4 Months

If you want a new outfit - not just any outfit... a brand new $35 pajama set - all you have to do is wait until the one time your mom doesn't pack an extra outfit when you go shopping and explode in your diaper. You'll get the best results if the nearest store is pretty expensive and only has one (admittedly adorable) option in your size. $35 pajamas are great and all, but they aren't really my...

A Short Letter to Myself

Dear Me,This time last year, you were basically dying. Between the extreme exhaustion of early pregnancy and having to wait almost two months for your first prenatal appointment, you thought that time was not even moving, really, and that your sesame-seed-sized baby would never ever ever arrive. Everything had changed, but nothing had changed. All your dreams came true but they were still kind of...

White Tree

So, I'm looking at the tree we just put up. It's from the first Christmas we ever shared as husband and wife. We lived in a little apartment (actually, a huge one - 900 square feet that was basically all bedroom) in Norman. Justin has a thing for live Christmas trees, so we agreed that I could have whatever tree I wanted until we started getting real ones. Justin's car was broken down, so he walked...