Stuart's First Blog... Ever

Welcome to my first foray into blogging. If you’re new to this blog, I’ll explain a little bit about myself and about why Megan and I have started blogging.

First, a little bit about me. Currently, I am an Associate Product Manager for one of the nation’s largest property/casualty insurance companies. In my “former life,” I was an actuarial student for an actuarial health care consulting firm. So, you could say that I’m a fairly analytical (or dorky, as my wife likes to say) person. Right now, I’m also working on my MBA from the University of Phoenix. If all goes according to plan, I should be done by early 2nd quarter 2009. That will be a glorious day. In my free time, I enjoy playing golf, Wii and poker, watching sports, trying new beers and hanging out with my wonderful wife and my 5-year old son, Cameron. My favorite sports teams are the University of Michigan, Detroit Lions, Indianapolis Colts, Detroit Tigers and the Detroit Red Wings. I’m also a big fantasy football guy. Whoever thought of combining statistics and football was a genius. I could geek out on that stuff all day.

Now, a little bit about the reason that we started this whole blog. Megan and I have been “working on” having a baby for over a year. However, when we first started walking down the path toward parenthood, we knew that it was going to be a difficult journey. After trying for over a year, we have decided that having a baby on our own is probably not a possibility. With that in mind, we decided to take the plunge and start looking into adoption. With the wonderful support systems that we have in place, including her parents and family, my sister, our church family and all of our wonderful friends, we have no doubt that we will be able to love an adopted child as our own. We’re very excited to see what God has in store for us as we embark on this journey.

That seems like a good first entry to get acclimated to me, why I’m here and what I see for the future. Hopefully, as my schedule allows, I will be able to be more actively involved in the blogging process so that this whole thing won’t be dominated by Megan. That way, everyone will get more than one view on how everything is going and how the process is moving along.