Turns out, I kind of suck at this.

My little guy is almost 3 months old and I did not post anything about it. I have been meaning to update you all, but...

I don't know. No excuses! I mean besides the normal "I have a newborn and toddler" thing that is life now!

In a nutshell:

-I went into labor at exactly 35 weeks (just like my daughter!) and delivered my sweet baby boy by C Section (due to a transverse lie) about 2 hours later. I was 8 cm dilated when we got to the hospital, so all that back pain was apparently labor. Oooooops!

-C section recovery was hard. Man, I didn't expect that level of ouch.

-Baby Boy is the sweetest thing ever. Holy moly he's a chill baby. Good eater, good sleeper, happy as a little clam 99% of the time. Love him, like woah.

-Toddler life is kind of hard. Adjusting to being a big sister is kind of hard. Big sisters don't always know how to express that, so temper tantrums and meltdowns are a thing. 

-Life is good and I type one-handed always, so sentences are short ;)

Blogging is going to be sporadic for a time. Maybe forever. So...if you'd like to stay in the loop, here's my instagram! 

Also, I was recently featured on one of my favorite blogs, Design Mom, talking about growing our little family! Crazy cool, starstruck moment for me because I've been reading the series for so long!

And finally...meet Owen William!!!

 I still follow along with all of your journeys (even if I don't usually comment! I blame it on the on-handed typing thing again!)

xo- Emily

Happy Holidays

This holiday I will be sharing with both my born family and my family by marriage.
I hate to even say this because I LOVE this time of year, but I'm kind of sort of dreading it. I can't wait to spend some quality time with everyone, but I feel like it is also going to be a challenging time for me.
My Sister-In-Law is twenty weeks pregnant and a bit of a drama queen. Everything, and I mean everything, is about her. And now her baby. And she got pregnant on accident. Really? How does that happen?!
Anyway, I'm sure there will be tears, but I hope not as many as Thanksgiving :)

We have also decided that this is the time to tell our parents about our pickle of a situation and our plans to proceed with fertility treatments in the new year.
I'm not quite sure how it's going to go, but I know that I'm both dreading the conversation and looking forward to it immensely.
I feel like I have been distracted and distant all year long because my mind is so preoccupied with baby-making that I think about it a lot, but since no one has known what's going on, I don't talk about it. And then I have nothing to talk about.