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Alexis Schulman

My name is Alexis Schulman and I’m a born and raised Jersey shore girl. I grew up 5 minutes from the beach, so bare feet and a sand filled jeep were always the normal for me. Living in such a diverse place constantly awarded me the opportunity to explore almost any activity I was interested in. These ranged from simply lounging in the sun at the beach to rock climbing in northern New Jersey to eating my way through New York City. I always considered my life complete because I was blessed with a great family, the two best friends a girl could ever have and an amazing career as a forester. Then I met my now husband Jason. Our parents were best friends for years, but Jason and I never met. He moved to California the year before we met and I was busy going to college and traveling everywhere I could. When I came back from Europe in June of 2008, I finally met the man of my dreams on his birthday. After traveling to California to see him almost twice every month, he moved back to New Jersey that November to start a life with me. In March 2009, Jason and his little brother decided to join the Marine Corps and that May they were both off to boot camp. After graduation, we were engaged to be married, and because of the unpredictable nature of the military, we decided to get married during Christmas leave on December 27th. Our ceremony was tiny, consisting of our closest family and friends in Atlantic City, NJ. I couldn’t ask for a more gorgeous day. This August, I decided to leave Rutgers University when Jason was stationed here in Jacksonville. A week after we moved here, we found out that we were pregnant! Now here we are, transitioning into the 2nd trimester with our first sonogram on October 29th, due on Mother’s Day 2011 and loving every single decision we’ve made that landed us here. I look forward to sharing our fairytale and perhaps helping others and learning from them too.

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I grew up in here in North Carolina and attended Duke for my undergraduate and UNC-Chapel Hill for my master’s degrees. I moved up north to Boston after completing school and worked there for five years as an inner-city middle and high school history teacher. While in Boston, I met my husband, Chad, who was there for school, and we were married the summer of 2004. 2007 was a big year for us – we welcomed our son, Nathan, Chad finished school, and we moved to Jacksonville for a great job opportunity for Chad. Nineteen months after Nathan was born, our daughter, Emily, joined our family. Twenty-two months later, Joshua came along. I’m now a stay-at-home mom to my little brood, having “retired” from teaching after Nathan’s arrival. When I’m not busy feeding, cleaning, dressing, and keeping up with Nathan, Emily, Joshua, and their dad, I enjoy reading, quilting, and going to the beach. I also still cheer for my beloved Blue Devils whenever the opportunity arises and thoroughly enjoyed last season’s national championship. Go Duke! Life can be a little busy around here (hello – three kids under the age of four!), but I enjoy the craziness!

So long, farewell

September 20th, 2010 Brynn Reese

So, this marks my last post on the TummyTime blog. Sniff, sniff. When I started writing here, I was nineteen weeks pregnant with New Baby. The first trimester ickiness had passed, and I was feeling pretty good. We weren’t sure …
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He moves! On purpose!

September 18th, 2010 Brynn Reese

When Nathan was a baby, we were still living in Boston, the world of tiny, expensive apartments. My friend Stephanie had had a baby about a year before Nathan was born, and her daughter was the first grandchild on her husband’s side. Grandma was very excited about the new baby …
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Sleeping Babies

September 16th, 2010 Brynn Reese

One of the hardest aspects of having a newborn is the accompanying lack of sleep. Circumcisions and belly buttons (unless you’re Joshua) usually heal in about a week. The feeding difficulties are usually ironed out in the first few weeks …
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Joshua at Playgroup

September 13th, 2010 Brynn Reese

The sunburn

Our church organizes a playgroup every Wednesday morning, and the kids and I are faithful attendees. Nathan and Emily have a blast playing with their friends at different parks around town, and I enjoy talking …
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The Ugly Lamp

September 10th, 2010 Brynn Reese

The lamp and poster in the living room. Don't let the picture fool you - the lamp is much uglier in person.

You may not know this, but babies have very poor sight at birth. Typically, …
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