Browsing Archive: February, 2013

Marriage is What Holds Us Together

Posted by Briana Meade on Saturday, February 23, 2013, In : Parenting 





My mom always says that God blesses us, in that, when one person is down-and-out, the other person in the marriage can pick them back up again. Then, you switch roles. One person always has to be up to bat.
It was 2 am in the morning and I didn't have my contacts in. I was searching feverishly for a lost pacifier. The holy grail of sleeping. I literally couldn't see 2 inches in front of my face without glasses, so I was fumbling all over Zoe's crib.  Zoe, meanwhile, was screaming at the top...

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Valentines Day, S'malentines Day

Posted by Briana Meade on Monday, February 18, 2013, In : Marriage 


Valentine's Day did not go as planned this year.
Chris and I have a whirlwind second week of February every year. We have Valentines Day the 14th, Chris' birthday the 19th, and my birthday the 21st. I never think I can get sick of eating at restaurants, until the second week of February rolls around. Every year.
We can never decide if we should go out to eat all three days.

Chris has always done an amazing job of making Valentine's Day special. One year we went to the Melting Pot (to-die-for-...

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Dear Baby #2

Posted by Briana Meade on Thursday, February 7, 2013, In : Mom's 
I'm 18 weeks pregnant.
 In case you missed the memo in the last couple blog posts, my husband and I are anticipating the birth of baby #2. I guess I've been sort of "anticipating" it, but not quite the same way as I waited for Zoe. This time around, I don't have as many questions. I'm just sort of used to the groaning wake-up call of my first baby jolting me awake another day. I drink a coffee everyday. (Yes, I do, and I'm not going to apologize for the sort-of-guilty-way I feel about it becau...

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The Fun Begins At 30.

Posted by Briana Meade on Saturday, February 2, 2013, In : Parenting 
Over Christmas break, I asked my mom to give me the details of the decades of her lives. I prompted her first by saying, "Do you even remember how hard your 20's were with 3 kids?" She laughed and said, "yeah, 20's were pretty miserable, crazy and busy. Our 30's were fun as you kids grew up and we traveled, and 40's are great too."

I pretty much expected as much. I can't quite remember if she used the word "miserable", but I can completely relate to the craziness and weirdness that has become ...

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