As a journalist, I was taught not to bury the lead, so I just have to get this out there…  Matt, our Director of Development, and his wife Julia are new parents! They welcomed a beautiful, healthy baby girl this morning. He’s on Twitter, so if you’d like, follow Matt and send him a tweet. Mom and baby are doing well, and we’re all so happy for the new family — can’t wait to meet her.

New Website
Earlier this week, we launched our shiny new Cypress North website. Thank you for all of the positive feedback you’ve sent via Twitter, Facebook and email. The team is planning to add some additional functionality, so if you have suggestions on how we can improve, please contact us. We already know we have to update Matt’s bio!

While designing the new site, we had a mini photo shoot so we could introduce you to our team. I loved how this page turned out. I think it helps to know a little bit about the people you’ll be working with, even if it’s just a picture. It’s more personable and helps build strong working relationships. Do you agree?

Cypress North video
During the photo shoot, I decided to secretly film a few behind-the-scenes videos of our team. I don’t claim to be a video expert, but I thought it would be fun to share some of the Cypress North culture with you. I’ll leave it at this — we work really hard, but that footage doesn’t make for entertaining video. 😉

This post should just be tagged “new” because a lot of new things happened this week: new parents, new website, my “new to Cypress North” intro post, and new video debut. What’s new in your life this week?

Have a fabulous weekend!