I knew from the get-go I didn’t want to find out the sex of our baby. I had my reasons, and eventually convinced Josh that he didn’t need to know the sex of our baby either. That did, however, leave us with a dilemma. What would the theme of our nursery be? Just as for […]
I stayed home from work on Monday. Sam had been sick all weekend and still hadn’t kicked it by Sunday afternoon. I debated with myself for a good ten minutes before I brought it up to Josh. “I probably should stay home with Sam tomorrow, right?” He agreed. I sent a couple texts […]
There’s another debate happening in our home… when to have another baby. Sam is not quite a year and half and the feels are starting to creep up on me. The problem started when everyone around me started to get pregnant: friends, co-workers, the new Duchess… I mean, I’m sure not everyone […]
The crockpot and freezer meals saved my life when I was on maternity leave. My husband was still working and I was just way too tired to cook after a day of keeping a newborn alive. Luckily, I thought it might be that way and so, while I was pregnant, I tried to stock up […]
Being a NICU mom is like getting inducted into a special club you never applied for. It’s not something you wanted, but it becomes a defining experience in your life. I never imagined I’d become a NICU mom. But when I did, it became a part of my identity. Even a year later, […]
I love gender reveals. I love seeing what people came up with to announce their little one to the world. I love seeing their faces when they learn if they will have a son or daughter. Before I got pregnant, I had a whole board on Pinterest of ideas for what our gender reveal would […]
My baby turned one today. I’ve been crying all week. Tears of joy, tears of sadness. Just tears. All week. But as work started up again, I’ve had a daily hour long drive to reflect on Sam’s first year of life and my first year as a parent. As a human, Sam’s doing […]
I always have a plan. I have ideas set in my head of how things will look and how things will go. And things always happen exactly how I imagine they will. Just kidding. But what a cool superpower that would be, right? When I got pregnant, I couldn’t wait for my big […]
To all the C-section mommas who didn’t want it… I see you. I hear you. I am you. A c-section delivery was never in my plans. But when my baby needed to be delivered 6 weeks early and his heart rate was dropping, a vaginal delivery wasn’t an option and a c-section became […]
You can read part 1 here! Being told I was going to have my baby 8 weeks early were the most terrifying words spoken to me in my entire life. I wasn’t ready. Baby wasn’t ready. This wasn’t right. On the second day of my hospital stay, I cried to my husband that we hadn’t […]