1. This time last year we were preparing to bring in the new year all the way from Managua, Nicaragua. I technically celebrated the New Year-US time because I was so sleepy--but we enjoyed treats and tons of sketchy home-made fireworks. The trip was amazing and our first mission trip as a husband and wife. We're totally praying right this second for the...
So this was my first Christmas away from my parent's home. I really didn't think it was going to be a big deal for me...not because I don't love my family but because things like this usually don't get me all sentimental feeling. But I definitely woke up and thought a lot about my whole family being together without me--especially because I don't...
Brief update and a small disclaimer. The holidays were awesome and I did manage to take some photos, which is where my disclaimer comes in--I totally had my iso set on 6400 the ENTIRE break because the last time I used my camera I was shooting in the dark. I didn't notice when I was shooting because there was so much going on...
Mmmmm, heard baby's heart beat for the second time this week and cried yet again. Will this happen every time!? I sure hope so. It's so magical. I could listen to it for hours. The world totally stops when I hear those little thumps. I can only imagine what it's going to be like to actually SEE this baby. Gracious. And it was...
I totally went to type a post about funny things that have been happening to me, and then I opened the page and now I can't remember any of them. Perfect time to talk about how I've been pleasantly reminiscing about the good old days of hormonal teenage weird body changes and stuff. No seriously. Wanna know what the first trimester of pregnancy...
If you've never heard Adam Sandler's Thanksgiving Song from way back when or you haven't heard it since last Thanksgiving..it's a must. Do it. It's right here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PFERpWahZE In other news, I feel like a superhero right now because I totally did Insanity last night for the first time since getting preggos. This is basically a miracle considering I can't make the bed...
Look! It's us the day after we started dating. Fast foward a few years and here we are. Married, out of school, working (and doing more school), and having a baby. Nobody has been believing us when we tell them we are...that story about the wolf and the boy is totally true. Clearly we didn't learn our childhood lessons. I promise this time,...
Happy Suuunndddayyy! Favorite day of the week fuhSHO. We're stuck alone at the Lilley's house (muahahaha) and anxiously awaiting our church's Thanksgiving feast to support the two mission trips this year (Nica and Ukraine.) So we're pumped. Because DCF people can COOK. I have nothing of substance to write about. Bring onnnn the holidayyysss. ...
Chris and I have been going to bed between 7:30 and 8:30 almost every night since this dang time change. There. I said it. That's right. 7:30, people. You only live once. Kidding, I don't think that trendy phrase fits this scenario but I think we're pretty cool so whatever. On the bright side--it's 8:08 as I type this..that's PM, and we're still...
Despite all the clever, witty, sarcastic, and plain mean politically-related statuses..it's important to remember that YOU, my friends, have the choice each day to draw people of all kinds closer towards you in love...or farther away from you in bitterness. Kindness is contagious..and I think we can ALL agree that if anything-we'd like to live in a society that is kind. Maybe I'm not the...
Me: Hey! How were clinicals? Chris: Gooood, I'm sooo sleepy. Me: yea, me too. Let's go to bed at like........7 tonight. (joking) Chris: YES (serious) Chris: YEA, like we could watch a tv show in bed or something (serious) Chris: ...and then it'll be like 7 and we can just like go to sleep (serious) Chris: doesn't it get dark around 7 now? ...
Welp. My hot male nurse of a husband is writing some kind of paper about potassium. So I'll mumble out some thoughts through the fog that is my brain. I'm home from our first training week in Columbia. Here are some pros and cons to going to training in Columbia every other week: PROS: 1. It's pretty fun and reminds me of college...
We still have the creeper song stuck in our heads from SNL. Look it up if you haven't seen it..it's hilarious. It's the 2 day countdown until Chris and I have to sleep apart for the first time ever. I'm making a huge deal about this and you can just suck it up because it IS A BIG DEAL. I'm just kidding. But...
Just a quick update and some ramblings. I've failed to post lately mainly because I haven't wanted to get on my computer when I get home from work. Not because I have to be on my computer at work, but because facebook and other such sites depress me lately...I've concluded that the only reason I use facebook is for uploading pictures and writing...
Sometimes...after Chris has made a meal (or we've made it together), I start getting super nerdy urges to take pictures of the meal. Mostly because I hope one day we can put together a cute little cookbook, but then sometimes the pictures just sit in a folder on my computer and I never look at them again. Today I did and realized that...
Chris and I were google chat ADDICTS when we were dating. Let's face it, we still are. I'm not going to try and deny the truth. Anyways, we were LD for a semester (long distance) so we were ALWAYS up on the g-chat so that we could study and talk at the same time. Sometimes I get curious about the kinds of conversations...
I always feel bad when I write these kinds of things. Because the whole time I'm thinking, like, "you should be thankful that you can even GO to the dentist, ya big jerk." But let me just be human for .5 seconds and tell you why I would rather go to AWFUL girly-girl doctor's appointments once a week than go to the dentist...
It's amazing what a tiny little gesture at work can do for your heart! What a sweet gift from the Lord through a co-worker. Bet she didn't even know how much I love pens and handwritten notes. ;) You rock, Laura. ...
We're also fasting from negative speech this week so sorry about the title and for what is about to come out of my head. Anyways. Hopefully I'll make up for my negativity at the end of this post. Maybe. Maybe. Listen to how selfish this girl right here is. I'm going to talk solely about the selfishness that occurred from the time frame...
In honor of my sweet hubby's total domination of his first month of nursing school, I thought I'd post this little guy that I found at his house. For one, I like to look at pictures of baby Chris to see if I can imagine what our kids are going to look like (I know, right. Lame.) BUT also, I just like looking...
Remember how I said that one time that before every big "milestone" in life, Chris and I seem to experience a large amount of negativity? I know this doesn't just happen to us--we live in a culture that likes to complain and I am not immune. However, it's really awesome to be able to reach those milestones and be able to say, "Hey-this...
Let me just tell ya real fast how Christopher has this terrible habit of not believing in his abilities. I swear I'm not even saying this to be cheesy or to make you vom. But ever since we met way back when--he would tell me for DAYS how unprepared he is for things like tests and turning in projects for school. And then...
Welp. Christopherman and I got back a while ago from the weekend celebration at the Tate Casa for Grandma Tate's 80th (!!) birthday. It's SUPA awesome when all of the Taters are there..like..all of us. This fam is gonna be way crazy when we are all married and all start havin' babies. (Same with the Calamas side too...our family is equally as large...
Straight up, people. Hand it over. Kidding. I love my hubs just as much as the next gal. I mean just as much as the next gal loves HER hubs. Not mine. Back off, ladies. I don't even know how much other girls like their husbands. Hopefully a lot because marriage is way too fun, but ya never know. I'll give ya the...
If you enjoy smoothies. And you enjoy PB&J. This smoothie will blow your mind. I first had a PB&J smoothie at a place in Clemson years ago--and I totally forgot about them...until today when I was about to make PB&J.....and then it hit me. I know, it sounds gross. But you just make a PB&J....and then stick that sucker in the blender. Done....
First, the important things: Chris has officially started school and he LOVES it! There are 19 people in his class, so I imagine they'll be a fun little family as the semesters go on. I'd love to be able to learn in a small class setting like that. It's perfect for him. There are something like 6 guys and the rest are girls,...
Today is an exciting day. It's Chris' last day of his first real job. :) I know he has met so many amazing people at Anmed and he'll be so sad not to see them on a daily basis anymore. On Monday, he starts nursing school which is SO exciting and I'm excited to finally get to talk about it since it's definitely...
So anyways. Get this madness. I struggled for a few months (as noted in..um..maybe 95% of my posts in the last good while) with the fact that absolutely ZERO job openings were available to me. Then. In one week, I was offered 2 (low paying but still awesome) jobs. Chris and I knew it was going to be tight financially if I took...
Chris and I have always said we're so blessed to have such wonderful older married couples around us that have seriously paved the way for some awesome examples of marriage in this crazy culture of ours...where 2 to 3 month celebrity weddings cover the magazine stands at stores and where "till death do us part" are taken out of marriage vows.........just in case....
