The Football Wife

Bongo Bongo Dip with Ecce Panis Baguette #EccePanis

With Easter Sunday rapidly approaching & family coming in from out of town, it’s time for me to make a meal plan. One of my favorite things about a big family meal is enjoying appetizers prior to the main course. I like grazing, so it’s especially important that I serve both healthy & indulgent foods [...]

Embracing Our New Life

With so much change in the last seven weeks, it’s finally starting to feel like we’re “settling in”. The boxes are all unpacked, the pictures are hung on the walls, and everyone is embracing their new roles. Ellie is enjoying being a big sister, but desperately misses her friends back in Davidson. As for me, [...]

Brushing Her Teeth by Herself with Firefly by Dr. Fresh

With a new house & a new baby in our family, our routines have been interrupted — especially at bedtime. One particular complaint that I was getting tired of hearing: “I don’t want to brush my teeth!” For the past few months, I’ve been brushing Ellie’s teeth for her – just like her infant & [...]

Baby Weight, Sleepless Nights, & First Smiles

Baby Weight I am convinced that after I gave birth to Ellie, I must not have looked in a mirror for four months. I know that I need to give myself time, but getting back into “fighting shape” after this pregnancy is going to take A LOT of work. Having a football season baby in [...]

The Amazing Arrival of Elizabeth Clare

Elizabeth Clare Born February 8, 2013 6 lbs. 14 oz. & 19 inches long It’s been three weeks since I’ve written. It’s also been three weeks since I’ve slept… but look at that little face. She is worth every waking minute. The morning when I wrote my last post, Ellie & I drove back to [...]

Moving Problems & Blessings in Disguise

It’s been a whirlwind couple of weeks for this football family. Quite like my last post, we’ve had many a plan get “boogered up”, only to find it to be a blessing in disguise. Coordinating a move is a stressful chore for anyone — and especially when you’re contracting with the taping of every box. [...]

How a Booger Got My Husband a Job

The longest ten weeks of my life began on a cold & windy November afternoon. That was the afternoon when I thought I would come unglued. At 27 weeks pregnant and two games left in our football season, my husband was fired from a job that he poured his heart & soul into. In one [...]

Pour & Enjoy with International Delight Light Iced Coffee #LightIcedCoffee

I will be 36 weeks pregnant on Sunday and a good night’s sleep is something rare these days… I suppose it’s all preparation for life with an infant. I have always been {and always will be} a coffee drinker, but my normal routine of hot coffee in the morning has been a little hard on [...]

The Griswolds Take Nashville

We are headed to convention. The American Football Coaches Association has an annual convention in which coaches across the United States convene for meetings & sessions, the telling of stories of seasons gone by, and buy each other beer. You have never seen or felt so much testosterone in the air. Ladies… we are outnumbered. [...]

True Winter & Christmas Magic

It’s a new year, but let’s rewind for a moment… For Christmas, we traveled to Pennsylvania to see my family for the week. Packing wasn’t too difficult because Santa got my telegram indicating that all packages be delivered down the chimney at Nana & Papa’s house. However, there was one item of immediate concern: getting [...]