Posts Tagged ‘Lent’

Stacey thanks First Response (and her husband, of course!)

Friday, March 19th, 2010

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This November, the Pfarr household is going to have a cooked turkey — and I don’t mean for Thanksgiving dinner.  I’m pregnant and the baby is due November 20!

How did this happen, you ask? Or maybe you don’t, but I’ll tell you anyway. Well, we got a LOT of snow last month. I mean — a TON. If you don’t live in the DC area, you probably read about all our snow on the news. And really, well, there is only so much you can do when you’re snowed in. By my calculations, you can:

A) have sex

B) drink

C) drink while you’re having sex

And because I wasn’t drinking for Lent (at that point, I later failed with my Lenten promise), Grey and I chose option A. Low and behold a baby was made! It sounds almost Biblical when I put it that way. Like we’re going to deliver Moses II. But seriously, I truly wonder if there were more babies conceived this winter just out of sheer cabin fever. I mean, how many times can you watch Jersey Shore reruns and play Monopoly? Snow Boom 2010!

Anyway, I thought about keeping my fat trap shut as I’m only five weeks along, but being that I can’t keep a secret, of course I’m spilling it before I’m anywhere near out of my first trimester. Yay, baby!

Of course I took several tests...Grey didn't believe the first one since the line was so faint. But it's a done deal: Baby #2, here we come!

Of course I took several tests...Grey didn't believe the first one because the line was so faint. However, it's a done deal. Baby #2, here we come!

Stacey thanks the tea company that fills the void

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

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For the next 40+ days, I am officially off the sauce. In addition to doing it for Jesus and Lent and all things Holy, I’ll admit I also have selfish reasons. Simply: I don’t need the empty calories. Though I’ve talked myself into all the pros of drinking (But it’s good for my heart! And beer has healthy B vitamins!), it’s time to face the harsh reality that in washing down four Cadbury eggs with half a bottle of pinot noir, well, I may as well just be eating Big Macs.

So I’ve swapped my nightly cocktail or glass of wine for caffeine free herbal tea and surprisingly — I’m A-OK. Granted, I’ve been in Erie at my parents’ house and not out and about DC with my husband or girlfriends, but with almost a week down, I daresay I don’t even miss it?!