So, here I am, starting a blog a week before our first baby is due. Maybe that’s because, you know, ushering a new life into the world just didn’t seem like enough of a challenge.

Really, though, I’m here for a few reasons:

1. I’m an OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive Documenter). Since I can remember, I’ve liked to catalog everything about my life through photos,  various online platforms (shout-out LiveJournal, circa early 2000s!), and creative writing. And, since I’m about to embark on what will undoubtedly be one of the most integral experiences of our lives, mommyhood, I thought that starting a blog would be a great way of documenting–and, more importantly, remembering–this time.

2. I need the creative outlet. I’m a poet and a photographer and a writer and a design nut, but really, I don’t have enough time in my life for any of those things. (I need to work on making the time, which is another reason this blog is here.) For the next several months, I’ll be fully immersed in mommying a newborn. Because I’d like to come out the other end with some shred of my sanity still intact, here I am.

3. Parents, friends, and family, most of whom live far away (insert sad face).

I don’t really know what this blog will be–or what shape it will take in the months that come. If I’m being realistic, I’d probably admit that I’ll likely be waist-deep in diapers and unable to look at my laptop, let alone compose anything coherent. But, I’m naive. So, for now, here’s the plan: I’ll post whenever I have time. I’ll share what I love, and that will probably lead to posts about our home, our eats, our travels, our wanderlust, and–mostly–our soon-to-be son.

Whatever happens, this will be another adventure–and you know how much I love those!