Ah, the good ole days

From the British Medical Association's 1971

'You and Your Baby' magazine.

I found it on one of my fave sites- Ohdeedoh.

Not fun.

Phoebe and I packed up the car and drove to Mississippi yesterday.

It was a rough trip. Phoebe is normally a good traveler, but on

this trip, anxiety got the better of her. I wanted to pull out a

doggie valium or something.

She has never in her life ridden in the car without being in

someone's lap, but yesterday, for the first few hours,

this was the only place she found comfort:

It was a yucky drive in general. It rained the whole time,

and there was a wreck outside Baton Rouge, so we were sitting

at a dead stop on the interstate for a WHILE.

What should have been a 6 and a half hour drive ended up

being 8 and a half hours. Ugh.

What?!

It just hit me this week that I am 6 months pregnant.

When the hell did THAT happen?

I heart her.

Seriously, y'all, I know that if our paths ever crossed, 

Reese and I would be best friends.

"Everything inside me is made of sugar and flour 

and a little red wine – a lot of red wine." 

– Reese Witherspoon, illustrating her lack of 

dieting concerns, to Elle magazine

Our 30th Birthday Photo Shoot

Almost 3 weeks ago I went home to Mississippi to spend

a weekend with my college girlfriends.

It was decided that because it is the year we all turn 30,

and it's the first time every single one of us has made the

reunion since college, we should have a little photo shoot

to celebrate.

I love this one because we're standing outside of our

freshman dorm, where we all met in 1997.

pretty baby

You knew any child of Halle Berry would be gorgeous,

but this is just ridiculous:

I love you, purple tree.

I have no idea what kind of tree this is.

But every year, when I am about ready to just

scream bloody murder because it's January

and I am so freaking SICK of cold weather,

this tree brings me hope. This particular variety

of tree is bare all winter, and then one day, out of the blue,

it's filled with purple blossoms.

It will eventually turn all green, but those first signs

of purple make me want to weep with happiness.

I hate cold weather. I completely despise the month of January.

When I spy this tree at the end of January,

it is like someone is holding up a neon sign that says,

"Hold on. Spring is coming soon. Warm weather is on the way."

Thank you, God.

Mr. President

I'm totally loving this photo right now:

No matter your politics, the man is cool, no?

It's just nice to see that he can be the president,

and still be just a dude who likes beer and basketball.

Two weeks ago...

My girlfriends from Mississippi College have a reunion

every year. For various reasons, I have never made it to one

before this year. I was sooooo excited to hop on a plane

to Jackson two weeks ago to see these girls who have made

me feel so loved and made me laugh so hard.

Lauren, Cara, Katie, Elaine, Allison, Cyndi, Charise, me, & Brooke

We're all turning 30 this year- YIKES- and went out for dinner

at Juleps to celebrate.

This picture makes me laugh so hard.

Cyndi, Charise, and I got to blow out the candles to our

big 30th birthday cake.

Elaine, Allison, me, and Cyndi

Since this was Elaine's year to plan the reunion, we all bought

each other gifts that started with the letter "E". We opened

them one at a time and had to guess who each gift was from.

Brooke brought her sweet baby Olivia Kate with her.