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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Last week Addison had a bad little fall. She was playing near the rocking chair like she always does and bam! Fell into the wood under the seat itself just the right way. She was upset and crying like …
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I have been just so excited that Addison can eat nearly everything in sight now! She really does love everything I give her (except brussel sprouts and apricots) and it’s great to make her lots of new things.
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One thing I was never sure of was the whole TV thing with the baby. I knew she should only watch PBS if she did watch anything, but little did I know how the last few months would go.
I guess …
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Every month that you breastfeed your baby should be something to celebrate! It’s not easy! Especially when folks are constantly giving you trouble or trying to push formula on you. Every time it has gotten hard though, I just …
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Even though I’m not back to work yet, I needed some help watching the baby so I could get some homework and housework done. I decided to sign Addison up for hourly care. Basically I can chose 3 days a …
