The I Do's

It’s the quiet ones you have to watch out for.

by heirtoblair on January 9, 2013

Right before Christmas, Harrison’s daycare sent home his first “report card,” which is just about as darling & weird as it sounds. Darling because report card! For a three year old! On painting skills!  Weird because…well, he’s three. & it’s preschool, not AP English preparing him for a Harvard philosophy class.  As Doug & I flipped through [...]

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Partner.

by heirtoblair on November 12, 2012

It seems like all we do these days is work, where we are ships passing with a kiss in the morning & we are Momma & Daddy & constantly crunching the numbers of our bank account.  We wrangled a cranky toddler & replaced a toilet & I wore yoga pants with no makeup all weekend.  We folded laundry [...]

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I’m a little neurotic about my wedding rings.

by heirtoblair on September 5, 2012

I’ve been wearing a ring from my husband for over seven years now.  I still remember the way the wind blew my hair to the side & the hot pink sundress I wore & him on one knee in the sand.  We ran back to the beach house & opened a bottle of champagne & [...]

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This past weekend.

by heirtoblair on September 4, 2012

This weekend we felt desperate to get out of the house, to get moving & not stare at each other going “I don’t know, what do you want to do?” while Harrison tugs at my skirt.  We hopped in the car & drove to our alma mater where this whole crazy life we live started [...]

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Date night & Batman & a marriage proposal.

by heirtoblair on August 16, 2012

We had two options last night – sit around on our bums & mope about the house or get out.  So Doug & I set off into the wild blue yonder, otherwise known as Downtown Raleigh. Otherwise known as Gotham.  (don’t ask me to explain that awesomeness.  i can’t.  but that is a legit bat signal.) [...]

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