It’s a GIRL!
The ultrasound technician froze the screen, put up an arrow pointing to what looked like a lot of nothing, and (sure enough!) typed out: G-I-R-L.
We were both totally flabbergasted for, like, two minutes. But before they had even wiped the ultrasound jelly off my (now decidedly bulbous) belly, we were both just beaming, [...]
Rob continues to say the most delightful (and absurd) things in anticipation of our baby’s arrival.
Rob: “So, after you have the baby, you’ll be, like, a cow, for awhile.”
Me: “Uhhhm. You mean fat?”
Rob: “No, like udders.”
Rob: “I wonder if my baby will be able to make lemonade.”
Me: “What?!?”
Rob: “I don’t know. It’s refreshing.”
Rob: “I’ve got [...]
Turns out, Wyoming does agree with me. It was the best trip of our life. Better, even, than our honeymoon, we decided.
That may have had at least something to do with the fact that we know with certainty that our days of relaxing vacations and time for just the two of us are numbered. In [...]
As I was tidying up the other day, I was horrified to discover that the cello Rob rented me for Christmas has actually, literally been collecting dust.
I learned to play the cello as a kid. Not Suzuki or anything serious — just orchestra class in school, and a few private lessons as I got older. I [...]
Nine years ago on this day, twelve college students in central Illinois crammed a week’s worth of luggage and themselves into two too-small minivans. Bound for the East Coast and armed with little more than a pitch pipe and our voices, we were a college a cappella group on spring break tour, at the ready [...]
