what?!

baby born, house sold, family together, life continues!

umm yeah... started this ol' blog 7 years ago, but it's just easier these days to pop a comment out there on facebook & twitter (when i take the time to do even that!). if you're reading this, you probably already know the details: addison born 10/23/09 @ 5:56am, moved uhaul load 2 of 3 the next day, closed on the sale of the house a week or so later. God timed it all out perfectly.

jake has transitioned to his new school like a champ and lindsay is playing super mom and wife as she always has. church is going good: continuing to build relationships, teaching the Bible well, and developing ways to minister to all ages.

some of this catch up of facebook / twitter posts won't make sense without the context of that day and time, (and anyone reading here has probably already seen them) but here goes:

# New pics! (plus I just wanted to show off my new profile pic) 31 minutes ago from TweetDeck

# Good day for a kite, right? ;-) 3:05 PM Dec 9th from TweetDeck

# Finally made it to Nashville late last night! Looking forward to being with family all of today and tomorrow before heading back Sat. AM! 10:06 AM Nov 26th from TweetDeck

# Enjoy the new pics on Facebook! 2:58 PM Nov 24th from TweetDeck

# Addison is 1 month old today. Say it with me: ALREADY?!??!? 3:38 PM Nov 23rd from TweetDeck

# Had a great day at church yesterday! It's so wonderful to finally be ministering as a team with Lindsay who is an awesome pastor's wife. 9:12 AM Nov 23rd from TweetDeck

# Had a great time reminiscing about the early days of our relationship over a tasty Japanese dinner for our anniversary last night :-) 8:52 AM Nov 10th from TweetDeck

# Happy 7th anniversary to my sweetheart!!! Also, we got Jake started off at his new school and he seems like he's going to do great! 9:12 AM Nov 9th from TweetDeck

# With lots of help, we've turned the tornado of a house into just a messy house with all but one room setup. Lots of progress! 10:26 PM Nov 8th from TweetDeck

# Today: closing on house sale at 11am then driving home to Covington for good. Wow! (Parsonage looks like a tornado w/ all moved in stuff!) 6:45 AM Nov 6th from TweetDeck

# Thurs: took Jake to school, back to hotel to get fam for Addi's 2 wk checkup, picked up Jake, lunch in Lex, exit interview w/ Jake's teacher 6:42 AM Nov 6th from TweetDeck

# Wednesday: Covington to NIcholasville, loaded final uhaul, Nich. to Cov., unloaded truck, Cov. to Lexington, collapsed. Thanks for the help! 6:37 AM Nov 6th from TweetDeck

# Final moving day! Time to stretch the back, lift some furniture, and drive from Covington to Nicholasville to Covington to Lexington (wow). 7:22 AM Nov 4th from TweetDeck

# Last day apart!! 3:05 PM Nov 3rd from TweetDeck

# Don't you love it when you change a diaper and your kid immediately craps in the next one? It's even better when they do it twice in a row! 10:31 PM Oct 31st from TweetDeck

# You have no idea how excited I am to be on baby duty. I haven't seen her in days and I don't care how many times she wakes up tonight! 10:16 PM Oct 30th from TweetDeck

# Less than 24 hours til we're all together for the weekend! Then just a couple more nights apart and we'll be done. 8:11 PM Oct 29th from TweetDeck

# Less than 46 hours to go 10:46 PM Oct 28th from TweetDeck

# 68 hours 'til I see the family again. Doc, I think I need to borrow the Delorean. 11:33 PM Oct 27th from TweetDeck

# CRACKED me up! RT @endonend Photo: I Want to Have Twins Just to Get Them These T-Shirts: Gizmodo Geek humor! http://tumblr.com/xcu3pxb84 11:26 PM Oct 27th from TweetDeck

# LOVE me some @Ale_8_One !!! (I also love that their twitter feed found me instead of the other way around ha!) 11:13 PM Oct 27th from web

# Tuesday: Drove from Lexington to Covington to work in Cincinnati. Tried to relax this evening, but moved a ton of boxes to correct rooms. 10:46 PM Oct 27th from TweetDeck

# Monday: Took forever for Lindsay to be released and then we enjoyed an awesome reunion as a family of four. 10:45 PM Oct 27th from TweetDeck

# Sunday night: Lindsay & I had a "date" in the hospital with a Qdoba snack and our Sunday evening shows. 10:43 PM Oct 27th from TweetDeck

# Sunday: Dad & Jake day - we went to watch Astroboy (and we both really liked it), played @ McD's, @ home played games & outside, & just hung 10:42 PM Oct 27th from TweetDeck

# Been working on uploading these baby pics for an hour again. Finally just used the ol' simple uploader. ENJOY! 4:20 AM Oct 25th from TweetDeck

# Saturday: Moved a 17 foot uhaul worth of stuff (load 2 of 3) up to Covington. So much going on! Thanks everyone for the help!! 4:19 AM Oct 25th from TweetDeck

# Baby Addy is getting her first manicure! Let my princess's pampering begin! 2:36 PM Oct 23rd from TweetDeck

# She eats great, burps well, and poops like a champ already. What a sweet baby girl! FB photos is messing up in the hospital - I'm tryin! 1:11 PM Oct 23rd from TweetDeck

# Addison Blair Collins has arrived!!! Oct. 23, 2009 @ 5:56 am. Mother & Baby are doing great! Pictures soon! 9:37 AM Oct 23rd from TweetDeck

# 11 days! Wow!! 7:03 AM Oct 22nd from TweetDeck

# Very good chat on the phone with NPH Matt @goroyals08 today ! 8:49 PM Oct 13th from web

# I think sometimes God just likes to show off how good he is. 9:04 PM Oct 11th from TweetDeck

# Sold the house! Sold the house! Thank God Almighty, we sold the house! (Now, pray for a smooth closing and moving out the week of the baby 1:49 PM Oct 11th from TweetDeck

# Want to follow our Church? @CovEastside 1:53 PM Oct 9th from web

# WOW! The creativity of the crazy wedding entrance people just became the centerpiece of the moment many have waited for on The Office. 1:26 PM Oct 9th from TweetDeck

# Just got home and finished "dinner" (mmm.... Cinci chili ) after Church board mtg. and finishing sermon research. Now watching The Office! 11:26 PM Oct 8th from TweetDeck

# Led the first night of what will be a long Bible Study through the Bible. FInalizing prep for tmrw's Board mtg & working on Sermon! Busy! 9:34 PM Oct 7th from TweetDeck

# So ... Lindsay fell again. Not on her womb this time, but her ankle is severely sprained. Cancelled PM church and drove back home to help. 9:25 PM Oct 4th from TweetDeck

# Beautiful morning drive back w/ bright moonlight and God-painted tones of sunrise to light the way. 6:51 AM Oct 4th from TweetDeck

# Wow, just wow - If you love Wilco, they completely approve of you downloading these: http://www.themidnightcafe.org/?p=1481 10:23 PM Oct 1st from TweetDeck

# Made pasta & garlic (communion) bread last night; made curry (canned) chicken w/ rice & naan bread tonight. Cookin machine! No PB&Js here! 10:06 PM Oct 1st from TweetDeck

# Last day of the month at the sales job. Time to "kill it and drag it home" !! 8:15 AM Sep 30th from TweetDeck

# Home after an evening of visiting a couple of shut-ins with our visitation team. ... Now time to watch Biggest Loser and go to sleep! 10:05 PM Sep 29th from TweetDeck

# Had a great time hanging with my cousins watching football and playing Madden. Made a fun midnight walmart run on the way home! 12:18 AM Sep 29th from TweetDeck

# At home now. Watching Desperate Housewives and Brothers & Sisters without Lindsay just doesn't feel normal. 8:57 PM Sep 27th from TweetDeck

# Working on next week's sermon and trying to figure out where to go with October. Mark 10, a month of Job, Hebrews, or all of the above. 8:28 PM Sep 27th from TweetDeck

# Spent 15 hours with the family last night and this morning. Totally worth it, but it's always hard to leave.. Anyone want to buy our house? 7:04 PM Sep 26th from TweetDeck

# Half day at work and then an evening with the family!!! 7:20 AM Sep 25th from TweetDeck

# Getting attacked by a mosquito I thought I swatted last night..... ::scratch, scratch:: 7:24 PM Sep 24th from TweetDeck

# SNL impression of Guy Fieri from Food Network was spot on! Can I get some queso on that?! 7:20 PM Sep 24th from TweetDeck

# Laughin' my rear off watchin' SNL Thursday - it's been a long summer! Hooray for Fall TV ! 45 minutes til a new episode of The Office! 7:16 PM Sep 17th from TweetDeck

# Repost / RT your own story #WhereWereYou My college dorm mate woke me up after 1st Tower fell and we watched the 2nd Tower fall, horrified. 1:47 PM Sep 11th from TweetDeck

# NFL Overtime is terrible. 8:05 AM Sep 11th from TweetDeck

# Beautiful! What once was ... http://is.gd/37qbP 1:55 PM Sep 10th from TweetDeck

# Finally saw the rest of the main plays from the UT game via ESPN360 - awesome! Let's see how they look against some tougher comp. though... 7:38 PM Sep 8th from TweetDeck

# Finishing up the nice long weekend by watching Fistful of Dollars and eating some leftover grilled bbq chicken. 5:51 PM Sep 7th from TweetDeck

# @GStephanopoulos Nice alliteration ;-) 2:42 PM Sep 7th from TweetDeck in reply to GStephanopoulos

# Looking forward to a longer weekend with the family!! 7:54 AM Sep 5th from TweetDeck

# Long day at both offices, but dinner at 11:30pm was still yummy! 11:31 PM Sep 2nd from TweetDeck

# Finally making a temp church website and setting up social media sites (who cares if I'm the only a few will know how to use those ;-) ) 11:32 PM Aug 31st from TweetDeck