Happy. Healthy. Hip. Momma.

Derrick named this blog. It describes me. Though, if it were all inclusive of words that may describe me, he should have also included "over-caffeinated." Never the less, here I am 

I am happy. I am healthy. I am hip (just ask me). I am a mom. 

These are the things I will blog about: Happiness. Health. How to be a cool mom. How to survive motherhood. First-time mom life. Fitness. Dogs. Motherhood. Marriage. The world. Life. 

The list goes on. 

I've honestly struggled to get my first real blog post on here, so I am just going to leap with an introduction. 

My name is Annie. I am happily married to my husband Derrick for just about four years, and we have a gorgeous daughter named Sawyer. We have two dogs and live a simple but fun life. We are happy. 

I've been through the ringer physically and mentally over the past four years. Struggles to get pregnant. Struggles to stay pregnant. Anxiety about being pregnant. Anxiety about staying pregnant. When we finally had our sweet girl I could have sworn we were in the clear. God had other plans, and severe Postpartum Depression punched me in the face. That is another story for another day, but thanks to my loving husband and several sessions with a counselor, I survived to tell the tale. Many of my posts will focus on my journey to overall health. I am not an expert, but I am indeed a survivor. All this to say, I am healthy.

Now. As I said, Derrick named this blog. Though I sometimes feel hip, I probably am not all that hip. My current selection of clothing includes a lot of workout clothes, about 20 pairs of comfy pajamas, old navy tanks, and jeans from Target. I love a good deal, so I will try to post my finds on here. Perhaps that could be a weekly post. Time will tell. Regardless, I am hip (sometimes). 

Finally, I've been momming it since July 22, 2017, and its the coolest job ever. Seriously. Our kid is rad. One of my favorite things about being pregnant was watching mommy vlogs and recommendations for products. I probably watched 100 YouTube videos hashing out the top 10 must-haves for new mommies. We've tried a lot of products, have our favorites, and have lots of good insight now that we managed to survive year one. Stay tuned for lots of mom posts. 

Happy first real blog post for me. Cheers!

-Annie