Is it Friday yet?

Well I can't pretend to be cured of my case of Baby Fever, but I do feel better knowing that it's totally normal.  The fact that so many other women have gone through the same thing right after getting married, gives me more proof that my baby fever is just that.  A fever that will soon pass just as quickly as it came and I'll be back to my old self again. 

In other news, I have an exciting weekend planned!  One of my favorite people is coming to visit me for the weekend!  We've been friends since the fourth grade, so I expect a lot of embarrassing stories to be told at my expense.  I love it!  She recently moved to North Carolina and one of her friends works for Delta and got her some cheap tickets.  And when I say cheap, what I mean is FREE! 

Next weekend *R* is taking me to Savannah for my first time ever!  I'm so excited I could pee myself.  I have been mildly obsessed with Savannah ever since I read Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt.  Which I read when I was about 12, so that's 13 years of mild obsession built up now.  My poor husband will be drug around the city and asked to pose for a million and half photos.  I can't wait!

Any restaraunt (besides the Paula Deen place) for Savannah?   

 

I've got the FEVER!

Remember when I said that *R* had himself some baby fever?

Well the rolls have reversed. 

I don't know if this is normal for newly married women, or maybe I'm just bored?  I've never, and I do mean NEVER had baby-fever like I do right now.  I blame all my pregnant friends and the Mrs. with those three little dashes that say the most hilarious things. 

Just to be clear, I know I don't REALLY want to have a baby yet.  I want to have at least a year with my husband just being married and enjoying each other.  To spend time building the foundation of our future family.  I want to save more, travel more, sew more, enjoy my twenties more and visit a lot more friends.

But does that stop me from day dreaming about cute little babies and wondering what they will look like?  How they will feel in my arms?  Boy or Girl? Where we would put the nursery? How we would decorate it?    

Nope!

Last week I read that women reach their peak fertility at age 24.   It was like a giant kick in the biological clock.  I don't think it was even ticking before that kick, now it's alarm is going off and I just keep pushing the sleep button. 

My brain is still fighting that darn clock and telling it to shut-up!  But I have to wonder, why?  Was it the wedding?  Was it setting up our first real home together?  Am I nesting? 

I'm pretty sure it's all just a phase and once I get myself busy with something, make a few more friends, maybe find a full time job I'll be back to my "No kids for at least 2 years" self.  But right now?  I'm really struggling!

After being newly married did anyone else have this problem?  Tell me it's just a phase!    

Round these parts...

There are beautiful churches.

And cute little buildings that appear to be Just for Fun.

Including a sweet little covered bridge.

And some days, it already feels like spring.

What not to watch before bed

You know you've been watching too much Millionaire Matchmaker when you start having dreams about a different nationalities of dolls being set around a table and the guy picking three of them to go on a date.

Just sayin'.

Oh and he really liked the Swedish version of My Little Mermaid. But not so much the American Lawyer Barbie....too aggressive.

Jerk.

Blogger BFF Award

I received this lovely award from my favorite temporary Italian, New Girl on Post. I'm still a little bitter that she didn't stop in Georgia while she was here in the states over Christmas, but I suppose I can find it in my heart to forgive her. Especially since she gave me this:I wanted to pass this on to people who always seem to offer support for me when I'm having one of *those* days. You know those days right?

First, Lisa, at Quest for Success. She always has something uplifting to comment even while her own loved one is deployed.

Second, Crazy Shenanigans. Who really does get into some crazy-ass shenanigans! I can generally count on a good laugh and an interesting post every time I stop by her blog.

and third, a new commenter, Kathryn at Singing in the Rain. She is actually stationed at the same base as *R* and I and sometime, I swear, we will meet up. But right now she's busy prepping for her first little one to arrive!