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This is the last installment of Thankful Thursday! Big thanks to B for the idea/inspiration. I’m thankful that I made up my own chili recipe on Friday and it worked wonderfully. It basically consisted of me looking at the recipe I printed out, mostly ignoring it, and adapting it to what we had in the [...]

Wesley turned 15 months old on the 25th, and a few days later came down with some kind of horrible virus. He has a low-grade fever (100-101°F) and a full-body rash that’s the worst on his thighs and bumcheeks. He’s refusing to nurse and won’t nap for more than an hour. Night before last, he [...]

I have some exciting news! Ready? I have given my notice at my job, and we are moving back home to Idaho. This is one of those times I wish I felt comfortable talking about my workplace on my blog, but I do not. Suffice to say, things got weird, people I admire and respect [...]

We traveled to Idaho for Wesley’s first Christmas! He had a great time and so did we. I think his favorite toy was the green ball he got from Grammie Angie and Grandpa Ronnie: My favorite photo from the vacation: Those EYEBROWS, oh my goodness. I don’t know what he was doing but I love [...]

Over Labor Day weekend, Daniel and Wesley and I decided to surprise our families and make an unannounced trip to Idaho! Despite my parents and my brother and his girlfriend and baby going on a camping trip, we had a great time and definitely surprised everyone. We left Thursday after I got off work, so [...]

My family came to visit me last weekend! My mom, dad, and one of my brothers drove down to Portland to see us and we had a great time. Here are some photos: Wesley and Grammie Angie: Wesley and Grandpa Ronnie: Wesley and Uncle Landen: We went to a local toy store, looked at lots [...]

Today has been just lovely. Wesley had a good night so I didn’t wake up exhausted, and then Daniel took him to the living room for a while anyway so I could rest a bit more. I got breakfast in bed: French toast on Texas Toast-style bread with blackberry jam, and BACON and fruit and [...]

Wesley Leif was born March 25, 2010 at 11:57am. He weighed 6lbs 14oz and was 19″ long. He’s super cute! (And blonde!) I will post the rest of the birth story as soon as I can. The short story is that I dilated to a 5 and was doing pretty well, but the baby hadn’t [...]

I totally got the absolute shock of my life this morning. I am an aunt. My younger brother and his live-in girlfriend had a baby in JANUARY and kept it a secret for not only the entire pregnancy, but for A MONTH after the baby was born. My parents found out last night. Here’s what [...]

Christmas Eve this year marked 24 weeks of pregnancy for me, meaning that if – heaven forbid – Baby were to be born, he would at least have a chance at survival. Babies born prior to 24 weeks are often too fragile and underdeveloped to make it. As such, I am very, very thankful that [...]

Scene: Yesterday evening. I am in the kitchen talking to Daniel. I happen to be wearing gray jammie-pants, dark gray tee, and his light gray sweatshirt. Daniel: You are awfully monochromatic. Me: Oh, ha, I– Daniel: “By the power of GREYSCALE!” Our friends’ save-the-date that came in the mail today: Impromptu crafts, especially ones that [...]

The most surprising Internet gossip I’ve seen in a LONG time. I have no idea why this surprised me so much, but it did. Congratulations to Jem and Karl! This text effect. I don’t know that I’d call it “letterpress” per se, but I do like it and I’ve been wondering what fancy things to [...]

Hi! I have no idea what happened to that last post I wrote! After our flight was delayed on Sunday, we did end up leaving Wednesday, but it wasn’t 8:15 Wednesday morning like they said. We got on the plane around that time, and ended up arriving in Spokane at about 1pm. I should probably [...]

The other day, I got a phone call from a number I didn’t recognize. This happens fairly frequently, so I just let it go to voicemail. I checked the message about fifteen minutes later and this is what I heard: Hi Meggan, my name is [blank] and I have a Honda CRX that needs to [...]

Harry Potter IV DVD To begin, Daniel is all better. He took the next day off of work to recuperate and felt better stomach-wise and then promptly came down with a cold. He’s still snuffly, but he’s feeling okay now, which is awesome. My parents flew in Thursday evening and we spent a lot of [...]