shameless...

so, inspite of the fact that unsolicited advertisement can become overwhelmingly obnoxious, i have decided that i could not possibly not share this information...

i have posted several times about my friend lori jackson's photography and her craft is evident in many different places throughout this blog as well. she is a fantastic artist; she has the ability to capture the essence of a person without seeming contrived. all of this to say that she has recently posted on her photography blog that she is offering a special for the month of october to anyone that schedules a session with her in the month of october...even if you do not schedule your appointment for october you still get the deal as long as you make plans now!

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(picture by lori jackson)

the beauty of pregnancy?

so, many people talk of the beauty of pregnancy and i have seen my share of beautiful pregnant people but what i feel like people are forgetting about are the ways that pregnancy has for humbling a woman to doing some of the most degrading things imaginable...i was thinking just the other day of the many ways i have compromised my "beauty" in order to house this little one and i just laughed in spite of myself...

1. i have, on more than one occasion, realized that i have forgotten to brush my hair as i pull my car into the parking lot of the school...

2. on one such occasion i was reduced to using a tiny barbie brush found crammed between crusty backseat of my car to straighten my coif....

3. i have had to ask my husband to buckle my shoes...

4. i have worked an entire day without having my shoes buckled because i just couldn't bring myself to bend over and buckle them myself...

5. i have worn pants to bed and thought to myself, "these pants are so comfortable i wish i could wear them to work" and then i wore them to work...

6. i have worked entire days without having my pants buttoned....or zipped.

7. i drop things and just stare as they float or drop to the ground below...

8. i have really, really mean thoughts about the large amounts of people that think that it is okay to make reference to my ever expanding body...

9. i stay in the bed or on the couch until kyle walks by and i can beg him to help pull me up...

10. i sleep and eat more often than any baby, or NFL football player for that matter, should ever think to sleep or eat...

never before would i allow most of the things on this list to happen...well maybe number 8 happens more often than it should...but still, all of this and people still call pregnancy "beautiful"???