HER PERSPECTIVE Best Moment: I spent the weekend in Massachusetts with my favorite ladies – my favorite ladies who now know our exciting news! I had tentatively planned to tell them on Sunday after the festivities, but they coaxed the news out of me before we even boarded the plane. Kristen H said, “Em, do you have news?” To which... Read more
HER PERSPECTIVE Best Moment: I’m pretty pleased with the prenatal yoga video I bought this week. Of course, it’s no Kerry Bestwick power yoga class (which I miss immensely), but it’s also ions better than the lunch hour meditation offered at work. There are planks and warriors and triangles — with modifications for each trimester. And I feel amazingly loose... Read more
HER PERSPECTIVE Best Moment: The three-hour nap I took after work one night. Seriously. It was the best nap — under the covers of my bed and everything. Symptoms: I had my first emotional breakdown this week. On the floor with my head buried in my bent knees. For no reason except I wanted Nick to go to the grocery... Read more
HER PERSPECTIVE Best Moment: Nick spent the week in New York, and I was so grateful for his return on Friday afternoon. By that point I had eaten an entire pan of brownies and had gone out for ice cream sundaes twice. I don’t even want to think about how much more I would have consumed if he had been... Read more
HER PERSPECTIVE Best Moment: It’s official! The doctor confirmed our pregnancy with a blood test on January 25th. Now I can just relax and stop analyzing every ache, twitch, and cramp. Also, we’re so proud (and surprised, really) that we were able to keep our news a secret despite spending an entire weekend with family. Within minutes of arriving at... Read more
Thank you all SO much for your sweet comments and tweets on yesterday’s big announcement. We are thrilled to finally share our excitement with the world! And now, we hereby declare this Baby Week on the blog. We promise to get back to recipes next week (root beer-glazed pork chops, anyone?). But, first, let’s recap the first trimester, shall we?... Read more
There’s something in the oven … And it’s not just cupcakes! That’s right, friends … Baby Wiley will be joining our family in September! We have been so anxious to share the news since we found out in January. We have seriously never kept a secret so big. We told our families last week – with cupcakes and ultrasound photos,... Read more
Yesterday I texted Nick to ask if he wanted to make jambalaya for dinner. Because it was Fat Tuesday. And because he loves spicy Cajun food. It took him less than a minute to respond, “Yes!” He even did the grocery shopping before I got home from work. In addition to the necessary ingredients — onions, peppers, tomatoes, and kielbasa... Read more
I love these ladies. And I love when we’re able to spend a weekend together — whether we’re drinking wine on the Finger Lakes, playing tourists in Manhattan, causing trouble in Milwaukee, or returning to our alma mater — we know how to have a good time. Two weeks ago, three of us traveled north to Massachusetts to surprise the... Read more
Emily is usually the confectioner in our house, mostly because I don’t like to measure things out when I cook. This recipe, however, is right up my alley, and it was a sweet ending to Challenge Oranges. This delicious cake only calls for one package cake mix, one package jell-o mix, some eggs, a splash of orange juice, a bit... Read more