Health

  • Look What We Made!

    The past few days have been a whirlwind of surprises and excitement as we welcomed the early, unexpected arrival of Baby Gracie.  Thank you all for your emails, comments, FB messages, and Tweets…

  • Pregnant Lists

    THINGS I LIKE TO EAT: – Swiss Cake Rolls – Salads – Cheese – Chocolate milk (currently my favorite) – Dr. Pepper – Bananas THINGS I DON’T LIKE TO EAT: – Most meat…

  • My OB and Me

    On Tuesday during my first period class, I had the biggest contraction I’ve ever had. I was in the middle of teaching and it literally took my breath away. It lasted a few…

  • Walgreens + Me =

    Hey guys, Today I’m blogging over on my Confessions of a Young Married Couple Reviews website for BlogHer. Head over to see how I spent a $50 Walgreens gift card and to enter…

  • Scenes from My Couch

      Flowers my sweet sister-in-law brought me I’ve been couch-sittin’ for the past week to help my back get stronger so that I can finish out the last three weeks of work before…

  • It Could Be Worse

    Today I went to the doctor about my back.  She put me on bed rest for this week.  The hope is that if I can rest it up really good this week, then…

  • Yard Sale

    This past weekend, we had a big yard sale.  I’ve been collecting stuff in our garage for the past 5 months and finally the stars aligned (meaning Chris was home, I was feeling…

  • Man Down! Man Down!

    Bean’s sick again. But this time it is pretty bad. This past weekend his little chest cold took a turn and became a raspy, congested, hard-to-breathe virus. His fever spiked up to 104…

  • The End of My Beloved’s Rope

    I’m one week shy of being eight months pregnant. My back has gone out twice. I’m tired. I’m cranky. I’m usually half covered in chocolate ice cream smudges. In short, I’m not at…