February 19, 2024 was Asher’s 7th birthday. It’s hard to believe we have a 7 year old, a little boy who should be in first grade, but isn’t. In seven years we’ve lived a lot of life all the while Asher hasn’t. That reality will always hurt. This year I didn’t have all the anxiety leading … Continue reading Asher’s 7th Birthday
Today is the last day of my last maternity leave. This leave was nothing like my leave with the girls. With them, we stayed home a majority of the time, soaked in baby snuggles, napped, and binge watched a LOT of TV. With Rowan, the leave was spent with two older children home half the day … Continue reading Starting our New Normal and Rowan update
2023....what a roller coaster of unexpected twist and turns this year has been. In preparation for this year in review, I read my post from December 2022. In that post, I talked about the fact that we had been trying for 16 months with no positive results. I went on to share the mixture of emotions … Continue reading Obligatory Year in Review – 2023
Today is Rowan's due date so it seemed fitting to share a little more about Rowan's arrival and health since he made his debut 18 days ago. Rowan was born via a scheduled C-section at 37 weeks 3 days on Thursday, November 16, 2023 at 8:04am. He came in weighing 7 lb. 6 oz. and … Continue reading Rowan’s Entrance
I've barely written about this pregnancy because I can't. We are literally in the home stretch, with this little boy's arrival happening this month, and I still haven't processed it. My days are numbered and people are asking if I'm ready. I'm not. Obviously, I'm well aware that I'm pregnant. I'm large. I feel him … Continue reading Denial
After our Nuchal Transparency Test at 12 weeks 3 days. MFM Doc - " Everything looks good. You are doing the NIPS bloodwork, too?" Me: "Yes." MFM Doc - "Okay, make sure you tell Stacey if there is a special way you want to be told the gender." Me: "I already told her we don't … Continue reading It’s a…
In February Steve and I decided that I could use my bonus from work, if we got one, for myself. I decided to move forward with laser hair removal of my underarms. I’ve always been self-conscious of the area and wanted to make it a clean slate. I paid for it at the beginning of … Continue reading WELP…
A few weeks ago, I signed up for a “Sell Now” event for an upcoming large children’s consignment sale. I had a few baby items I wanted to offload that I knew would never be used again, even if we had another baby, like a double stroller. The morning of the event, I was … Continue reading The Car Seat
This Sunday we celebrated Asher’s 6th birthday. The unique aspect this year was that the days of the week matched up exactly to when they did back in 2017, when Asher was born. I went into the hospital on Saturday, February 18th, learned our son had died, and he was born the next day on … Continue reading Asher’s 6th birthday
It's that time of year again...another year to review. It's still hard for me to process the passing of yet another year, when I'm mentally still stuck in March 2020. So much life and change has happened in that time, and yet that whole "COVID everything shutting down" thing seems literally like yesterday. I'm still … Continue reading Obligatory Year in Review – 2022
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