After I had Aliceana my husband and I got to hold her. I remember asking him if it hurt his hand to hold her (he had carpal tunnel surgery earlier in the week), and his response was “I don’t even care,” while he smiled down on her. My mom, Grandma, and Grandpa got to come see her that night, we still hadn’t told many people that I was in labor. I didn’t ...
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Aliceana’s Journey Home: Labor
Three weeks and a few days ago I had my little girl, she's had quite the journey in the last few weeks. This is the first installment about her journey home. My swollen self on the 4th of July. It all started on the 4th of July. My mom had been telling everyone that my baby was going to be born on the 4th of July, and everyone ...
The 6 month bump
I haven't posted any bump pictures on here yet. I'm not one to over share about pregnancy things. My two biggest pregnancy pet peeves is people that over share ultrasound pictures and people that refer to their baby by it's name during their entire pregnancy. I don't know why, but those two things drive me nuts! I actually only take bump pictures because I have this adorable ...
My rock n’ roll wedding!
Our wedding was a very hands on DIY Rock and Roll theme, and it turned out just like we hoped it would. We met at a concert, and music really brought us together in the beginning of our relationship, so it only made sense to break out the chucks, guitars, and records. Here are the down and dirty details. My wedding came in at around $8000, because I did everything myself. We ...
Happy Birthday Hobbits!!
Today marks the birthday of two of the greatest Hobbits ever. I'm talking about Bilbo and Frodo of course! The Lord of the Rings series is basically the greatest story ever told. If you haven't read the books do it, right now, nothing you could be doing could be more important than reading LOTR. The Lord of the Rings movies are how I spent a few of my first dates ...
First Post
A glimpse at our wedding. You can call me the domestic geek, move over Martha Stewart I can pwn you at video games. I can not count how many times my husband has said that, "We need to start a website about how awesome we are!". So I'm not that completely jaded...I'm a little jaded, but I wouldn't label myself that awesome. I've been married a little over 2 months. We ...