One-year blogiversary!

The Keddiebears blog is one year old today! (And, incidentally, yesterday's post was our 100th post!)

We've averaged about two posts per week this year, which is actually better than I'd anticipated... And it's been so much fun sharing our lives with our friends near and far. According to Google Analytics, we get visitors from all six continents! That's more a testimony to how far-flung our friends are (hello, family, study abroad students, missionaries, State Department employees, and other international friends!) -- most of you guys are referred to our blog via Facebook links or Google searches for our names. Though lately, we've had a couple search hits for baby-related items... I knew doing a weekly chronology of the baby bump would be a good and useful service! :)

To celebrate our one-year blogiversary, I'm announcing another "delurking day." Come out of the woodworks and leave us a comment! Click on "Post a Comment" below -- you don't need a Google account to do so; just click the radio button for "Name/URL" and put your name in the box that pops up.

It's been so fun having you all along for the ride thus far -- thanks for reading our ramblings and sharing in all our momentous milestones over this last year!

I get by with a little help from my friends

You guys are all so wonderful. :) Thank you for the blog and facebook comment love, and for looking out for me while David's gone! It was very heartening to see these concrete examples of care and affection -- I really appreciate you!

Quick public service announcement: it looks like maybe blogger isn't publishing all of your comments? A friend of mine mentioned this morning that she had commented on the post below, but I don't see it there. (HHD, this is for you... Oh well, at least we see each other on a regular basis in real life!) I'm guessing that may be a glitch on blogger's part -- there are certainly times when my connection to their server is lost -- but I don't know for sure. So if I haven't responded personally to a comment, check to make sure it posted.

It's also wonderful spending time with my IRL friends. :) I got to hang out with our married couples' small group last night -- can't think of a better group to be a fifth wheel to! And then my friend Mimi came over tonight and brought dinner! And tomorrow night, we're having a potluck dinner with our other small group!

What a surfeit of blessings. :) Thanks for the "little help," friends!

Cheer Christina up while David's away -- leave a comment!

Day one of the PEF/Manna winter retreat... So I'm all alone in our suddenly too-large and too-quiet apartment.

I was supposed to be traveling to DC tonight for a deposition tomorrow (and then hanging out with a college roommate and her boyfriend), but the trip got canceled at the last minute. Literally at the last minute: I was starting to shut down my computer to leave, when I got a series of emails postponing and then canceling the deposition. So there goes my new and exciting work challenge -- and my distraction from a David-less home.

So I thought I'd declare my very own delurking day on our blog as a cheering-up measure. :) According to Google Analytics, we have had 134 unique visitors to this blog since its inception. The vast majority are referred from Facebook or Google Reader, so I'm guessing we know most of you out there... And we'd love to hear from you! Staying connected with friends and family is, after all, the primary purpose of this blog.

So do me a solid, and leave a comment! Whether you're a long-lost friend, a next-door neighbor, or someone who just stumbled across our blog somehow, I'd love for you to delurk and let us know that you've been reading.

It sure would cheer me up... :)