Oh, sweet Baby Dot – It’s Wednesday, April 14, and we’re still waiting on you. I’ve heard from several mothers with teenage daughters that I should get used to this… the waiting on you. But I’ll admit, it’s already not my favorite thing. When we were supposed to be able to find out whether you […]

Happy April Fool’s Day, interwebs. I am still pregnant. For those of you who don’t follow us on Facebook, I’ll post a little update: Dorothy has definitely been getting ready to make her way into the world. On Tuesday, we actually spent some time in the hospital, and had a few nurses convinced that while […]

I started off in denial that my sweet baby could be turning 7 years old today. SEVEN. That’s far closer to two digits than it is to one. To my credit, I haven’t cried today. I think this is his first birthday that didn’t involve tears on my part! I had someone tell me once […]

Because I’m not a celebrity, and Mack and I haven’t had our names hyphenated together in the media (Chack? Melsea?), I know this probably hasn’t been the most photographed pregnancy of all time. But man, we have a lot of pictures! We’ve really enjoyed documenting this time in our lives. Mack likes taking pictures of […]

I don’t mind saying that I’m pretty done being pregnant. I mean, it still has it’s perks. People tend to get out of my way. But I feel safe announcing that here, at a little over 8 months, I could have this baby today and be a very happy camper. Alas, she’s not done baking […]

Many many moons ago, Mack and I were dating, and we were dead broke. That is absolutely not hyperbole. The summer in question was 5 years ago. Mack had just graduated from Tarleton and was spending his summer working for the church (ie: working for free). I was working for the state (ie: working for […]