Last week, we went to Aldridge Botanical Gardens with Ashley, AJ, and Tessa. We had a lovely time letting the kids run around the gardens, eating lunch, and feeding the embarrassingly large mound of stale bread I had to thousands of fish, dozens of turtles, and one oddly alone Canadian Goose. I also embarrassed my […]
Her Gymnastics Career Was Like a Candle in the Wind…
We’re nearing the end of our second season of Gymnastics. Despite a rocky start, she used to love everything about it… The friends… The fashion (of course)… And even swinging on the bar for fascinatingly long periods of time with her freakishly mannish upper body strength. But something happened one day. A former coach surprised […]
Hopefully When They Arrive, They’ll Be Better Than Mine…
Waiting for teeth to come in can sometimes feel like waiting to go into labor. Not that I look FORWARD to my babies getting teeth. (Um, ouch.) But it’s hard not to read into every new baby development and think “that’s GOTTA be due to teeth.” (Unlike labor, though – there’s nothing to do but […]
The Secrets of Pisgah.
So. To celebrate our tenth anniversary (coming up on Thursday), Chris and I went to Pisgah this weekend. Yes. Pisgah. But you know what’s weirder than a town named Pisgah? The fact that there are two towns, in Alabama, named Pisgah. I discovered this by trying to map my iPhone to our destination. Then I […]
The Poo of Reckoning.
All photos contained herein are reenactments. The original event was far too graphic and intense to photograph. It had been three days. He used to not be able to go three hours without pooing. I knew that when it finally happened, I was going to be in for it, so I went ahead and […]
A Wedding Story.
I’m back! I had a very nice few days off (aside from yet another attack by the tooth army that lives in my mouth – I swear they’re out to destroy me), but WOW you missed a lot – quite the significant event happened while I was on break!! So it’s time to catch you […]
In Which I Became Student Work.
There’s something about having a baby and the following attempts to regain a not-sharing-with-another-human body that makes one want to change things up a bit. Get CRAAAZY. You know, like put on makeup even if one is NOT leaving the house. And wear clothes that aren’t two sizes too big. And especially try something new […]
The End of an Era.
Four years. My friend Ashley and I have gone to lunch once a week, every week, with our kids in tow. Tessa, Ali, AJ, and Noah. Yes, Noah IS in the photo. Seriously – we’ve missed less than a dozen weeks in FOUR YEARS. We do fun things with the kids, too – the Zoo, […]
February: A Review, in Conversations.
These types of conversations with Ali can usually be found on B-Sides in my Yittle Fings series, but February was especially noteworthy… Most Philosophical Statement of the Month: “When I’m scared in the night and I have a bad dream, I can always count on God… just like people can always count on […]
Answers, Part Three: Everything Else.
In a final dose, here are the answers to the rest of your questions from last week. Kim – Are you going to have a big family or is this it? Or is it too soon to say? Where would you travel to if you could go anywhere? We are pretty sure we’re done at […]