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Getting used to the puke.
How likely is it that I would be woken up two days in a row by being vomited on? Well, people. It happened. Maisie has been sick. Very sick. It isn’t that she has the stomach flu. It is that she is coughing so much that she ends up gagging on something and then puking her milk all over me. It is so freakin’ gross. But I will tell you something…It is the BEST alarm to get out of bed! It wakes me right up, like a freshly brewed cup of coffee and a cold shower. A cold shower of pukey milk. Sick. Anyways, I jump out of bed ready to start the day. Surprisingly, it hasn’t made me angry. I am an angry waker and usually being woken up any other way than naturally waking up in the late morning will make me go ape and want to scratch…
Read MoreThree Yucky Confessions
I don’t really know why I feel like it is necessary to expose things about me to the world that are gross and embarrassing. I think the biggest reason may be because we all deal with crap and I am sick of the fact that people (including me) think we have to hide it and act like we are all perfect or whatever. Wouldn’t life be a lot easier if we were all just a bit more honest with each other and ourselves? Anyways, on with the confessions!!!! 1. I like to blow my nose in the shower. I have been meaning to write about this on my blog for some time now. It is absolutely disgusting and I realize that. But it needs to be said. I honestly believe everyone should blow their nose in the shower, especially if you have allergies like me! There are so many benefits! …
Read MoreShe looks so sweet and innocent.
But let me tell you, looks can be deceiving! Maisie is at an interesting age right now. Don’t get me wrong, there are so many wonderful things that I LOVE so much! She does this super cute thing where she reads to herself out loud. She also shares cookies, bottles, and other snacks with her dolls. One of my most favorite things is that we have our own little language and we speak it to each other! Maybe one day I will try to record it. It is hilarious. Some wise person once told me that, “Everything changes at one.” Man, were they right! Bedtimes are hideous! Flights are just sick and wrong (for the most part, luckily the last one was great), and she actually has an attitude now! That is what shocks me the most! I never thought that my sweet, precious, innocent little Maisie would ever throw…
Read MoreJust….so….tired…
Jet lagged. Baby who has thrown up on me three times since being back in the states. Waking up at an ungodly hour for the last five days in a row. Started a stupid soup diet that has left me with no energy (so I already quit after a day and half and two pounds lost). Too much laundry to describe, especially with the vomit and diarrhea Maisie has had. Holding a baby nonstop since she is sick and wants nothing to do with anything else. Emotional exhaustion from our time in Europe. And so much more, but too tired to think of it. Goodnight.
Read MoreRuined forever…
Maisie and I are really sick. I have yuck in my throat and we are both coughing like crazy. We are also both grumpy and tired. Justin and I keep saying that it wouldn’t be Paris unless one of us were sick. It seems like our last year here someone was always sick. I guess that’s just life. So today I called Justin to see how the packing of our things were going (he went out to the countryside to pick up all our junk to bring it back to the city and either sell it or get it ready to ship back to the states). Justin told me that he had some bad news. Some of our stuff had been ruined while being stored. Rats. Or squirrels. Or something gross like that had decided to make a home in our things. Maisie’s little Moses basket (pictured below) has become…
Read MoreWe made it to Paris!
Let’s just start this off by saying that if you can avoid traveling overseas with a one year old, then do it. Ew and a half. It makes me feel gross just thinking about it. I wanted to drug Maisie up so bad, but I didn’t. Just a little baby Tylenol for her teeth that are popping through. The flight was gross. She screamed for a while (which is a first for her). The only thing that stopped her crying was nursing. Ouch. There is only so much a nursing woman (whose child is almost weaned) can take before she feels like her boobs are going to fall off right then and there. But it was either nurse to the point of numbness or let her scream and disturb all the sleeping people. So my nipples paid the price for the sake of all to sleep. All but me. Paris…
Read MoreSome ramblings from my heart
I just want to be settled somewhere. We have been “on the road” since the end of August. We have been living out of a suitcase for that long, over three and a half months. I feel very unsettled. We don’t know what our future looks like and it is a bit unnerving. All we know is that we will be in Portland for a year. After that? We have no clue. We are waiting to hear from God. Waiting for some BIG sign or answer. Waiting for peace. Waiting for unity. Waiting. Lots of waiting. Reminds me of when I was waiting for Maisie, but she took her sweet time. Two weeks late is REALLY late for a huge pregnant woman! I feel like things are taking their sweet time right now. Justin and I have different feelings about the future, but I have complete faith that we will…
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