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

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Hi All. Anyone still there?

I have been diligently reading via iphone while pumping, which is not super conducive to commenting...so...that's that.

You guys, I have a one-year-old. ONE. How did that happen?! 

I feel like just yesterday I was in infertility hell. Just yesterday I was IUIing. IVFing. FETing. 

I cannot fathom that a year has passed since I was pregnant. One year since I gave birth and got to meet the sweetest gal ever.

It is both bitter and sweet watching my little miss grow up. I cling to her babyhood, but at the same time embrace every single new development because they are all more amazing than the last. 

Life is good.

And life is cray-cray.

The six months since I returned to work has been a wild ride. Piper is in daycare 3-5 days a week, depending on my work schedule. I never thought I would do this, but sometimes I drop her at daycare just so I can get something done! I love her to bits, but she wears. me. out. Like woah. She is constantly on the go and getting into everything, and just absorbing life and her surroundings. It's wonderful and exhausting.

In a nutshell: She is crawling all over the place, but not walking yet. She's eating pretty much everything under the sun and still breast feeding before bedtime and naps. Sleep is not her strong suit. She loves pointing, clapping, packing and unpacking, sharing her food with Mommy and Daddy (that's code for force-feeding us slobbery, partially eaten food). She's the cutest.

We celebrate the big O-N-E with a little party at our house with family and friends. Super fun and laid-back. 

Now for the photos!

Year One: that's a wrap.

Same Out As In

Hello there. 

I will not dwell on the "sorry for the radio silence, I'm really busy" talk, but I am apparently not a very good Mama Blogger. Partly because I just don't know what to talk about at the moment. Pregnancy happened (finally!), baby here (halleluyer!), maternity leave was amazing (6 months off: how can it not be superb!?) And now...we're just living. And I don't know what to talk about, so I'm choosing to not bore you all with my don't-know-what-to-talk-about-blabber.

Except I noticed that my babe is 35 weeks. That is over eight months old. She has been on this planet, breathing air for as long as I so joyfully grew her in my body. Holy wow. 

Since it's been a bit, I'm going to catch you all up in photos. 8 months of "monthly photos", peeps. Gear up.

2 Weeks

 

1 Month

2 Months

 

3 Months

4 Months

5 Months

6 Months

(These were done by a pro in honor of her 6 month birthday and our 5 year Anniversary!)

 

 7 Months

8 Months

35 Weeks In!

Had I known this would be the last bump shot, I would have taken a better one!

One of the very last pictures of her "in"!

35 Weeks Out!

This girl is pure joy and I'm so happy she is mine. Can't get over how lucky I am.