I am not using our family blog and wanted to set up my own. However, I think the process of having to set up my own will actually force me to visit it regularly and hopefully continue adding to the postings rather than just glacning occasionally to see if either of our mothers have commented on the post we put up a month ago! So here we go peeps, or should I say self? Hopefully I will actually persevere with this project and some other soul will take pity on me and occasionally read my ramblings, until then, let me begin at the beginning.
As my profile states I am a native California girl (think the Beach Boys song people except I have brown hair and hazel eyes but whatever) who has been transplanted to the heart of the south about 5 or so years ago. Initially I woke up every morning wondering what the hell I had done to myself and longing to return "home". That feeling has slowly been changing over the past year since the addition of our adorable daughter to our family, the purchase of our first home, and me making some good "mommy" friends. Now, I occasionally yearn for the crash of the waves on Carlsbad beach, "real" Mexican food from any Alberto's type location, and the comfort of old friends but have come to the realization that NC is the best place for us at the moment. For starters, the friends we have made out here are some of the best people on this earth, they jump at the chance to help out and always ready to lend an ear when I need it. Secondly, we own a home out here. Now, this may not seem like such a big deal to some of you but we both know (Kevin and I) that if we were back in San Diego this would NOT be a reality. Not to mention my job, the one that I love and allows me all the extra time with Kora I wouldn't trade for the world, would not work for us out there. We would both be working out butts off at full-time jobs, paying for child care, never seeing our child, and still not able to own a home! So,needless to say, this is a huge blessing to us and has made us realize how lucky we are to be out here right now. Oh sure, initially there was a lot of culture shock, I mean how hard is it to call someone back about a job within a week?! But, we've slowly gotten used to the slower pace of things here and have even begun to love it. I know I adore where we live now, though we are hoping to move into a bigger place soon! It does help that we have Trader Joes withink walking distance and can get some of the staples from home that we so miss but Cary in general is just such a great place to live when you have kids. We have great greenways, parks, libraries, and shopping all within walking distance to a couple minutes drive away. Not to mention a great hospital where our lovely Kora was born. So, to wrap up this long winded post, Cary is our home now and we wouldn't trade it for the best beach apartment in San Diego (okay maybe for a vacation!).