Motherhood.

so, some of you know that i am watching my friends' four kiddos this weekend. well, weekend meaning 5am today until 9pm on Sunday.

I. am. tired.

already.

but....


look...




i mean... come on. SO CUTE!

updates will come after the first dinner feeding experience.

My apologies.

I haven't been so good at blogging lately, have I?

I'm sorry.

And here, it was one of my New Years Resolutions... well, so was "number 3: kiss more" so i guess i'm failing on more than one front. Alas, i promise to blog more. even if it contains mundane details of my life- you, my public, shall have it. I have many thoughts and plan to share them with you.

For starters: Everyone is moving!!

Today I had lunch with Laurie and Nate! Laurie, her sweet hubby George, son Nate (and baby girl in utero) are headed to a new chapter of life as George starts a fellowship in Ohio. I am SAD they are leaving town. Even though we didn't see nearly enough of one another while living in the same town, they were still.. there. I have known Laurie since she was the cool 11th grader up at the main campus of Summerville High and was also (and still is) the cool older sister of my best friend Libbie! How fun that we landed in Nashville for a short time! it has been so nice. So, alas, on they go to the North. As we enjoyed lunch, i found myself grateful for real friendships. the kind that last through years and moves and transitions. I am thankful to the Lord for these precious friends and can't wait to hear fun stories of the move... well... at least once they have moved. i mean, who enjoys the actual moving?!

ok.... this girl is sleepy. Night night.

Seasons End

You may be thinking that i am just really jumping the gun with the ushering out of Spring and the arrival of Summer (which, if you live anywhere south of Bangor, Maine- may come as a shock to you that Summer has not even begun yet! the real heat is on its way!)

Nay, friends. Nay. What i speak of is the end of a couple "seasons" in the life of one Kelley Kirker.

For starters, today is the last day i will be keeping Lucie. The little goosebump will now be under the care of others- namely her parents. It was time for the transition, folks. Not only do i need to pursue organizing full time, but it also became a situation that i needed to evacuate. I am extremely sad to be leaving the baby as i have become totally attached to her little cute self. (sidenote: WHO knew that was possible?!) Because i am so convinced of this being the right decision, i feel confident that the Lord will provide the next step and already has, but it is still sad.

Next, i am slowly coping with the notion of a Nashville without Sarah June McCoy. My bloggership, if we have met in person, you know the significance this person has had in my life over the last three years. She made Nashville a desirable and peaceful place to be. I was fairly sure, in spring of '05, that i could leave the Music City and no one would notice. Until i met SJ and the Laudy Ladies. I was so very welcomed! In the last three years, SJ and i have had countless adventures, last second trips to exotic locations like... Birmingham, big girl beers, more concerts than i can count, hours upon hours of real conversation, probably walked 200 miles in our neighborhood, team babysitting, team house sitting, youth group trips, movies on the blow up mattress, a veritable tour of the restaurants in Nashville and surrounding counties, buckets of tears, and three years of laughter. I am positive we will stay in close touch- that's never been the question. i'm just so sad to lose the day-in and day-out interaction. I am so grateful for the things June has taught me and i really can't believe everything is changing, but i am SO excited for her transition to Atlanta. Time with her family and the new amazing job will be so worth it. Plus, we'll skype, so it'll all be ok. ha.

So, before all of these thoughts bring me to projectile tears or rocking in a corner with a drink telling myself "its five o'clock somewhere", i'll lighten things up for a moment. we all know that means i'll share a story for your reading pleasure and my (would-be) shame:

Yesterday i walked 6 miles on a treadmill because i didn't want to stop watching a tv show. lets hear it for technological advances at the Middle TN YMCAs! The best part is that the show i couldn't peel myself away from was none other than a vintage episode of "The Bachelorette". ya know... the one with Trista and Ryan! i had never seen it... until yesterday on the treadmill while others waited patiently. i wanted to say, "hold your horses... i'm living vicariously!" but figured that would make me look a tad pitiful. ;)

So, friends, heres the baton pass of seasons, both literal and symbolic, and doing so with gratitude, hope, and anticipation!