Unremarkably Remarkable – Leo’s Birth Story

Leo, I hope you enjoy the story of the day you were born. From the outside looking in, it may seem unremarkable, but to us, you made October 24, 2014 so very remarkable! It was around 3:00 a.m in the middle of a Friday morning when I first felt a true contraction. I was working from home that week and my firm had just delivered one of our biggest proposal efforts during my last week working. My girlfriends and I were all planning[Read more]

Leo’s Little Lion’s Den

Not finding out the gender of our second child was pretty easy because we lived in a 2 bedroom 1 bathroom house with no space for a second child’s bedroom AND life was very busy because we were planning on moving throughout my whole pregnancy. That meant that most of the nursery decorating decisions were removed from the equation. We moved into our new house two months before Leo was born and naturally, the second we moved in, it was game on for getting the Baby’s[Read more]

Leo 12 Weeks

I’m back after 3 months filled with baby snuggles and lots of house remodel work. Our little sweet pea starts daycare 4 days a week next Monday so I plan on holding him and staring into his beautiful little eyes all week, along with getting mentally prepared to be back to work full time of course. I haven’t posted a bi-monthly picture of Leo yet (insert second child syndrome here) so let’s just start with 12 weeks. Here is a side/by/side with[Read more]

Letters to Little One – 29 Weeks

Hi Little One, Can you believe it, we just clear the second trimester and are move into the third and final stretch! I keep saying that this pregnancy feels like it is taking so much longer than the first one. In the last few days I have really started to relax and accept this time for what it is, without wishing it away so quickly. In recent weeks, I’ve been able to feel you move more, Luke has been talking to you[Read more]

To Find Out or Not to Find Out, That is Not the Question

Photo courtesy of The Krazy LIfe This conversation probably sounds pretty common for expecting mothers weather it’s your first child or second, am I right!? People: “You’re pregnant, congratulations!….” Me: “Thank you! We are excited and Luke’s ready to be a big brother! People: “When are you due?” Me: “The end of October. Fingers crossed it’s not a Halloween baby!” People: “Do you know what you are having?” Me: “Not yet, we are actually going to try and not find[Read more]