So you remember that thing about how I hate to spend a lot of money, right? So, you can imagine how much the thought of buying maternity jeans really thrilled me to my core. Especially when no stores carried my size in stock and I would have had to order them online withOUT trying them on, plus pay shipping. And…
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Spring Break
After the beautiful spring weather of the last few weeks, this week has turned cold, windy, and rainy. There is even hushed talk of snow flurries later this week. And yet, I do not care. What has brought about this change of attitude? Have I lost my mind decided that I don’t mind winter all that much? Certainly not. I’m in Mexico….
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Ready, Set, Go
If you read Merrick’s blog, you may have seen her very cute pregnancy pictures, starting at Week 26 and continuing through until about two days before her baby was born (spoiler! she had her baby!). I’d planned on doing the same thing, but I didn’t look pregnant for a while. (That black thing sticking out of my stomach is the…
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Thirteen
Today would be Shepard’s thirteenth birthday. I’ve been thinking a lot about him in the last few days. Sometimes, I think about the big events of his life – the night I came home to him having a massive seizure and having to make the call to 911, the night my mom came home from the hospital to tell us…
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My Favorite Time of Day
Now that the weather is warming up (well, most days) and the sun comes up earlier, Bart and I have started walking (and occasionally running) in the mornings together. While our apartment is not particularly nice, the neighborhood is lovely, full of beautiful houses and quiet streets, and at six a.m., the roads are silent and still. It’s become one of…
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