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…
Trusting the Timing of Your Life
I love a good quote. In fact, I have an entire Pinterest board dedicated to quotes, and a saved section on my Instagram with them. Awhile ago I read the quote “Trust the timing of your life” and saved it…
And Just Like That We’re a Family of Four!
If you follow me on Instagram, you know that we welcomed a baby girl two weeks ago, so I thought it was time to share a new baby announcement on here. I know a lot of you have been asking…
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…
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…
When You Just Need to Check Out
This weekend we skipped a bunch of Halloween parties I was really looking forward to and escaped to the country. We wanted to see the lake house before all the leaves fell, but honestly, I also needed to just get…
Surviving the Emotional Rollercoaster of Infertility
One of the hardest parts about dealing with infertility is trying to stay positive and not stress when every month, every treatment is met with the same heartbreaking results – no baby. When time marches on, your friends have second…
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: Should We Just Be More Patient?
I was surprised that during my first visit with an infertility doctor, IVF came up right away. Honestly, I didn’t know much about it other than it was extremely expensive and that I had some friends who tried it. I…
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…