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 […]
Phantom Baby.
This is one of those posts that’s going to either make you think that I’m a bit crazy, or you’re going to say “YES!!! I’ve experienced that! I’m glad I’m not the only crazy one!” (So, I guess either way, you’re going to think I’m crazy.) Oh well. Chris and I encountered a strange phenomenon […]
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 […]
A Foreshadowing? …The Cattle are Glowering.
If any of you had any slight deja vu feelings come over you while reading my Halloween Post (I Love My Husband Even When He’s An…) earlier this week, you weren’t crazy. There is, actually, a possible explanation as to why I would want my husband to dress up as a donkey, and evidence that […]
A Plague Has Come Upon Us.
a mere four days… plus weather consisting of tornado warnings, high temperatures, rain, and intense humidity… turned this… into this. one of them seems to have acquired a terrible case of rotting beardface… and the other, a horrifically painful-looking throat infection, along a malady of behind-the-eye-socket fuzz. four days. all that work for FOUR DAYS. […]
Having Two Index Fingers is SO Redundant.
Ali is determined to lose a finger. Not in a quick it’s-done kinda way, like, say, chopping it off, but more in a slow, painful, death-by-strangulation kind of way. (Which reminds me that when I was a kid, I believed that body parts, when they had their circulation cut off, went through a very specific […]
Adventures in Illnesses. Of Every Variety.
So this week isn’t starting off with quite the happy vibe I would hope. I’m thinking about declaring Wednesday to be Monday and starting over, but two Mondays in one week sounds rather worse than just accepting that it’s a bad week and moving on, so I think I’ll just look forward to next week. […]
…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 […]
An Original Spin on the Traditional Blowout.
I went through a phase of blogging where I was writing a bunch of disgusting posts. That phase was called Diapers and Pottytraining. Then, as that delightful stage of life came to an end, my posts quit being so gaggable. And really, so did my life. But yesterday, we had A Moment. (Insert ominous-FOX-voice-overdub saying […]
A Chronological Tale of Cubbietastrophes.
Our Church does the AWANA program – similar to Scouts, except you get your badges by memorizing bible verses. I went through the program as a kid and absolutely loved it, and so, of course, I’ve been hyping the utter amazingness of it to Ali. Plus, my Mom has been the director of the Cubbies […]