Friday, October 24, 2008

I want to post something else but I don't know what to say.....

So here are some new pictures of Riann!!! 






How is it not easy to have the BEST DAY EVER when she's around?!
We love her soooo very much!!!


Saturday, October 4, 2008

Going Private???? - I need some advice!!!!

So I've been thinking a lot about going private. I watched a "Law and Order" episode this last week about child predators and it really freaked me out. I didn't realize that there was no way to protect children from these people if they are stealing photos of children and the children are not indecent in any way. I've tried to be really careful to not post pictures of Riann that would be tempting to someone just browsing but didn't think twice about someone thinking she was "pretty" when she was a little older and taking a photo to keep with them for heaven knows what. It made me sick. It makes me sick that because of the vastness if the internet I have to go above and beyond to protect her from things like that.  

So here's the dilemma. I started using this because I wanted to update my family on what was going on with us in a manner that didn't require a password or an account to view, like Facebook or Myspace. It was perfect!!! Now I have this fear that I'm putting my child in danger because I'm posting pictures of her online for anyone to view. I can keep doing what I'm doing and just make sure that I'm not putting anything up that might be questionable or I can go private and not have to worry so much. If I go private though I don't think my family will view my blog because some of those I'm updating aren't all that computer savvy and they're the main reason I'm doing this. 

What kind of advice does everyone have? Have you who have gone private liked the security of doing so? Is there a way to invite my family members so they don't need a blog to sign in? Did anyone run into this problem? 

I'm going to try to make a decision by next week so if you can please help me with some advice or experience that would be awesome!!!

Hope to hear from you soon!!! 

Thanks!!!