So as someone who hasn't really needed to "watch her weight" (or as they say in France, and in the book I'm reading "Bringing Up Bebe," I haven't been "paying attention") in a really long time, I tried on my wedding dress during an unfortunate time of my cycle and found it to be a bit more snug than expected.

My first year of motherhood...I can't say that I had a lot of expectations because I really didn't. I always had a general vision of what motherhood might be like for me someday, but since our blessing was a bit of a surprise, I didn't have quite as much time to plan as some.