A lot can change in a year...

It was just one year ago today that we found out that Arya was on her way into our lives. Now she is 4 months old, and I can't imagine not having her with us.

I've told the story of how we went running last year on July 19, and how I came back and got sick but thought I'd just pushed myself too hard. Well after feeling sick for the rest of that week, I was starting to think maybe something else was going on. That weekend we bought a pregnancy test and I took it on Monday morning, July 25.

It came out positive, but I kind of didn't believe it. I had just been to the doctor for a physical and they'd done all sorts of tests trying to find out why I had been having dizzy spells. (Hmm? Maybe because I was pregnant!) They'd given me a pregnancy test too, and it had come back negative - and I thought there was more of a chance that my home test was wrong than the doctor's test! Well, it turned out that my test WAS right, the doctor's test had been just a little too early for the hormonal changes to show up, and the dizzy spells were all part of early pregnancy too!

We were happy to know I was pregnant, but still nervous about getting really excited since I'd miscarried earlier in the year and we worried about that happening again. Thankfully, there were no problems this time, and our beautiful daughter Arya arrived healthy and strong on March 24, 2006. She is such a gift and we are so blessed to have this precious little one in our lives.

So here's to the anniversary of finding out about Arya and here's to her Uncle Philip whose birthday is today!

See anyone you know?

Rajeev, Arya, and I watched the final stage of the Tour yesterday. We excitedly cheered as Floyd Landis won his first Tour de France... and guess which famous Floyd fans we saw captured on OLN's coverage? Look closely (the quality is bad because I took a photo of the tv!), but you'll see Sara on the left holding the "Go Floyd" umbrella, Dad behind her with his hand in the air, Liz in the middle holding her camera, and Mom on the right waving the American flag! Who would have guessed we'd have such a great view of the fam among the thousands and thousands of spectators there in Paris? How fun is that? Maybe someday we will get to be there to witness the race in person! Anyone up for a trip next summer? You never know - we'll have to see what happens.

Floyd takes the stage!

Update: Floyd won the stage and is now only 30 seconds behind the overall leader of the race! (That is amazing considering he was 8 minutes and 8 seconds behind the overall leader at the end of yesterday's stage.) He still has a chance at taking the yellow in Paris! Woohoo! Even Arya is cheering!

Tour de France!

Mom, Liz and Sara are at the Tour de France and we've been getting the updates from them and online about the developments in the race. However, the night before last we found out that we have mysteriously had a bunch of cable channels added at our house. So, now we have OLN, which is following the entire race!

Yesterday Floyd Landis (who we're cheering on to win the whole thing) had a really bad day and went from 1st overall to 11th overall. He lost 10 minutes or so, which is not good. I have OLN on in the other room and have been checking in periodically to see how things are going today and I'm so nervous! Floyd has gained about 5 minutes, but they still have around 40 miles to go. I could just go over and check www.olntv.com and find out the final results (since this isn't airing live), but I'm trying to wait and not spoil the whole thing. Anyway, here's to Floyd! Keep up the hard work! No matter how it turns out, you've done great!

Well, I think trying to post regularly on Arya's site has kept me from posting regularly here. Oh, that's just an excuse - I guess I'm just bad about posting in general.

Things have been busy though.

Arya is doing great. If you visit her blog you can stay updated on all of the things she's been up to lately! I'm trying to start adding photos there more often too.

Rajeev's been working really hard at Ontario and on his side project with his friend, Matt. (If any of you need a great software that makes it quick and easy to keep your church or ministry's website updated without having to know how to write code or be super computer savvy, let us know. Similar software for specialties other than churches and ministries are coming soon - that is just the first phase of the software to be realeased.)

I've been taking on some freelance projects and trying to get my portfolio in order so that I can do more photography. Check out my new online portfolio at my website, www.karenkarki.com! Rajeev helped me set up this nice viewer. I still need to add more photos (I haven't even put any of my design work on there yet!), but it is coming along. If you know anyone who is looking for a photographer for any upcoming events, feel free to pass along my name and website!

Mom, Liz, and Sara are in France for a month, following the Tour de France. Oh, I wish we could be there with them! I miss them a lot. I normally hang out with them often and I don't quite know what to do with them all gone for so long!

Well, that is the basic update on what we've been up to lately. I won't promise to post again really soon, but I'll try to do it again at least in the next month or so! (That way since the expectations aren't so high, I won't feel like I'm letting you down!) Until then, take care!