A new decade...a new blog!

So most of you have probably been checking in on us either on Polkadots & Pirates or Newman's Neighborhood. As we've gotten more readers on those sites, we figured it is time to keep you updated without sharing too many personal details about our lives and our kids with just anyone. We tried sharing pictures through Picasa, but as many of you who have already given me crap about it know, that stopped once I opened my shop on Etsy. I uploaded ONCE after that. Big fat FAIL on that one. So I am hoping that this will be a fun way to keep people who are interested in the loop and a good way for us to document what's going on in our lives to save for the kids when they are older.

Today is a big day for a couple of us Newmans. I am 30 today...a whole new decade for me! Our little Tater is 5 today, too. Its hard to believe the time has gone by that fast and that in a few short months he'll be in kindergarten.

Tomorrow is Tate's big pirate party that he has been dreaming about for a year now. We'll have lots more pics after the next few days, but this is one of me and my big guy from today.Tonight Eric took me out on a date, which we don't usually do on my birthday so that we can spend time with Tate, but he is super excited that Gma Sandy came to order pizza with him. Then we came to home to enjoy the cake that Eric got for me (with a little help from Rachel, of course!).
Thanks to everyone who sent birthday messages or called Tate and I...it was a wonderful day!