Sunday, February 15, 2015

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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.

Sunday, October 12, 2014

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.