This is the last year my wife can say she’s in her twenties and I feel it necessary to reciprocate words of praise on her special day (which was yesterday). First off, what a wonderful mom for sharing her birthday with her beloved daughter. Doesn’t get much more selfless then that. And for all of you who know Meghan, you know that the birthday is possibly the most important day of celebration in ones life. This is obviously reflected in how much time and effort she puts into giving me and her daughters the best birthdays ever. If only I had a cloning machine to make another Meghan to throw herself a party. One can dream! She really knows how to go the extra mile to make us feel loved and important and we are so blessed. Plus she is an awesome party thrower; And Pregnant! Anyway…for all you people who enjoy this thing called the blogosphere, I just wanted you to know how much I do appreciate and love my wife. She is the BEST. So happy birthday honey. May it be our best year yet!
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weekend of l-o-v-e
brian and i went on a little date. we ate yummy food. slowly. and actually conversed with one another. it was quite lovely, and i feel motivated to make it happen more than, oh twice a year. also, someone may have needed to loosen their belt on the ride home. and it wasn’t brian.
we baked treats for vday
and put together special goodies for our friends. cute cards from here.
we made a special valentine for brian
which was fun for a while…
until it wasn’t anymore.
good weekend, for sure.
to our most favorite guy in the whole wide world,
can i give some advice?
on my old blog i had a tracking thingy installed that told me where my visitors came from and how they got to my blog. one day i saw that someone {from germany} had gotten to our page from google by typing in some crass pedophile search. since then i’ve been much more mindful about the content i post on our blog, and the words that i use in a given post. WordPress offers a different, far less informative, tracking thing that is built into my blog. it doesn’t tell me much, but it does keep track of visitors who come via a search engine {google} and what words they searched for. luckily the person who came by our site this week, didn’t find what they were looking for, but it’s still disturbing nonetheless. and since most of the people who check our blog have family blogs themselves, i felt the need to share a bit of advice. be careful what photos you post. be mindful of your words. even if you aren’t writing about something inappropriate, a google search pulls words out of various sentences. ok, that’s all.
have a good day
etsy: girly edition
i’m feeling on top of the world right now. my mil came over to watch the girls this morning so i could go to mom’s group. it’s almost scary how much i enjoyed those few hours…having a peaceful car ride with my sister-in-law, being able to carry on a conversation without three billion interruptions. i love my little ones, but let’s just say i needed some ‘me time’. i feel like a new woman-thanks grandma!
anyway…
my due date is sneaking up on us, and even though this girl doesn’t need a single thing, i still have the desire to get her {or make her} a little something. i’ve been looking on etsy for some special little girl things and these are some of my favorites…
from here
i’ll take one of these for all 3 girls. from here
and what the heck, i’ll take 3 of these as well. from here
can’t you just picture some chubby little legs in these!
this is my belated christmas gift that i’ll order after no. 3 makes her arrival. from here
i love etsy. and i love window shopping…especially for little girls.
bounce
what were you doing at 9:30 on this saturday morning?
sleeping? enjoying a lazy breakfast?
i was going into premature labor at the bouncy house down the street.
isn’t it funny that our town doesn’t have a grocery store, starbucks, or stop light, but we have an amazing bouncy house?
finley and i went on a little date a few weeks ago and discovered this little gem, and i have to say it is incredibly fun.
and just because this picture makes me die laughing every time i look at it…
she tried on these boots at target last week. and apparently this is the pose you do when wearing boots.
february
february is a good month. obviously we’ve got valentine’s day to celebrate, as well as mine and adalaide’s birthday. my birthday isn’t really that big of a deal to me, but i’ll tell ya what is…. my baby’s birthday. her FIRST birthday. We’re putting together a party that is fit just for her. small and simple, but a special party nonetheless. even though we’re only having a couple people over i couldn’t resist putting together an invitation- you know, for baby book purposes.
{front}
{back}
adalaide
a message to our friends:
we are going into hibernation.
unless you can tell me where to get a child size bubble {a la seinfeld}
she has been sick non-stop since halloween.
it is sad for her.
it is sad for us.
we miss our friends.
we miss being social.
but, if you are sick, stay far, FAR away.
love, the neuenschwanders
all kidding aside. she really has had a rough couple months. so much so, we had her doctor do some blood work to make sure nothing serious was weakening her immune system. praise the lord, the tests came back fine. but, in an attempt to let her body rebound we’ve been advised to lay low for a couple weeks.
why hello there, sunshine.
second trimester
after being pretty sick during my 1st trimester, i was so grateful to have an uneventful couple months. i felt good, slept well, and enjoyed feeling baby girl move MUCH sooner {14 or 15 weeks} than my other pregnancies. we decided on her name, and also agreed to keep it a secret.
let me just preface this by saying…i really don’t like to complain about pregnancy woes. it sort of feels like complaining that i have to park my nice big car in the far end of the parking lot. it doesn’t feel right to complain about things that i am extremely grateful for. i love, love, LOVE being pregnant. have i mentioned that even as a young girl, i was petrified i wouldn’t be able to have kids? weird, i know. my point is, i definitely don’t take it for granted, and i really truly love it.
But, i’d be lying if i didn’t admit that the last few weeks have been hard. all the sudden i feel like i am way more pregnant than i actually am. I’m experiencing all that lovely crotch/back pain that usually comes along at the very end of a pregnancy. i’m no professional, but i’m pretty certain this baby is as low as can possibly be without actually falling out. i keep telling myself that this is probably my last pregnancy. enjoy it. don’t dwell on how uncomfortable you are. this is a gift. so, at this exact moment i find myself in some weird place where i am loving and appreciating this highly uncomfortable time.
let me leave you with this gem.
the other day some woman at costco made a silly remark about my size. i shared the story with my mom, and this was her response:
“meghan, you’re NOT big. this is what it’s like. it’s like an old bra. it’s all stretched out and the elastic is long gone. it’s still the same size bra. it’s just… floppy. your body just never had a chance to recover so it just popped right out”.
thank you mother, for comparing my abs to an old, floppy bra. very true, but also hilarious to hear.