At exactly 37 weeks (and definitely earlier than planned!), we welcomed our son, Mathias (muh-THIGH-us) David Meidell, into the world at 5:34 a.m. after a whole two hours (!) of labor. He was 6 lbs., 13 ounces, and 18.5″ long, and he reminds me a LOT of Raven when she was a baby (but just …
Ever since I was convinced Raven would be a boy and then found out she was not, in fact, going to be a boy, I’ve basically stopped trusting any instincts I have one way or another when it comes to predicting the gender of my pregnancies. But, just because people would ask if I had …
Merry Christmas to All, and May the Happiest Blessings of the Season Be With You! Love from Matt, Torrie, Raven, and Baby #2 (who will give us a nice little Christmas in July!) I’m sure that few people will be surprised by our news (especially seeing as I’m the WORST at hiding pregnancy), but we’re …
Well friends, I’ve finally done it! Largely thanks to my friend Andrew (with some awesome new logo help from my calligrapher dad), I have relaunched the blog under a new name, with a brand new look! My blog originally started as Autodidactic Ambitions back in 2008 (with a very short stint under the name Cahshplinko …
Whenever I thought about becoming a parent, potty training was always one of the things that freaked me out the most. I mean, how on earth do you train a toddler to go from wearing diapers constantly to knowing how to tell you that they need to go to the bathroom? And when I …
Anyone who grew up when the Goosebumps series ran rampant must surely remember the “Choose Your Own Adventure” books–novels that allowed you, the reader, to make a decision at certain junctures in the story that would lead to different outcomes. As any avid reader probably did, I always had to find out ALL the adventure …
Well, it’s almost here—The Big Move is TOMORROW. Kind of crazy. Although I’m no stranger to moving (I’ve moved over 15 times since graduating high school), this move feels more momentous. For one, it’s our first time moving into an actual house. For two, moves are a lot harder once you’re married and …
It’s funny, because the home-buying process has been not at all like what I expected— I expected us to perhaps wait for a home in one of those areas we really liked, or I expected that we would go and see scores of houses before finally settling on The One. And when we did find …
