After having my first child at 23, I had no plans for her to have a sibling right away. The narrative I aspired to for our lives included having another child by Shelby’s fifth birthday, but life had different plans. Those plans included substantial maturing on my part, and many years of my daughter being […]
Should we have a third baby or is our family complete? This is a dilemma I struggle with, and I know many moms can relate to my feelings and questions. I remember the day we found out our oldest son was a boy. It was May 4, 2015 and we were filled with excited energy […]
I hate being pregnant. It’s uncomfortable, it takes over my entire being, it makes me absolutely miserable at times, and the grand finale is potentially the most intense physical pain I’ll ever experience. Plus, the struggle with infertility just plain sucked. Thankfully, it seems that our family of four finally feels complete and I may never […]
August 2019 marks the month my son turns 1.5 years old. I dread this month because he will soon be approaching 2, then I know I’ll blink and he will be 5, then 10, then off to college. We constantly go back and forth; I want another baby right now, I want to wait, I […]
My first baby had a penis. As luck would have it, so did my second baby. While these babies were relatively cute and fulfilled all the general expectations that one has for babies – my heart longed for a girl baby. All the Shades of Pink In my girl baby dreams, there were frilly dresses […]
I remember the day like it was yesterday. The birth of my third child, Deacon, was a scary one. He was premature at 35 weeks and spent almost two weeks in the NICU {12 days to be exact}. When he was finally discharged to go home, my life was chaotic. I already had two other […]
Sometimes I look for two pink lines. Sometimes I feel phantom kicks that I hope are real. Sometimes I hope that a day late means more than it does. But, last September, my husband put the final nail in our family building journey by getting snipped. It was a decision that we both made {at […]
My husband and I have been trying off and on for years to have a baby, without success. When you’re newlyweds {even old ones like we are}, it seems like “the baby question” is all people ask you. “When are you and your husband going to grow your family?” My replies were always casually dismissive. […]
