Journey with Julia

Why do I blog?


My blogging buddy Missy asked this very good question recently and got me thinking. So why do I do it? Why do I sit here at this desk and type out these words, spend who knows how much time some days loading pictures and videos?

At first the answer was easy, so that our friends and family could follow us in the only way we could find as we traveled to China and met Julia for the first time. Then for awhile it became an obligation because as you know we live no where near our families and they still wanted the pictures. But if was just about the pictures, that would've been it. I could have easily just kept the dropshot account and archived the blog, but no, by then I was already hooked on writing about our daily life. Our ups and downs with Julia, our learning experiences as new parents and mostly just about Julia herself. I admit I'm still in awe of her every single day. The writing helps me to feel not so far away from our loved ones. To know that we've connected in at least a small way every time they log on. So that even when they aren't here to share the laughs and the bumps and bruises they know what's going on with us and that we are still here muddling our way through.

Now of course there are the others that I've met by blogging and that I get to connect with and keep up with. Some I've met in person, like Jennifer who we traveled to China with, and others I've not yet met and may never meet that still share a part of our day and open a small window into theirs for us. Like Missy and Kim. I like knowing for instance that my friend Noelle in Holland still checks in on us once in awhile, or that my friends in Germany of which I have a couple can just stop in anytime and take a few minutes to catch whenever it's convenient for them. Especially since phone calls just aren't always that convenient though they may be more personal. It just makes this big world we live in for a few moments seem a lot smaller.

Anyways. That's why I blog. Mostly for family, some for me and a lot for Julia so that someday I can have this of this information for her. What we were feeling and thinking, what she was like as a baby and a toddler, I guess since I'm not very good at scrap booking, though I do love to do that too, I just never seem to find time without Julia to scrap book FOR her. So for now this is it. A record if you will of who we are and how we spend our days. If you've enjoyed following us on our journey I hope we've made you smile at least a time or two. If you are new to us I hope you'll stick around leave us a comment and get to know us a little better.

So why do you blog?