Posts by Jen

Another Bad Haircut

Can you even believe it?!?  I can’t.  I mean for goodness sakes….I live in Paris, France and cannot get a decent haircut!  Paris, France!!!!  This will be the fifth AND FINAL haircut I get in Paris.  Geez!  It really isn’t that bad.  I mean, not even close to how bad it was when the silly American man cut it into a disgustingly ugly short cut that turned mullet within a couple weeks.  I straight ironed my hair the other day (with this new cut) and checked the back and I couldn’t believe my eyes.  It was completely uneven in the back.  I am talking, long chunks just chillin’ on my neck.  This is not ok.  So here I am, once again, wearing my hair up all the time.  Can’t a girl just wear her hair down once in a while?  Nicole…I am looking forward to one of your amazing haircuts…

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Ice, Ice, Baby…..do do do do do do do do.

Tonight we went to an AMAZING Moroccan restaurant!  Seriously, if any of you come to Paris, you must ask Justin (not me because i am horrible at directions) where exactly this amazing restaurant is!  Jill, if you are reading this, we are going there when you and Sean get here!  SERIOUSLY DELISH and a great atmosphere!!! On to why I am posting this.  Maisie was really hungry on our way home from the delish restaurant and started to get really fussy.  For some reason Justin doesn’t know ANY little kid songs.  I don’t think his family was into musicals and nerdy song things like mine was…no offense mom, it was nerdy.  But fun!!!!!  After trying to entertain Maisie with one of my childhood favorites…something about a king with a big nose ring…I decided to bust out a little Vanilla Ice so Justin could join in.  Somehow I sitll have most…

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A New Look and Good Friends

That’s right. I have a new look. Justin spent part of his day making my blog look more sophisticated and not so teeny bopper. Now that I am a mother, I need to act like it. Not really. I was just ready for a change. Anyways, enough of that! I had a great time tonight with our friends who are on vacation from the states! They are long time family friends who we sort of lost touch with for a bit. They mean SO much to me because they are people who were friends with my mom and dad when they were still married. Not many people know my dad (that I know) so it was just sort of cool. Makes me miss my dad! Pat is one of the people who was here and she just cracked me up!!! Not only was she hysterical (totally reminded me of my…

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baby pain

Last night was hideous. I don’t really mind the lack of sleep, but it drives me crazy when Maisie is in pain. I think she may be teething. Before her last feed we laid on my bed and chatted about our day. It was a sweet little time…until she burst out screaming high pitch screams. She refused to eat and would have nothing to do with anything, except the mirror in the bathroom. It is literally the ONLY thing that calmed her down. If I would walk out the bathroom the screams would begin. So I spent about two hours last night in the bathroom in front of the mirror with a crying (on and off) baby. I finally called my mom to pray and called my sister for some practical advice. Maisie finally ate and passed out from the numbness of her gums and the drugs flowing through her…

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Mustache

I realized that I haven’t been very good at writing on here.  I mostly talk about Maisie because she is a HUGE part of my life right now.  I find myself talking about every detail of her.  Even her poop.  It is getting out of control.  So I am thinking to myself, "this blog is all about my issues (thus the name ALL MY ISH), so maybe I should talk about those."  So because you have been missing out on all my latest issues, here you go! I have a mustache.  That is latest issue.  No, it isn’t a hair mustache, but a sun spot mustache.  I got the good ol’ pregnancy mask when I was pregnant and it has decided to stick around post pregnancy.  It just happened to appear on my upper lip.  Justin called me Jean Pierre on the metro today.  Nice.  We had been out in…

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Ten Hours

That’s right. Maisie slept ten hours last night. This makes me sad for some reason. I know I should be ecstatic that I am finally able to get a looooong stretch of sleep, but no, I am sad. I miss our little cuddle times in the middle of the night. She has always been a good sleeper with stretches of five hours straight from the beginning. We started Maisie on solids and she is also sleeping in her big girl crib now. She is such a big girl (six months yesterday!!!). So big in fact, that she can now sleep these long, I don’t need mom, stretches! The first night she slept about seven hours, the next night eight, and then last night was ten straight hours between feeds!!!! My little baby goo goo is growing up!!! I had it all planned that I would put her in bed for…

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Nobody Knows Her.

Today I am feeling a bit sad that most all of our friends and family have never met Maisie.  She is such a part of who we are now and it is strange to think that some of the people we love the most have either never met her, or only seen her for a week or two.  This is the part of living so far away that I really don’t like.  But what can we do about it?  Nothing I guess, except post pictures and videos and hope that you get to know her a bit through that.  She is such a delight and adds so much more joy to our lives!  We wish you could be a part of her life and love her and smother her the way you would if we all lived close!  …..Just some “I miss home” thoughts for today….

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