Last week, you turned one. It feels like the fastest blink of the eye, but also like you’ve been here forever. Your life has changed mine; in a thousand ways, I will never be the same. Its hard to grasp all that has happened in a year, how we’ve grown and come to know each … More When We First Met
Just over a week ago, we got to hold our baby girl for the first time. For the sake of preserving a thousand moments I don’t want to forget, here’s the full story, and I warn you I didn’t provide the short version. Thursday evening (August 3rd), I started feeling contractions that were a bit … More Welcome, Elsie Joy {a birth story}
In honor of being 38 weeks along today, here’s some pregnancy related humor. Because while it is the most fun, exciting, tender and sweet time of my life – it is also funny, embarrassing, uncomfortable, and so many other things. In no particular order, here are some things I’ve experienced along the way that will … More Pregnancy is funny.
Last week my brother and sis-in-law welcomed their second baby boy into the world, Beau Tyler Mitchell. For me, it was a whirlwind kind of day as I left work early to go see the parents to be, run a few errands, then head back to La Follette to babysit their firstborn Ben while we … More 35 weeks and counting.
At almost 28 weeks along, I’ve been carrying baby girl for several months now and am entering the home stretch of the third trimester (what even!). And my body is starting to feel it. The slight ache in my lower back at the end of a long day. The way my feet get a little … More Carry You
Last week I was fortunate enough to find myself walking on a Florida beach, enjoying the sun and sand that comes with a girls trip to the coast. It was sweet time with family, for which I am so grateful. I also got to play with my 15- month-old nephew Ben each day, and watching … More Brand New
Well folks, I’m over 21 weeks now, which is officially just over halfway! The hormones, they are a surging. Yesterday I was watching a rerun from The Office, specifically the episode where Jim asks Pam on their first date. If you’ve seen it, it’s not really a climactic or over the top moment. It’s simple, it … More Thank goodness for grandmothers!
I keep thinking that I would like to write on here, to document life as of late and pregnancy happenings, but then I think about what I would say and it all seems very boring. So in other words, you’ve been warned that reading this might be a waste of your time. But I imagine … More Take my hand and we’ll make it, I swear
Ok, so really it feels like a pretty big announcement in the scheme of life. We’re having a baby. And from what I’ve witnessed so far, babies seem to bring a lot of change with them. Also, a lot of stuff. I’ve already begun to treat sleep as very precious and get as much of … More A little announcement
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