After taking a three-year hiatus from writing my
blog, I’ve decided to return. I thoroughly enjoy writing and really need to get
back to doing so on a daily basis. A lot has changed in three years. Here is a
brief summary of what is going on in my life:
Marriage: My French husband and I married in July 2011. Time has flown and it’s been great. Tackling the tedious immigration process to get my husband’s Green Card was hard and lengthy but he has it now. It’ll be a couple of years before he’ll be able to apply for U.S. citizenship and I’ll be eligible for French citizenship through marriage. Thinking about all that paperwork and preparation stresses me out so we will tackle that when the time comes. Every member of our family having dual-citizenship will be pretty neat.
Baby: Four months after we got married we found out we were expecting. Zoe was born six days before our first wedding anniversary. She’s the greatest thing to ever happen to us and constantly keeps us entertained. Motherhood is pretty amazing. Raising a bilingual baby is pretty interesting. The diaper explosions are pretty nasty. Our house is pretty messy. We’re a pretty happy little American-French family though, so it’s okay.
Fur babies: We adopted our cat Tucker on September 11, 2011. I wanted to do something worthwhile that day so adopting a cat made sense, sort of. He’s a really cuddly guy and is very smart; he enjoys opening dresser drawers and sleeping amongst our clothes. Robin is his favorite person ever. We adopted Lily Pip when she was 10 weeks old and a month before Z arrived. A kitten and a newborn? Crazy. I can check that off the list. Our cats are not declawed because it’s inhumane so our furniture is torn to shreds. Lily likes taking our art off the walls and climbing in the silverware drawer in the kitchen. She sleeps in the bathtub. Tucker and Lily are best buds. We always say that raising our cats is harder than raising Z. I can’t imagine our house without pets though.
House: We bought our house in April 2012. It’s a pretty modest little house but it works well for us. We watch a lot of HGTV and have big design aspirations. Hopefully one day we’ll be able to accomplish them all.
Car: We shared a car for the first 9 months of our marriage. That was pretty tricky and involved a lot of scheduling, but we saved a lot of money. Before Z’s arrival we needed to get a second one. So we did. I’ll be glad when we’re done paying that sucker off. The inside currently smells like Starbucks Vanilla Blonde Roast because of the Great Coffee Spill of 2013.
Graduate School: I started working on my master’s in January 2012. I’m studying Nonprofit Administration. It’s pretty cool. I’ll enjoy working in the nonprofit sector and hopefully making a difference in people’s lives.
Marriage: My French husband and I married in July 2011. Time has flown and it’s been great. Tackling the tedious immigration process to get my husband’s Green Card was hard and lengthy but he has it now. It’ll be a couple of years before he’ll be able to apply for U.S. citizenship and I’ll be eligible for French citizenship through marriage. Thinking about all that paperwork and preparation stresses me out so we will tackle that when the time comes. Every member of our family having dual-citizenship will be pretty neat.
Baby: Four months after we got married we found out we were expecting. Zoe was born six days before our first wedding anniversary. She’s the greatest thing to ever happen to us and constantly keeps us entertained. Motherhood is pretty amazing. Raising a bilingual baby is pretty interesting. The diaper explosions are pretty nasty. Our house is pretty messy. We’re a pretty happy little American-French family though, so it’s okay.
Fur babies: We adopted our cat Tucker on September 11, 2011. I wanted to do something worthwhile that day so adopting a cat made sense, sort of. He’s a really cuddly guy and is very smart; he enjoys opening dresser drawers and sleeping amongst our clothes. Robin is his favorite person ever. We adopted Lily Pip when she was 10 weeks old and a month before Z arrived. A kitten and a newborn? Crazy. I can check that off the list. Our cats are not declawed because it’s inhumane so our furniture is torn to shreds. Lily likes taking our art off the walls and climbing in the silverware drawer in the kitchen. She sleeps in the bathtub. Tucker and Lily are best buds. We always say that raising our cats is harder than raising Z. I can’t imagine our house without pets though.
House: We bought our house in April 2012. It’s a pretty modest little house but it works well for us. We watch a lot of HGTV and have big design aspirations. Hopefully one day we’ll be able to accomplish them all.
Car: We shared a car for the first 9 months of our marriage. That was pretty tricky and involved a lot of scheduling, but we saved a lot of money. Before Z’s arrival we needed to get a second one. So we did. I’ll be glad when we’re done paying that sucker off. The inside currently smells like Starbucks Vanilla Blonde Roast because of the Great Coffee Spill of 2013.
Graduate School: I started working on my master’s in January 2012. I’m studying Nonprofit Administration. It’s pretty cool. I’ll enjoy working in the nonprofit sector and hopefully making a difference in people’s lives.
After doing all of these events in the span of
less than a year, I’m tired. It’s time to settle down and not make any more
huge life changes, for a while at least. Time is flying so fast!
Thanks for the update, Natalie. I'm glad to hear you are all doing so well!
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