As I’m sure you noticed, I made a conscious effort to share my entire pregnancy and birthing experience on social media via blogging, Facebook, and Twitter – at times possibly sharing more than some people wanted to know. I know that some of you thought I was crazy to give social media any attention while […]
Noah’s Arrival
Spoiler: This post is a Long Birth Story interspersed and ending with Unbelievably Cute Baby Pictures to help detract from the traumasticity of the contents herein – at least for my sake. As I’m finally on a low enough dose of pain meds that I can type without the screen doing funky swirly things (and […]
The Rising Stars of the Christmas Story.
My Mom, who directs the Cubbies program at our church, decided to be a little overly ambitious this year. She decided to put on an entire Christmas play, as acted by about 20 three and four year olds. (She told me of her grand plans right after telling me that they usually cry at just […]
12 Lessons Learned From A Dreaded Fake Labor Adventure.
So we finally did it last night. After months of contractions that equated to the level of intensity that my “real” contractions were with Ali but NOT calling in for fear of making The Dreaded and Shameful Fake Labor Hospital Trip, and after an especially intense day and evening with contractions starting at 1:30pm and […]
In Which Noah (Wasn’t Quite) Born in the Sky.
Last Tuesday, I went to Children’s Hospital for the morning for a Blogger Media event. Myself and five other local bloggers (Nanci, Angie and Trish, Andre, and Val) were taken on a behind-the-scenes tour of the hospital, where we got to learn all kinds of amazing facts about our state’s only free-standing Children’s Hospital, which […]
I Adore My Husband, Even When He’s An . . .
Yes. That really is Chris that I’m sitting upon. You see, he’s always had this strange desire of wanting me to play the role of Mary when I’m pregnant. I avoided it when I was expecting Ali, but this year, he begged relentlessly. And so, I agreed. With one condition: that he couldn’t be Joseph. […]
A Little Glitter Goes a Long Way…Up Nasal Passages.
I’ve been seeing all of your awesomely fall crafty posts of how you’re oh-so-fancily decorating your houses for the season, and have mourned my complete inability to pull off anything similar. After all, I don’t usually write domesticated how-to posts, because my efforts would usually end up being how-NOT-to posts…. Such as, for instance, my […]
Football and Kid’s Market: Two Different Forms of Crazy.
So Saturday Football did not disappoint. I mean regarding my Scavenger Hunt, of course – what, you thought I was talking about the game?? It was good too. The “interesting” fans were out in full force. Amanda B. did quite well on the Scavenger Hunt, and Green Door Girl did a fabulous job creating an […]
Ali Get Your Gun and the Explanation of Freaky Baby.
We decided it was finally time to register for a few things for Noah. And, since it’s been four years since I’ve filled out a baby registry, I learned a few new things. My first surprise was that although adults (especially husbands) are completely mesmerized by the privilege of using The Barcode Gun, kids find […]
…Because I Like To Make an Impression at Social Events…
Chris and I had the privilege of attending the Birmingham Restaurant Week Preview Party on Wednesday night, compliments of Birmingham Magazine, from whom I won a contest for two tickets. (Which, by the way, if you’re in the area and don’t know about Birmingham Restaurant Week, you absolutely must check it out – it starts […]