You know how social media can make it seem like we all have life figured out? Like every moment is happy, and we always look pretty and put together? Though I sometimes wish reality was that way, it is not. Life is often messy and stressful, but that is not what I choose to share […]
Postpartum Essentials and a Personal Update
I have only been a newborn mom again for a week and a half, but I wanted to give an update on how the postpartum period is going. This post has some very personal confessions, but I hope that my experiences might help another mom. I will try to do a couple of these posts as […]
Welcome Home, Baby Boy!
We are thrilled to officially announce the birth of our precious second son! Our sweet baby boy is one week old today! Christopher Ridge was born October 20th, 5 days after his due date. He is named after Todd (Christopher is his middle name) but he will go by his middle name, Ridge. He is tiny, but […]
Bump Pictures
I am less than 2 days away from being 40 weeks pregnant! COME ON, BABY BOY! Because this pregnancy is almost over (hopefully ;)) I decided to post a bump picture progression. This is mainly for my own memory’s sake. It took us years to get pregnant with each of our boys, and I know […]
Mother’s Day Weekend
This past weekend was full of time with family and friends, and it made me feel abundantly grateful – to be a mom, and to have a wonderful mom, mother-in-law, and grandmother! It also made me miss my granny more than normal. As joyous of a holiday that it can be, I know it brings […]
We Have News!
I am bursting at the seams to finally announce our good news! We are adding to our family – and not in a way that we ever expected! I’ve told parts of our story here before…we experienced years of infertility and a miscarriage before our son was born, and then after he was born, we were […]