Jen, Author at All My Ish

Skeletons

By Jen | February 8, 2007 |

I normally don’t post two times in one day, let alone two times in one week, but THIS I had to! I was reading BBC news and found this article. How beautiful! Skeletons are supposed to be scary, but this is anything but! Check it out HERE!

Fingers

By Jen | February 8, 2007 |

Ever since the first comment in high school that my fingers looked funny, I have despised them. I would keep my hand curled up so as not to display the "mushroom" or "alien" shape my fingers took on. I think Justin is the first person that I actually would freely show my fingers to (besides my mom and sister). How ridiculous is this? I was ashamed of something I couldn’t help! I wanted the pretty fingernails that all the other girls had. But God gave me these fingers. The whole finger thing is just one more thing that I had struggled to like about myself. It has been a few years since I have been content with the shape of my fingers. The other day I was inspecting every inch of my precious little Maisie and came across her fingers. Can you guess what I am going to say? Yep,…

She really is the Cutest!!!

By Jen | January 26, 2007 |

I really need to write an actual post. Something about my life or something clever or just something!!! I am finding it hard to have the time to do much of anything these days, besides taking care of Crazers. That is just one of the many nicknames we have for Maisie. Nugget and Nuggy are the other two nicknames that are most used. So because I don’t have time to write, I will just show off how stinkin’ cute she is. She really is!!! We are having SO much fun with her and we can’t wait for you (family and friends) to meet her!!! I never wanted to give Maisie a pacifier (for lots of reasons), but as you can see, I have succumbed to the pressure…or maybe just the pleasantness her sleeping quicker in the evenings and not crying so much. The pacifier has saved us on many occasions…

My little Maisers…

By Jen | January 11, 2007 |

Just wanted to post some new pictures of the little stink stink! She is so great! Her little baby acne is starting to clear up now that we switched laundry detergents. Poor little sensitive skin girl, just like her mom! As you can see though, she looks just like her daddy! This last picture is a fun one that Justin took right around the corner of where we live. We LOVE that stroller!!!! It is the best for city life.

Butterfly Kisses

By Jen | January 5, 2007 |

Justin and Maisie danced tonight. Maisie loves to be moving. She mostly loves us to hold her and move and we have found that it is more fun if we dance, so often times we will dance with her. Watching a little one month old baby (my baby!) dance with her daddy was really one of the more precious things I have ever seen. Justin held Maisie as if they were doing the waltz, with her little arm out. It was like something you might see in a movie! When Justin looked down at Maisie he found her staring into his face. He looked back up and said with tears in his eyes, "I don’t want to dance with you at a wedding," meaning Maisie’s wedding. Oh Justin is such a softy! He loves his little girl!!! (Oh, if you didn’t "get" my title, I am sort of joking…

Protesting the New Year?

By Jen | January 1, 2007 |

France loves their protests! When we lived on Montparnasse (a large blvd in the center of Paris) there would be protests ALL the time. Now that we live in more of a neighborhood, we rarely see protests unless we are out. The French will find anything to protest about. This article is a great example of what the French are capable of protesting!

Remember the days?

By Jen | December 31, 2006 |

Remember the days when I used to post about weird things like mullets? I scrolled down the main page of my blog to find that EVERY post had to do with our new baby. Now this one does too. I can’t escape it. I am obsessed and overtaken by this new part of my life. I love it though. I love everything to do with her. I used to research on the internet the best workouts or some other weird thing, but now I research breastfeeding, sleep schedules for babies, why she cries the way she does, anything baby and I am reading it! It is out of control! It is so consuming! I do have to say that I miss writing about dodging dog poop in the streets of Paris or writing about my new bad haircut. But since I am so obsessed with this new little person, I…