Lucy is the BEST niece ever. My sister gave birth to my first niece 5 months ago; it was one of the best days of my life. My mom, other sister, and I had been longing for the day that my sister would tell us she was pregnant. When it finally came we were ecstatic. Now, that she's here, it's insane how life works. It's crazy how fast you can fall in love with someone so quickly. I may be biased but she is the most beautiful baby ever. Not all babies are as adorable as everyone may say (when they lie to his or her parents), but my sister gets compliments on Lucy daily. They say they've never seen such a beautiful baby before. She is absolutely precious. I can't wait for her to continue growing up. She has already changed so much from when she was first born. It's crazy to think that my sister gave birth to this little human; she laughs and gives huge smiles. She just learned how to roll over and sit up. I can't wait til we can teach her how to walk. So, I just wanted to share with everyone how amazing my niece is. :)

One of my favorite hobbies is running. Not only do I run for exercise but it makes me feel 10 times better about everything. It relieves my stress, relaxes me, and makes me feel happy and energized. Anytime I'm having a rough day or a lot on my mind, I look forward to getting out and going for a run. My dad got me into running when I was in high school; he is a great runner and has run a couple marathons. He's in his fifties and could out run me any day! I think running a marathon would be awesome and something I would love to say I accomplished. Hopefully one day we'll do one together. Typically I run short runs, about 2-3 miles in my neighborhood, during the week with my dog; then, on the weekends my dad and I go out and run up to my old high school which is about 5-6 miles. I hope to keep up my routine of running because it is great for my health and keeps me in shape and stress free!

The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errors, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.
Theodore Roosevelt

This is another one of the quotes my mom introduced to me and I love it. I think everyone should try to live by it. If you don't try, you are not going to succeed or get any where in life. I have gone through many set backs and struggles trying to figure out where I am supposed to be in life but I feel that no matter what happens, everything has a reason. Like they say, it doesn't matter how many times life pushes you down but instead how many times you get back up.