April 15, 2020 – The Leather year. (Seriously, who comes up with these?) We have been married three years. How has it possible? This year has definitely been the most monumental because we welcomed our beautiful daughter Amelia into the world! All the other events that took place in this year of marriage don’t even…
The 2020 Cenus and the “other” mother
I was impressed to see the options for “same-sex” married and unmarried couples. What I found really unsettling, however is when asked the question below, this selection was the “correct” response.
Book Review: “Here I Go Again”
So far I am sticking with my new years resolution of a (non-school related) book a month. This month the book club decided on the genre fiction. I’m always down for a good novel, however if I had not listened to this one on my drives to and from work I don’t know if I…
Book Review: “Of Mess & Moxie”
I have to admit when the book club choose this book I was not thrilled simply because of the religious background of the author. I was concerned about it being preachy and unrelatable to real life. I was wrong. Hatmaker speaks about true life and is extremely relatable as a mother, a woman, and as…
Adoption
Adopting Amelia who was conceived via Reciprocal IVF
Amelia’s Birth Story
The last weeks of pregnancy feel like eternity. From the start I was convinced she was going to come early, well 37 weeks came and went. She was full term and making no leaps to introduce herself to the world. At 37 weeks I was measuring 2cm and by 38 had only gained 1 cm….
Third Trimester
Week 28: This week we had a 3D Ultrasound and it was amazing. Although this is an elective ultrasound (meaning it is not covered by insurance), it was worth every penny. She was a little stubborn at first keeping her arm up by her face and her face buried in the placenta. After a little coaxing and…
Two Years, Forever to Go
Krystal and I celebrated our two year anniversary yesterday (April 15th). Although there were many big milestones none really compare to getting pregnant with our daughter. I even asked Krystal last night what her favorite part of year two was and she said, “pretty much anything to do with the baby.” I ditto that statement….
The Nursery Reveal
Before the Gender Reveal there were so many ideas and Pinterest boards of what designs we were going to do for the nursery. Wouldn’t ya know we did NONE of that. We searched for days/weeks looking for the perfect bedding set with all the right colors, that wasn’t astronomically expensive and finally we settled on…
Second Trimester
16 Weeks: Lets just say I am a new person, those magic pills the doctor gave me at our last ultrasound with the combination of being out of the first trimester has given me a new burst of energy and a new appetite. We went to see the doctor this Tuesday and got to hear…
