Olivia at 3 years 8 months

It feels like I haven’t done one of these posts in forever, but it’s only been four months. What’s crazy is this is the last 3-year update, because she’s going to be 4 in four months and we’ll have another baby in the house. That blows my mind. We’ve been…

View Post

23 Weeks with Emelia: L & D, we have to stop meeting like this

When I was 31 weeks with Olivia, I went to the labor and delivery unit for… leakage. I didn’t know what to call it. Anyway, you can read about that, but Saturday, the day Queso reached 23 weeks gestation, I found myself in a similar situation with her. We had…

View Post

11 years: Pregnant on another anniversary

We got out last night actually ON our anniversary which doesn’t happen as much since #kids, but of course we have miracle babies so I don’t think either of us mind too much. Since I had a baby in my uterus, I couldn’t do the traditional wine/get drunk thing but…

View Post

22 Weeks with Emelia: I wish I could bottle up these kicks

This baby has been making her presence known. This week, more than the previous ones, she’s been really making herself felt. And I’m so grateful for it. Back in my first trimester, I was dismayed to hear my placenta was anterior, meaning instead of being in the back of my…

View Post

21 Weeks with Emelia: Finally feeling better, for real now?

21 weeks. I’m finally at that point where I can get up in the morning, pee a lot, and go out to the kitchen and make scrambled eggs, toast, and fruit for Olivia and I without dry heaving on the floor. Oh, it’s glorious. I’m actually looking through Pinterest now…

View Post