Facelift!

I'm so excited!  If you've visited here before, you'll notice that there are some visible changes...hopefully for the better.  My grandmother came over today to have lunch with us and play with Noah, which meant that I ended up with about three hours of "me-time."  Three hours!  Just for me!  I wasn't quite sure what to do with myself.  Read?  Catch up on laundry?  Nap?  All of the possibilities were ever-so enticing, but the end result was that my blog got a facelift.  Ever since I started it about a month ago, I hadn't been quite content with the visual formatting.  I liked the color scheme, but was limited by the template that went with it.  So, my good friends Picnik, Paint Shop Pro X2, Blogger, and I spent the afternoon together.  Three hours later, here's what I came up with.  I hope you like it!  Please feel free to comment and let me know what you think of the various changes (unless you're going to say you hate it all, in which case, nevermind). :)