Journal

When I first asked our friend, Jenelle, to do this maternity session for us, I didn't really intend on sharing these photos. I just wanted to have a permanent memory of my body, to remember what it looked and felt like to have this little one nestled inside. And to remember the expression on Elie's face […]

I still have the first diary I ever received, a small, red, leather-bound book sealed with a gold lock and key, sitting under the tree on Christmas day in 1983, a gift from Santa. I wrote in that one sporadically, and in the dozens I've kept in the years since, sometimes faithfully writing every day […]

When Elie and I first started dating, we had an agreement: I would cook and he would play guitar while I cooked. It's been a successful arrangement, one that makes us both happy. But every now and then, Elie gets the urge to make something sweet.  I bought him an ice cream churn for his birthday, […]

Only two days away from Christmas, I’m sitting in the early morning darkness beside a brightly lit tree, reflecting on the meaning of this season: the miracle of the birth of Jesus and the message of compassion, hope, love, charity, forgiveness and grace that Jesus brought to our world. During Christmas, we hold the people […]

This past weekend, our home was filled to overflowing with many of my closest women friends and family, here to celebrate Bubbles and my transition to motherhood. I felt like my heart might burst with love. It’s an unbelievable feeling to be entering into this new club, and I’m beginning to feel a new appreciation […]

I had to go to Austin last week for one day of meetings for work, so we decided Elie would join me and we would turn the trip into a mini-babymoon, one last vacation with just the two of us before the baby makes us a family of three.

It's hard to believe we have less than three months to go until we get to meet this sweet baby of ours. Time slips by quickly, filled to overflowing with all of those things that might take a backseat for a while once Bubbles arrives--coffee dates, walks with friends, dinner parties, time alone with Elie […]

I've been fighting it, but I have finally accepted that one of the only ways I’m going to eat my vegetables during (at least this phase of) my pregnancy is if they are hidden in smoothies, pasta or dessert.  I have officially turned into a three year-old, at least when it comes to mealtime.

I've been trying my best not to eat too many sweets during my pregnancy, but I think this baby definitely has his or her father's tastebuds! We've been putting Elie's birthday present, a home ice cream maker, to good use, with chocolate peanut butter being the winning flavor. That's deadly, because freshly churned ice cream is […]

In my yoga practice this morning, my yoga teacher, Amy, began the class with a story about her 10 year-old daughter.  As they were on their way to school the other morning, her daughter exclaimed, "Watch out world!" Amy asked, "What do you mean?" Her daughter answered, "Watch out world, because I'm awesome!"