We've been home from vacation for a week, and honestly I'm still not over it. 
We spent 4 nights and 5 days at Black Rock Lodge on the west side of Belize, and it was one of the most unique and wonderful trips of our lives. Reader beware, there was no AC, so if you're not into a thousand percent humidity in the middle of the jungle with no reprieve this particular vacation might not be for you. ...
because we are back, because i'm having major computer issues, because it was just so damn pretty. i'm going to write all about it, but in the meantime....
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....a month later, because that's how things work around here these days. 
But! We went to New York like every year, had a killer time, slept way too little, came back vaguely miserable due to exhaustion, and can't wait to do it again next year. This New York trip will always be the most nostalgic for me because coming home from NYC two years ago was when I found out I was pregnant with Beck. I'll always remember feeling like garbage the whole weekend but kind of not caring because I love the city so much. We got home after 3 hours of sleep that Sunday, peed on a stick, and cried because Jay hated his job and mine was just meh and also three hours of sleep. Clearly we have slept since then and got better jobs and wouldn't trade Beck's timing for anything, but that memory now comes flooding back every time I'm in the city in April. ...
Guys we did the nuttiest thing this weekend. We went away with 3 other families. 3 other couples, 3 other babies. And us. It was a lot. And it was so much fun. 
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We went to Nashville! And now I'm going to tell you about it. How's that for a topic sentence? 
That's Beck's response to most of my writing. And to Nashville, where that picture was taken.
On July 4th weekend Jay/Beck/I went to Nashville with my sister Julianne, who is doing a summer internship in Memphis. Nashville is kind of the only cool place at a midway point and we missed her, so we went for it! Jay had been to Nashville years ago and I've been approximately 9,837 times for work, but my work trips have been REALLY to work, stay in big hotels and not leave, that kind of thing. So, we found ourselves never having actually done much of anything in the city, so it was great to experience it all together.
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