Coming to the End...

Long time no post, huh?

Things are busy here in Tennessee-- Peter is teaching, I'm teaching, I'm doing a show, Pete is working on the house. Lukie is turning into a two-year-old. And I mean, seriously, it's like it happened overnight, but we have a two-year-old on our hands.

I think I'm coming to the end of this blog. Lukie is growing up...he's almost a teenager some days, I swear. He's this beautiful creature who brings me all the joy and frustrates me all at once. He finds things funny and likes to sneak up on us and stacks all of the cans in the pantry. All this to say that he's so undeniably person-like these days that I'm becoming less willing to share every movement he makes.

Ultimately, this blog was about sharing the earliest days of his life. We used it to keep in touch with family that lives far away and to chronicle all the little moments that make early childhood so special. It was a way to share the exciting experience of becoming new parents with the people we thought might care about our experiences. But with real personhood comes a right to decide what we share, and a need to control his digital footprint, so Lukie's blog is going to get printed out (on real paper) and saved and treasured until he can read it and see how much he changed our lives for the better.

So for our last photo update, here are some pictures of my beautiful big boy watering the sweet potato vines. Or trying to. There's a good chance he was watering his feet.

Same thing, right?

Thanks for following us and Lukie for two years. I'll still be posting occasional updates on that beautiful boy above on Facebook.

And one last word, before I go-- I am not finished with blogging. In fact, I've begun building a new one already. We're still working on our house, so now is as good a time as any to put up the link to my new blog, Anything Worth Doing. We're going to continue writing about our efforts to respectfully maintain and renovate our 1900 home. It won't have as many family stories, very few if any full-face photos of Lukie, and may someday become something of a business venture...but right now, it's just a way to chronicle the work we do on this sweet old lady in Tennessee. Please feel free to share with anyone you know who is interested in home maintenance, historic homes, or "makers".

Thanks, everybody. It's been wonderful to share my little boy with you.