good news...

...running a business is never easy. when i left my old job, one of the VPs came to me to try to convince me to stay. when i told him that i was thinking about leaving to run a business - MY business - he made some comment about "well 4 out of 5 self businesses fail". i shot back "well then i think you underestimate what i am capable of". i have to say after almost a year, it has been amazing and at times overwhelming. what started out as a hobby transformed into a passion for deb and i and i think it shows. we are now a couple of times bigger than we were last year - wow, i can't believe that can happen in 1 year! to start at a trade show with just a mere table and in 1 year moving to 2 booths is a big feat for us. i wonder if i should let this VP know this.

i will admit there are moments of doubt and stress but we believe in what we do... and i want to thank you all for that - you all make it possible. i worry sometimes b/c i feel i can't keep up with the calls and emails we get each day but it is better this way than to wait by the phone for no one to call. we take each customer, big and small - seriously - and if it is something we can do for a customer we will strive our best to do so but if we say no, well then it is for a good reason too b/c i don't want to under deliver on a promise...

this brings me to my news... and there is no other way to say it but like this:

my DH and i are expecting our first child next year... after Memory Trends, i could not for the life of me figure out WHY i was so tired and why my pants were fitting so tight! i figured it might be from the stress of the trade show and too many meals eaten on the run then. we had also begun to look seriously at international adoptions as a way of growing our family and also giving love to a child who needed a family. but the good Lord had other plans for us at this point. this is big news for us and as we go to asia for our next business trip and to visit my grandmother, we will share our news with her - she has been asking about great grandbabies for a while.

so for many reasons, this has been a great year for us. we expect that next year will be great for us for Maya Road and for our family. i can't wait!