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WOW.

I can’t believe that I’ve been absent from this blog for over a year! Because my office system hates the WordPress platform, I’ve been attempting to transition over to my Tumblr account in the meantime, but haven’t been able to pull the volume of site hits over there that I get here

My Tumblr account has also, and it pains me to admit it, been gradually…turning into a…MOMMY BLOG.

Yep! It was insane to read my last post over here and realize that at that time, just over a year ago, we were submersed in a battle with infertility, and today P and I are the proud (and exhausted) (and self-doubting) (and still amazed) parents of four month-old TWIN BOYS! The initial round of injectible meds that I referred to in said post were unsuccessful, but in our second go, we found twice the success that we were hoping for. These past four months have sped by at times, and crawled by at times, but here our the smiley centers of our lives these days.

In each picture, Jackson Lawrence (formerly Baby B) is on the left, and Hudson Joseph (formerly Baby A) is to his right. They are every bit as adorable in real life, twice as difficult, and thrice as worth every moment of it (although I’d nary admit the latter, as the level of sleep deprivation I’m presently enveloped by makes me a not so cheery mommy these days).

In other developments, we put our house on the market, planning to relocate to Chicago upon P’s acceptance for a job there.

Then, we promptly delisted it when we found out we were expecting two little ones.

P commuted for just over a year, before taking pity on me and the 13+ hours I was spending with the boys each day while he did so. He begins work at a local Milwaukee firm tomorrow (and I can finally exhale) (and maybe even clean my house).

WHEW! So on that note, I’ll drop off for now, to tend to Jack (did I mention that they’re both teething already) (the joy is palpable).

So after a (Wednesday) night out with the fam (my cousin’s 21^st birthday – and she was NOT waiting until the weekend to celebrate), a still-slightly-tipsy me woke up with an idea. In my ever-soothing bar-hag voice, I croaked, “ChicCritique.com,” to my bedmate and fiancé, Arthur. Even though it hit me like a ton of brinks (maybe that was the hangover though…?), it wasn’t as completely random as it seems…

On New Year’s Eve, Arthur and I, and some pr/marketing/advertising genius friends of his, decided that my road to career happiness would inevitably be paved with fashion, thereby discounting my long-time goal of being a teacher (the mere mention of which results in, “Have you SEEN what teachers wear?!” from Arthur). I’d been hemming and hawing about my current position as training coordinator for a financial holding company (i.e. I train tellers), and reliving my latest work humiliation, once again surrounding my “unprofessional” attire (more on this later), when Arthur revealed one of my most embarrassing habits:

I remember what I’ve worn for every big and also not so big moment in my life – every first day of school, every dance, and so on…

One of the marketing savants (who happens to moonlight as an advertising/design professor) took it on himself at this point to plot out a timeline for the development of a blog, podcast, and even the inevitable onslaught of advertisers who’d be banging down my door in no time.  My first assignment  was to name my blog, at which point the entire operation DIED.  No name – too many topic ideas – too high of expectations – and I was done…

UNTIL, the other night, that is…I spent my cousin’s party doing what I do – either talking smack about or giving props for everyone’s ensembles (which apparently becomes much more amusing after a couple of drinks)