Continued from Part I! Warning: This has *almost* every gory detail, and is absolutely far too long for a blog post, but I'm not apologizing because I want to remember everything for myself forever and ever! (Also I wish I had more pictures to break it up but we honestly took none once actual labor … Continue reading Arthur’s Birth Story: Part II
Arthur Thomas Jackson is here!! He was born on July 13, 2021 at 7:44am weighing 7lbs 7oz and measuring 20.5 inches long. I can't even believe it. Pregnancy is this long waiting game of now and not yet. My baby guy lived in my belly and I bonded with him and felt his kicks and … Continue reading Arthur’s Birth Story: Part I
Wow, it feels like such a long time has passed since the last update! The third trimester has been so interesting, as I expected. The first two are pretty straightforward - the first trimester was nausea and fatigue and lying low, the second was fairly normal energy and lots of dreaming about what's to come, … Continue reading Pregnancy Update – 3rd Trimester
21 weeks - my favorite picture of the little-but-visible bump! 28 weeks on the beach in St. Augustine Note: I started writing this when I was 22 weeks, and then proceeded to spend all my spare time & energy working on the baby registry for the next 2-ish months (it's like a part-time job!), so … Continue reading Pregnancy Update – 2nd Trimester
Undoubtedly, one of the best parts of living in Paris is having a zillion amazing museums at your fingertips. Whit and I are major museum nerds. We like almost any kind of museum - fine art, science, natural history - whatever it is, we want to learn about it. Paris has a number of world-famous … Continue reading A Quirky Museum Filled with Taxidermy
After compiling a list of all the movies I want to see (I use Asana for stuff like this!), I found myself watching way more movies than I normally would, and across a wider range of genres. Instead of watching a tv show or repeating my go-to movies over and over, I actually watched the … Continue reading 51 Movies I Watched in the Last Year and a Half
There's no denying the magic of Paris. What is it that makes it such a romantic place? It's not even that you have to have someone to enjoy the romance with - it's more that you develop a romance with the city itself. The City of Light has artistry woven throughout its history. Its history … Continue reading Our Absolute Favorite Thing to Do in Paris
When we planned a trip to Switzerland in May, we pictured valleys sprinkled with wildflowers, spotted cows grazing in fields of green, and stunning views from every direction atop mountain peaks. Instead, after winding down highway after highway hedged in by such beautiful spring views that practically made our eyes pop out of our heads, … Continue reading Stumbling Upon Narnia in Furenalp, Switzerland
Oh man, the first trimester was rough! I felt so horrible almost every day until I hit 14 weeks. Now, the cramps are mostly gone and I have a lot of my energy back! Praises!! I read through some posts like these and took a few recommendations from other people to try to make it … Continue reading First Trimester Favorites
Yep, we're on to the next adventure! I don't really like doing things the easy way, so I figured why not add a pregnancy to this year that has already been filled with the challenges of a global pandemic, moving to a new state, buying a house, and starting new jobs?! We always have to … Continue reading Baby J: The First Trimester
