• Adventures,  Henry,  Kids

    NICU Diaries: Week 7

    / October 6, 2025

    Baby is 34 weeks adjusted gestational age. Read about last week: Week 6! Day 43: Roasty Toasty Dr is upping Baby’s potassium, sodium chloride, and chloride to counteract the loss of electrolytes from…

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  • Adventures

    Fall Moments in September

    / September 30, 2025

    I wanted to remember some moments we’ve had outside of the hospital this month. I’ve been finding comfort and upliftment in reading middle grade children’s books. Wonder. The one and only Ivan. Fish…

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  • Adventures,  Henry,  Kids

    NICU Diaries: Week 6

    / September 29, 2025

    Updates as we progress in the hospital. Read about last week: Week 5! Day 36: Lab Report + Pumping It was lab day for Baby when he gets all his tests done. His…

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  • Adventures,  Henry,  Kids

    NICU Diaries: Week 5

    / September 22, 2025

    I’m putting updates here as we progress in the hospital. Read about last week: Week 4! Day 29: Sick + Chilling Today I heard the dreaded words, “Mom, I feel like I’m getting…

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  • Kids,  Kids Update

    Kids September Update

    / September 22, 2025

    Soccer season is done and I’m so relieved! What with baby coming a lot earlier than expected, we’ve had some tender mercies including all our kids having the same coach so able to…

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  • Personal

    16th Anniversary

    / September 21, 2025

    We celebrated sixteen wonderful years of marriage! No getaways this time as I need to pump every 2-3 hours while our new baby is in the hospital NICU. We tried some fish/shrimp tacos…

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  • Adventures,  Henry,  Kids

    NICU Diaries: Week 4

    / September 15, 2025

    I’m putting updates here as we progress in the hospital. Read about last week: Week 3. Check out more weeks from our NICU journey here. Day 22: Snuggles Something silly I realized- time…

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  • Adventures,  Henry,  Kids

    NICU Diaries: Week 3

    / September 8, 2025

    I’m putting updates here as we progress in the hospital. Read about Week 1 and Week 2! Day 15: Upsize + CPAP Wean Baby Henry moved up in diaper size from Micropreemie to…

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