• Personal

    Feeding Issues

    Setbacks Just last week Baby Henry was taking over 33% of his feeds without vomiting issues, but things have changed. The formula is almost exactly the same but after increasing the fortification with…

  • Personal

    Bummer at the BPD Clinic

    Today we met Henry’s pulmonologist for the first time, hopeful that after assessing our baby and reviewing his case we’d have an “aha” moment and could finally point to why our child is…

  • Kids

    Hot Milk

    Seems like we need a Henry update and lots of baby pics haha! He just turned 5 months old (2 months gestational) and is a little Jumping Bean! I LOVE the rolls /…

  • Adventures,  Personal

    New Year Survival Mode

    Minecraft Dungeons. Library visits and Hazardous Tales. Massages for Dad. Romcoms. We watched Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and now my kids especially the boys think it’s the funniest movie, sing all the…

  • Personal

    Encouraging Quotes As A NICU Parent

    These are some thoughts that are helping me through this tough journey right now. I started collecting these months ago amidst a long NICU stay. Even months later out of the NICU these…

  • Personal

    Life Lately

    Dear Journal, I’m currently listening to a playlist called “Relax Pregnancy” which I created when I needed to lower my stress level in the 2nd trimester. It includes less than 10 songs that…

  • Kids

    Ice Cream Mother-Daughter Date

    Happy New Year! It’s been a bit of a crazy time with a new baby at home. We hardly leave the house, so our Mother-Daughter dates were put on hold for a bit…

  • Kids,  Personal

    Portraits of Newborn

    I’m getting so much practice in capturing these tender moments of our sweet Henry. We are all taken in with his charms. It’s not all a bed of roses here; the hard moments…

  • Adventures,  Kids,  Personal

    Home with Baby

    These first few days at home with Baby have been a sleepless trial by fire. There’s a learning curve and getting into a rhythm again. Baby didn’t sleep or eat well the first…