Olivia at 16.5 months

And suddenly, she’s a little girl. Kind of a baby, kind of a toddler, kind of makes me want to curl up in a corner and cry because mah baby!!!! I’m not crazy, right? She looks like a little girl now? Gah. We celebrated my mom’s birthday at the end…

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“Right Now” March 2017

Reading: I’m continuing to make my way through the Outlander series, with book four, Drums of Autumn. Watching: We’re watching Parenthood, finally, on Netflix. Now I can see why everyone compared this series to This Is Us. Season 1 has been so good! Listening: to Olivia scream. Her four molars are all breaking…

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Olivia’s second transferversary: “You are my first wish”

Have you read this book, You Are My I Love You? I can’t get through it without crying. Olivia thinks I’m crazy, since I cry at 10% of her books I read to her. This Saturday, two years ago, I underwent my fifth and final embryo transfer. Every IVF transfer…

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From The Other Side—An Egg Donor’s Story {Guest Post}

I’ve talked a bit in a past Mom.me article about my thoughts and feelings on using an egg donor to get pregnant with Olivia. I think the thing that is hardest to cope with is that somewhere out there, there is a woman who shares part of her DNA with…

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#Microblog Mondays: Tale As Old As Time

I was five years old when my dad took me to the movie theater for the first time to see Beauty and the Beast. It has remained to be one of my favorite Disney movies. Chris and I had our monthly date night Saturday and my parents came to watch…

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