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 hav
e talked about it before in a previous post, but I am finally getting a Mommy Makeover! This week, I actually get to go to the spa! I made the appointment and everything and I have a babysitter too! I will …
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Here we are at 9 1/2 months and I can barely write this blog because she’s crawling all over me! I love it! I can’t get anything done and I spend the majority of my day chasing her around and …
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I have to say that WIC helped me through my pregnancy and Addison’s early infancy. The benefits really made the difference when paying for groceries until she was about 6 months. I started real solids (chunks of food) and moved …
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If you haven’t read Part 1, check it out here.
In my last post, I wrote about how I am still struggling post pregnancy to keep me on the priority list. My mother has told me this isn’t normal. That …
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I have lost a good amount of weight since Addison was born, but I still have about 20 pounds to lose to be back to my pre-pregnancy weight. It’s been hard to workout and eat well with the baby and school …
