Meet Lila!!!

As my second posting of my "life as a turnip", I have some good news to share! Eakin and I are going to have a little one in our lives soon....

HA! Gotcha! Just kidding!!

By little one, I mean a little tri-color cocker spaniel that will be named Lila! The Reich Family have three of these breeds of dogs, who are all wonderful members of the family, Camille (Cami), Begonia (Bebe), and Gatsby. Now there will be another flower, Lila, short for Lilac to be added to the bunch.

Cami with Eakin, Paden with Gatsby, and my Bebe

In my opinion, I think her middle name should be "Daisy" because it's another flower plus it's Gatsby's love. Although I'd probably be ruled out in that decision.

She was born May 29th to the parents of Montana (Mom) and Sparky (Dad), and she will be ready to bring home on July 11th! So Eakin and I will be celebrating our one year anniversary a little early (it's the 27th) and take a trip to Tennessee, go to Nashville and to the Hickory Glen Farms in Summitville to pick her up!

Here are her parents!

Montana (top) Sparky (bottom)

.....and here she is!!!!

Now I know you are all having that face and saying "AWWWWWWWWW", aren't you??


Isn't she the most adorable, cutest, loveable, sweetest thing you have ever seen????

Who wants to read the Life of a Turnip?

I have always been interested in reading people's blogs, though I did not have one myself (that has now officially changed as you are reading this of course). I can understand why some of my friends have blogs, such as my good friend Amanda who left this life in Birmingham, Alabama to go start a new one in Belgium as a worldly traveler and Au Pair. You can catch up on her here. Or as another friend of mine, Jessica, who moved to Seattle for new changes as well, you can read about her adventures here. Or you could just be a great writer and have wonderful, interesting, humorous stories to tell or insights on the world like my friend Joe (check him out here, I swear this kid needs to be writing for SNL). *though please finish my blog before exploring another one, as I need the encouragement :)

All of those fellow "bloggers" seem to have a purpose for "blogging". But what do I have to share with the universe and the infinite space of the cyber world? I guess if I was Carrie Bradshaw, that would be my question for this episode.

I was discussing this topic with my friend Mandie the Au Pair, worldly traveler today and I purposed this question to her. I asked, "who in the hell would read my blog?" (my exact words from gmail) and she responded, "I would, I read many these days". (Thanks Mandie). So as soon as I thought about it, the title hit me, and here I am. But another question still arises. Is it more healthy for yourself, to write a blog, then for the people reading it? Is more beneficial for yourself, because it's the new technology instead of writing in a diary...although your diary is for all the world to see....I do believe in the fact of keeping your private life private, and I do not believe in posting (or reading about) what you had to eat today, or what great dress you bought on sale. However, I do believe in sharing some experiences in life that make you happy, or sad, or just down right a mystery or puzzle.

Because isn't that what life is about? Sharing your experiences with your friends, even if your friends can't always be with you to experience them?

So I will start this experience of sharing, whenever I have something interesting to share that is. Although, I do have an event coming up that I probably will write about, or excuse me "blog" about soon. Guess you will have to stay tuned to know what that will be....

If you read all of this, and have added me as one of your reads, then let me say.....Thank You....hopefully I won't let you down...