Weekend in NC

* 10/16 – 10/18 – weekend at dad’s house, home in NC * brett was staying in mooresville the weekend because he was going to his high school reunion, so caylin and i stayed with my dad and stepmom * got there late friday night. got settled in and caylin passed out…

2 Incredible Years, Surgery, Recovery, Etc

caylin turned 2 saturday. two. TWO. T – W – O. sweet jesus, WHERE HAS THE TIME GONE. this has been… the wildest, most unexpected 2 years of my life. i’ve said this probably hundreds of times at this point, but being a mom is nothing like i ever imagined or…

Good Times & A Gutpunch

i feel like i’m back on the rollercoaster again. same one i was on a couple weeks ago. it must be this lethal combination of nostalgia, seeing friends, leaving friends, leaving caylin, hormones out of wack–the perfect storm. not to mention the part where i gained 3 pounds…

7 Months, Other Updates

caylin turned 7 months old on saturday. i really don’t know where the last 7 months went. it feels like just yesterday i was in the hospital holding her little bitty body in my arms, terrified of what to do with my new baby. now she is half my…

All The Reasons I Miss NC

because when i lived there, all of these people were always an hour or less away. we finally went back to NC this weekend to see our families, and we picked up the other half of our wedding gifts and guest books while we were there. the following may or…

A Few Highlights From Defcon 19

in no particular order :) all external links open in new window, images open in colorbox. * making the best of the epic badge line with camelbaks o’ beer * finally GETTING my defcon badge * dan kaminsky’s talk * sizzling apple pie at the rio’s all american bar & grille * acquiring my first…

The Big Two Five. In Photos.

to say that i’ve been blessed is an understatement, and i realize it even more so after this weekend and my birthday. i was with brett. i got to see my mom AND my dad AND my stepmom. and even though my closest friends live between 3 and 5…

Man Time

brett came home from oklahoma yesterday afternoon, and his buddies got here about 3 hours later. and i haven’t stopped moving ever since. i took a half day on friday. actually, it ended up being less than that because i started feeling sick around 10:30. realizing i had…