This day, one year ago, Chase and I became parents. I can't say the birth story is very exciting or dramatic but it was just perfect. Here is our tale of how we became a family of 3! The evening before, I had been experiencing some prelabor twinges, so we went for a walk in the park hoping to speed things along. I woke up at 3 in the morning and could tell it was the day! Chase and I timed the contractions at home for the next few hours- by 5 am, they were[...]
As they are for most children, Easter baskets were always such a fun tradition at our house. I still associate the Starburst jellybeans with said tradition, and my family still jokes about a little stuffed toy that would say "Happy Easter!" in the most annoying, obnoxious voice us siblings got one of the years. I realize Lucy will not remember this first Easter, so I'm not going to pretend I went all out or anything. But I did find a precious little stuffed lamb to give her and[...]
Why is change so hard for us to accept while everything around us is doing so? Here at the Nest we are facing some changes that are exciting yet a little scary, too, and I want to keep you up to date! Back when I started part time at Anthropologie as a sales associate, I fell in love with the atmosphere of the store and the company I was working for. URBN treats their employees extremely well, with lots of perks and surprisingly well compensation for the retail world. As I moved up th[...]