going private. sigh...

so i guess the time has come. to go private.

i've researched it. i've talked to other people who have decided to do it. i've done my homework. and think it's probably the best thing.

for a while, i thought about just closing the entire blog down. but i can't do that. i can't do it for several reasons.

one. i'm selfish. and the catharsis that occurs when i write...well, it's literally like drugs for me. or what i assume drugs to be like. remember that whole, "i've seen you with that 2 pound bag of m&m's hannah...NEVER do drugs" talk.

two. i know there are many of you who are actually interested in our lives. some of you are far away...some of you are our neighbors. life goes too fast these days. and i know i LOVE reading other blogs. i love keeping up with kids and families and life. because i don't always have the time to call every single day and see what's going on. and i assume some of you feel the same about us.

three. this has literally been the BEST baby book ever for pratt. and i will be printing out years for him. as in books. blog books. so that when he gets older...he can look back and read them. enjoy them. see what he did when.

so...here i am. wishing that i didn't have to do it. but at the same time, the world has changed. many years ago, if someone wanted to know about you...it was difficult. they had to go through your mail. but now....all they have to do is search for hannah fulks or clint fulks on google...and here we are. personal information. pictures of our baby. everything.

and while i've tried to be cautious. i've never said where we live. i've never showed a picture of our house. it wouldn't be too hard to figure it all out.

and that scares me. because there are freaky, scary people out there. and heaven forbid...if something happened to our baby...i would just die. and i would never forgive myself.

i have hesitated to do this because i know i will lose some of you. for that, i'm sorry. i hope you will email me. and give me your email address...and i'll invite you to the blog.

i guess it's all part of being a grown up. doing things we don't want to do. pushing the food down the disposal with our bare hands. cleaning out the fridge. taking out the trash. etc. etc.

so...i plan on going private soon. i've thought about keeping a separate blog just for me. for my thoughts, prayers, etc. and then making everything about pratt private. i'm still debating that.

if you're interested in following our mundane lives :) please email me or leave me a comment with your email address. i hope to hear from you.

have wonderful tuesdays.

oh, my email is hannahfielderfulks@yahoo.com