Oh, hi there!
I am so excited to be introducing myself as the newest Hellobee blogger! Those of you who read Weddingbee may remember me as Mrs. Cardigan – I blogged my wedding over there four years ago (has it really been that long??) and I can’t believe I have the opportunity to blog here now too!
Let me tell you a little bit about the Garlands. Mr. Garland and I both grew up in the Austin area and have known each other since high school – we met in geometry class, had a kissing scene together in the school play, and started dating my junior (his sophomore) year. We’ve been together ever since! We dated through the rest of high school, went to college together at Texas A&M, and got married his senior year of college. Since then, we’ve moved back to Austin, started our careers, I went to grad school, and this past January we had our son, Jackson. Oh, and we gathered three dogs along the way. We’ve been busy!
I am a middle school special education teacher (I teach life skills so I work with students who are many years behind academically) and Mr. Garland teaches high school physics. We both teach in the school district that we graduated from, and we get to carpool to work most days. Jackson attends a daycare run by the school district, so we’ve got a pretty wonderful setup with our childcare/work situation – we’re all very close to one another geographically throughout the day, and we all have the exact same schedule (except for when additional duties get in the way and one of us has to stay late, which happens more often than either of us would like!).
We had been married for a little over two years when we decided to try for a baby – both of our families were very surprised to find out I was pregnant (they had no idea we were trying), and Jackson was born just a couple of weeks after our three-year anniversary. Now he’s a rambunctious 10-month old who loves to play with our dogs (his first word was Bubba, a nickname for one of our dogs, followed quickly by the word dog), is very cautious and won’t attempt a new skill until he’s confident he has it mastered, and is on the verge of walking (ahh!).
We’re currently in the midst of adjusting our home (and lives!) to be ready for a toddler, learning how to balance crazy work schedules with family time, and trying to find time to foster our own relationship in the midst of it all. I can’t wait to start sharing with y’all, and I feel so honored to be able to be a part of this awesome community!
blogger / pear / 1563 posts
Welcome!!
clementine / 920 posts
Welcome! I remember following your wedding planning on WB!
blogger / clementine / 750 posts
Welcome!! Can’t wait to learn more about you and your family
pomegranate / 3779 posts
Welcome!
grapefruit / 4923 posts
yay, welcome!
blogger / nectarine / 2600 posts
Welcome!
cantaloupe / 6730 posts
Lol – I’ve been following you on Love&Renovations and was so confused when you popped up on Hellobee. Welcome!
blogger / nectarine / 2043 posts
Welcome!
nectarine / 2210 posts
Welcome! I was so excited to see you pop up here! I loved your posts and weddingbee and still keep up with you on Love & Renovations, so I’m excited to follow you here as well!
grapefruit / 4663 posts
Welcome! I’ve followed you since weddingbee as well!
@Grace: Ha yes me too! I was like I remember Mrs. Cardigan –> Love & Renovations –> ohhh now Mrs. Garland
pomelo / 5789 posts
Welcome! I’m in Austin too
blogger / apricot / 378 posts
@Grace: @jetsa: Hah! I’m all over the place!
I’m so excited to be here now and I love finding people who’ve been around for that long!
Always fun to find other people from my neck of the woods!
@wheres_c: Howdy, neighbor!
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21628 posts
Welcome! I also follow (and love) your personal blog.
clementine / 948 posts
Welcome
cherry / 131 posts
Maddie’s mom here. Looking forward to seeing all the bonus pics and reading more about your adorable little family!
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Yay! So excited to see your parenting blogs on HB!
nectarine / 2636 posts
I’m in Austin too! and I remember you as Ms Cardigan.
Your wedding was beautiful! And your new DS is too. We must be month twins too because my DD is 10 months old too. Looking forward to your blog posts!
blogger / eggplant / 11551 posts
Welcome!!
eggplant / 11408 posts
Yay, welcome!
kiwi / 659 posts
Welcome, I remember you from WB! I also have a 10 month old baby boy
blogger / pomegranate / 3044 posts
Welcome, what a cutie you have!
grapefruit / 4717 posts
Yay! So happy you’re blogging here. Been following since your WB days. Can’t wait to read more.
clementine / 957 posts
How exciting, your wedding was such a great style inspiration for my own on WB!
Welcome!
pineapple / 12053 posts
welcome!
apricot / 301 posts
Welcome!
blogger / persimmon / 1225 posts
yay, so happy to see you’re a blogger here!
blogger / apricot / 367 posts
Welcome again! Looking forward to your posts!
blogger / apricot / 335 posts
Yay welcome! So cute that you’re both teachers!
bananas / 9118 posts
Welcome! Happy to have you here, I remember your wedding!
blogger / persimmon / 1398 posts
Welcome!! I can’t wait to read more!
cherry / 168 posts
Yay so excited to see you here!!
You were one of my favorite bloggers on weddingbee when I was planning my wedding 3.5 years ago
pea / 9 posts
Clark’s mom here
I am excited to follow The Garlands!