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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Now that I’m showing, I feel like everyone is staring at my belly. Having a baby belly now really seems to bring an increase to the unwanted comments and advice. You all know the comments I’m talking about…
Random person #1 – “Wow! …
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I’m back in good old Jacksonville after a long week of work and of course eating. I basically ate my way through my home state. I get weighed this morning at the doctor so I’m a little worried when they see …
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Can't wait to wear my maternity cords!
Upon my arrival in NJ, my mother handed me a bag of maternity clothes she has collected while shopping the past few weeks. In the bag were 2 pairs …
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No sitting for me this week!
If you don’t know already, I am spending the week at home in New Jersey. So how did I make my way here for a week when I wasn’t …
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I’m currently writing from New Jersey! I flew in Saturday night and figured I’d write about the experience.
I’ve traveled a lot the past 5 years, but this is the first time I’ve flown while pregnant. While wandering through the airport on the …
