At the start of summer, I created a summer bucket list, filled with everything I wanted us to do that summer. It was my way of planning out our summer so we could get the most of every moment. With the…
Merry Christmas From Our Family to Yours
Merry Christmas 2019 and happy holidays to all of you. I can’t tell you how much your support has meant to me, especially this year. It’s funny how much can change in a year. I found out just before Christmas…
Grateful
I’ve been a bit MIA on the blog lately as life has taken over (I’m so behind on gift guides and I’m sorry!), but I wanted to hop on to wish all of you and your families a Happy Thanksgiving!…
Reflections on a Very Special Mother’s Day
This Mother’s Day might be my most special one to date. Honestly since becoming a mother, every Mother’s Day has been incredibly special, but this year, I will officially be six months pregnant with the baby we waited and struggled…
Pregnancy Update + My Favorite New Non-Maternity Dress That Fits a Bump
Thank you for all the well wishes and messages. I’m still sorting through them all, but it means so much. As many of you know, the road here wasn’t easy, so we couldn’t be more excited. I know I’m in…
Big News!
Surprise! We’re pregnant! Baby #2 is coming this August! I honestly, didn’t know I’d ever have the opportunity to make a pregnancy announcement after infertility. We’ve been keeping the news secret for sooo long (though I’m sure many of you…
Reflections on My Birthday and What I Learned From the Hardest Year
Friday was my birthday, so this post is a few days late, but after a fun weekend celebrating with my boys, I wanted to take a minute to reflect on the previous year and my goals from the one to come. I’m not sure if I ever shared this, but I love birthdays! I love celebrating other people’s and my own. I just feel like it’s one day (or in our house, week) all about you and celebrating your life and where you’re at and going. It’s like my own personal New Year’s in many ways — a chance to reflect, reset, set goals. And since my birthday corresponds with spring, I always feel really hopeful and like it’s a time of rebirth in some ways.
Watching All Your Friends Get Pregnant When You’re Struggling with Inferility
So basically every day when I open the mail, I get to cry over the fact that another friend of mine is having a baby and I’m not. Something I used to love, opening Christmas cards has become something I dread.
Why I’m Not Super Excited for the Holidays This Year
I had originally planned to write a post about what I’m thankful for in honor of Thanksgiving, and I know I have a lot to be grateful for, but honestly, I just didn’t feel up to it. My Instagram feed…
The Fertility Diet I’m Trying
As we struggle to conceive and the months pass by, we’re faced with the question of when to consider IVF. IVF is expensive and our insurance doesn’t cover it, but it’s also not foolproof and I think having it not…
Infertility Diaries: Navigating Instagram, The Land of Bumps and Babies, When You’re Struggling to Conceive
When you’re trying to have a baby, Instagram might be the cruelest place on earth. It’s not it’s fault. It’s the perfect place to share your happy news with family and friends and followers, to document your growing bump, to…
Infertility Diaries: Another Round of Treatments
People don’t tell you how much time you spend at the doctor when you’re undergoing fertility treatments. It’s much more than when I was actually pregnant with James, and having to try to squeeze all the doctor appointments into a…