New Year's Resolutions

2013 is here, and I've narrowed down my originally daunting list of new year's resolutions to two:

1. Floss every day.
2. Start a blog.

...And since I was woken up at 4 am by an unhappy toddler and haven't been able to fall back asleep, (and the new year has already been here for five days!), I figure I better get this thing started.

Here I am, welcoming myself to the blogosphere. :)

I've spent the last few days browsing other people's blogs, trying to get a feel for what I want to write.  I am not a fashionista, or a chef, or a relationship guru.  I won't be posting anything about how to paint your nails, or how to salvage old shutters. But I do have a wonderful husband and an adorable daughter, and we do some pretty cool things sometimes.  So I'll write about us--our lives filled with work and school and basketball and church and family.

(I'm sure that most people who read this already know us, but just in case...)

This is us!

New Year's Eve

Thanksgiving--Great picture, I know :)

Taylor--My husband, my hunk, my tall "please get that off the top shelf for me" person, my very best friend.  We've been together since June 2008, and married since June 12, 2010. Four-and-a-half years and just as in love as ever.  He works his tail off six days a week so that I can finish school and spend some time at home with Nora, and I'll be forever grateful for that.  He's a basketball guy through and through, but loves his 49ers, too.  He's the most wonderfully caring dad to our baby girl.  My mom always told me to find the man who "would swim through shark infested waters to bring you lemonade." I'm so lucky to have found him so early on in life.  What an awesome gift to find the love of your life at seventeen.  He's my lobster. :)

Nora--My daughter, my source of joy and laughter and comfort, my daredevil, my little bug.  She's the goofiest, smartest, and most entertaining little girl.  I found out I was pregnant with her only four months after we got married.  Needless to say, I felt every emotion possible during those nine long months, from nervousness and trepidation, to excitement and anxiety.  She was born June 28, 2011, and I've loved every inch of her for every minute since then.  I feel like I was meant to be a mom, and I'm so blessed that I get to be a mom to my perfectly silly little girl.

And Me--I'm Becca, and my life is, in a word, busy.  I'm a full-time student at UAF.  Only three more semesters until I graduate with my bachelor's in accounting in Spring 2014.  For some reason I'm incredibly nerdy and I love accounting, don't ask me why. :)  I have two part time jobs.  The first: I'm a bookkeeper for my in-laws at The Cookie Jar Restaurant, or at least I started out as a bookkeeper.  My job has sort of transformed into bookkeeping, buying giftware, taking catering orders, busing tables, etc., but I love it.  Nora gets to come hang out with me while I work, and see Dad (he works out front) and Grandma and Grandpa  all day.  It's so great that she gets to be with family, and not at a daycare, all day.  Second job: I clean a small private school in town for about 45 minutes at night.  It's great to have the extra spending money, and it's my time at the end of the day to rock out--I turn up my music and get my vacuuming on.  When I'm not schooling or working, I'm most likely: at church, watching Monroe basketball with Taylor, coloring with Nora, crocheting, and/or watching The Vampire Diaires (my guilty pleasure!).

So there you go: a short synopsis on The Young Burcell's.  Here's to the happiest of new years! I'm so excited for what 2013 has in store for us, and I'm really hoping this blogging resolution sticks better than last year's "Ice Cream Only Once a Week" resolution. ;)