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Winter in Dallas

January 6, 2016

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This is the week I’ve dreaded. Regardless of being the first full week of 2016. Regardless of the premiere of The Bachelor on Monday. Christmas is done. New Years is done. My birthday is done (I know it was in November! That’s still a whole 11 months away as of this week!) Work has started again. My dog hates me because she’s in her crate eight hours a day again. No more twinkly lights. No more cheery holiday music. No more pine scents, pies, or presents. No more eating whatever I want, because now everyone’s off the cookie train and on the #resolutions train, and I succumb to peer-pressure easily.

It’s back to corporate life, 9 to 5, hustling every day of the week, which has its goods (I enjoy me a nice, set schedule) and some bads (when’s the next vacation, now?). It’s Wednesday, but it really just feels like the third Monday in a row this week after not being in the office for two weeks and having two days yet till the weekend. So it’s a ripped-grocery-sack sort of time over here. Womp womp. But here’s the deal. There’s a silver lining. There always is one; you’ll learn that with me, even if I need to complain for a little bit first.

And that is — brrrrrrrrr — (that was me imitating a drum roll, just in case you need to redo that noise in your head) it’s January in Texas! It’s still chilly some days, but some days we get beautiful, 60-degree weather with the sun shining, birds chirping, and a tank top underneath my cardigan! We have a few solid months of layered and cozy and warm winter clothes to go through, but I love that in this state, it can change in an instant. Two layers of leggings and blanket scarves one minute, racerback tanks and ripped jeans the next. That’s what I’m talking about.

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Please ignore the Harry Potter-esque scratch on my forehead that randomly appears in a few of these photos.

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Tank: H&M (Available online in black) // Sweater: Audrey (Love this brand, obvi with that name, but this sweater is so dang old; similar here and here) // Jeans: Old Navy // Booties: Forever 21 // Necklace: Gift, and I couldn’t find anything truly similar so this will have to do // Retro sunglasses: Target (Old, similar here)

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Who do you think was more excited about this day t Who do you think was more excited about this day trip out to the coast... us or Wallace? 😅😂 I love them. Also, I can’t get over the burp cloth on John’s shoulder. Ya know, just in case. #newparentlife
One hour, just us two in our backyard with a big c One hour, just us two in our backyard with a big charcuterie board, a deck of cards, a couple glasses of rosé, and no baby monitor. 🤎

The first week of Wallace’s life? I ached even being in another room from him (#hormones). I was a wreck of emotions and had legitimate baby tunnel vision... preeeetty much nothing else mattered. But things have been balancing out this past week, and today was so needed.

My mom is in town all month and watched Wally for us so we could have some time just us two—yep, in the backyard because of shelter in place restrictions from COVID. (Plus let’s be real... I’m not quite ready for an out-of-the-house date yet anyway. 😂)

As much as I desire to be a present + loving mama and ambitious business owner, it’s just as important to me to prioritize our marriage with little moments like this to just be in each other’s presence (and not just talk about burping and swaddling and bedtime routines, like most of our recent convos).

Here’s to (almost) 2 weeks of being parents, @the_beermonger. I think we’ll do okay.
My two favorite guys in the world. 🤍🌎 My two favorite guys in the world. 🤍🌎
Me, trying to figure out what to do with my hands Me, trying to figure out what to do with my hands without a bump. 👐🏼 Wallace, trying to figure out what we’re doing out of the house. 🤨

First family walk in the books! All of 10 minutes. 🤪 (Also, does anyone else notice the rainbow over Wally?... My heart. 🌈🥺)
1 week old. 🤎 The hardest, most emotional & mos 1 week old. 🤎 The hardest, most emotional & most rewarding week of my life. Babies’ sleep schedules, y’all. They are not for the faint of heart.

Wallace is hitting all his milestones, has learned the alphabet, and is picking up Latin. Just kidding. But he CAN poop 3 times in an hour and a half 😎, and he eats like a champ, is so strong that we prefer to tag team diaper changes for now, and makes the sweetest, cutest noises all day long. (And night.) Like even his cry is cute. 😩

One of my friends called this time the “wet weeks”: urine, breast milk, spit up, night sweats, tears, blood, more tears. It’s a lot, and it’s temporary. So even in the hard moments, we are reminding ourselves that the hardest things are often the best things. 

And this really has been the best thing.

So, so thankful for a hands-on husband who’s been so involved in everything... there’s something indescribable about watching your partner care for your child and step into a big, new role like this so gracefully. And we are thankful for ALL of the support, near and far (... mostly far), from our family and friends and coworkers. What a week... here’s to continuing to figure it all out together as a family. 😌
At 5 a.m. my water broke and at 3:44 p.m. our worl At 5 a.m. my water broke and at 3:44 p.m. our worlds and hearts were changed forever. Everything in between was a gritty, fast-moving tidal wave of emotion, pain, instinct, and a kind of love I never could’ve imagined.

Welcome, Wallace Ronal Skelton. 🤎 You kept us waiting until you decided, very quickly, you’d like to be here. I’m still in disbelief that you are ours. 

January 4, 2021 • 7 lbs 4 oz • 20.5 inches • Sweet as can be.
Well, this baby friend doesn’t exactly have our Well, this baby friend doesn’t exactly have our sense of punctuality which realllly threw me for a loop after thinking & saying for months that I was certain he/she would get here early. I’ve drank 3 boxes of raspberry leaf tea in 3 weeks, walked dozens of miles, eaten way too many dates, done hundreds of squats and bench step-ups... and now I’m surrendering. You come whenever you feel like it, little one. I’m comfy enough and can still sleep through the night (minus a bathroom break or two) so we will just keep on waiting and letting you teach us our first lesson of parenthood: PATIENCE. I knew I could always use some more of it. 😉 #40weekspregnant #pregnancy
scenes from our blissful, muddy, much-needed morni scenes from our blissful, muddy, much-needed morning hike. ☀️🍂 in a year that’s felt like 5, getting outside whenever we can has been my favorite way to reset. so thankful to live in such gorgeous surroundings!
our first and probably only christmas just us thre our first and probably only christmas just us three! quiet and simple and a little sad but mostly filled with hope and gratitude. hope yours is special in all the best ways. 🤍
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