I’ll warn everyone now that this post is photo heavy, we had just so much fun with Halloween this year I want to make sure I get it all documented. After heading to the pumpkin patch a couple of weeks ago, we had our pumpkin carving experience for the first year in our new house. This…
On November 16 we celebrated A’s FIRST birthday. That morning I spent the morning prepping all of the food. The Smash Cake, the cupcakes, the snacks, the nests, and decorating. Ryan made whipped cream For snacks we had all of A’s favorites – grapes, goldfish, animal crackers, multigrain crackers, carrots, peppers – and then we…
There I stood in the kitchen with A in my left arm telling Ryan the defeat I felt from the day. The kind of defeating day where you are served up all kinds of things that didn’t go your way like how the maintenance guy showed up 2 hours before he was supposed to. And…
To My Sweet Girl On Your Birthday, I don’t know how many times I’ve said it already but I don’t think there will be too many times to say it. You sweet girl, are more than I ever imagined, and the years of praying for you was worth it, so incredibly worth it. God truly…
What a year it has been. This sweet girl of mine has taught me so much about being a mama and I believe with all of my heart that as a mother you have to do whatever is best for your child, following their lead because every child is different. I talked about it all…
Throughout Friday night the nurses were constantly in and out of the room. Ryan stayed at the hospital the entire time, changed every diaper, got up every time she woke up to give her to me, he was a lifesaver while we were there. Saturday afternoon I was able to get the catheter removed and…
We arrived at the hospital at 6:30am for our 8:30 C-Section. We got all checked in and in our room to get “dressed” in, and about 6:50 the nurse came in and said there was an emergency c-section and that they had to bump me to 10:30am. Bummed we had to wait 2 more hours…
I sat in the cardiology office waiting for the doctor – knowing we would be discussing the labor and delivery process that would be best for me. Dr. F walked into the room, went over the scans I had done the day before then he said “have you thought about your delivery?” I responded with…
I know I said it already in this post, but this girl makes the holidays so much fun. Don’t get me wrong the past years of seeing the cute little trick-or-treaters coming to our door has always been fun…except for last year when I was far to pregnant to be getting up and down 50+…
Saturday evening we drove 45 minutes to an event called “Monster Dash” my mom was volunteering at. It was a 5k & 10k race with a tiny kiddo race at the very end. We were wrapped up in buying A shoes and ran too late for the little race but activities were going on still….
Dear A, Oh Sweet Girl, here I am rocking you gently to sleep like I do every day. The gentle creak of the rocker, as you sink deeper into my arms, your hand so gently resting on the skin of my chest. It’s been 10 months since my world completely changed by you entering it….
There I stood, the first time seeing my new body after giving birth. Being in the hospital after my c-section, I could see much but being home and showering for the first time outside of the hospital there I stood staring at my “new self”. I expected to hate it, to look at the stretch…
Oh. My. Heart.This last weekend we embarked on our first outdoor water adventure with Miss A.You. Guys.It doesn’t really get much cuter than a sparkle swim suit and a floppy lady bug hat.I mean really. At first A was a little unsure and a little reserved but oh my goodness, it was hats off and splash…
There are a lot of things I don’t talk about on the blog. I feel like somethings just don’t need to be talked about – I value a level of privacy – and I’m pretty modest person about a lot of things- in life and in this space. But today or share a little something with…
A couple of our friends recently asked for a little bit of advice on how we keep our costs low, manage our money and stay on top of the money we have so we don’t spend money that we don’t actually have. So, I decided that would make a fantastic blog post. 1. We Cut…
This summer we decided it would be fun to do the local library reading program with Miss A! We’ve been reading to her for months, literally since the very beginning! We feel it’s an important thing for her to start reading now, not only for developmental reasons but neither one of Ryan and I love…
After my heart surgery things became a little more of “high alert” status. Not just with me, but with my mom’s future pregnancies. Monitoring while she was pregnant with my brother and with my sister; it was a concern for the future children I would bear too, and if I could for that matter. If…
Movies make me think. A Lot.I’m sure that’s kind of the point, they get our thoughts going, memories flashing and our emotions amped up.That’s why we keep watching them. Movies since being a mama have become few and far between but sometimes we find the time to watch something and when we do a different…
Happy Valentine’s Day to all of you from our home & hearts to yours! We (A and I) have been busy little bees to make sure we have so fun things for Daddy for this Valentine’s Day! Yesterday we spent the day making some presents for him, and today we spent the day prepping his…