Adventures in 2nd Chances

Things no one tells you when you have a child - sometimes, you feel like a huge failure as a mother, a wife, and a person. Lately, I have ...

A few weeks have now passed since all the chaos rained down. The dust is starting to settle on it and my emotions are calmer than they were ...

So it has been quite awhile since I wrote and I am not sure why. One of my goals in 2015 is to take more time for things that I enjoy and to...

I am a bad blogger. After documenting the process of getting pregnant and all throughout my pregnancy, I just didn't have much time to u...

Okay, I am bad blogger (but hopefully good mommy) because I have not updated since July 15! In the news around our house: 1. Genny is gr...

Today would have been my due date with baby girl. Genevieve wanted to come into the world early and now we can barely imagine our lives be...

Last week during my 36 week appointment, my OB said I was 4 cm dilated and 75% effaced so I was sent to labor and delivery to be monitored f...

She's here!!!!! Genevieve Ann was born on Monday, June 24, 2013 at 11:45 pm. She weighed 6 pounds 10 ounces, was 19 inches long, and a...

This week has been relatively quiet dealing with much organization of the baby's room and supplies to prepare. It could be at any time n...

Well this week has been just an adjustment to the summer schedule. How far along?  35 weeks and 5 days Total weight gain:  well, I ha...

This week was somewhat of a rough one for me. Thursday was the first anniversary of the passing of my mom. This was an emotional turmoil k...

Well school is out for the summer and I am so relieved! It was getting tough to walk around the building with limited breathing ability (b...

Here we are at the end of the school year - one more day to go and I am on break! I cannot wait! I am ready to be off the schedule for awh...

31 weeks and nearly finished with school for the summer!! I can hardly wait to be done for the summer, I feel like we have so much to do in ...

Mother's Day was an interesting holiday for me this year. It was conflicting emotionally and was kind of a tough day mixed with the anti...

30 weeks! We are in the single digit weeks from this point forward and she will be here before we know it. It's all very exciting stuff!...

Had my first ultrasound since being diagnosed with gestational diabetes. I was very nervous about this because this diet is tough and someda...

We have hit the 7 month mark! Last trimester, here we are :-) The adjustment to the GD (gestational diabetes) diagnosis has not been an ea...

Well the results of the dreaded 3 hour glucose test are in and I have developed gestational diabetes. It wasn't a surprise just not what...

26 weeks all ready! Almost to the 3rd trimester and moving along quickly! :-) How far along?  26 weeks and 4 days Total weight gai...

Here we are nearly 6 1/2 months into this pregnancy and going strong! How far along?  25 weeks and 4 days Total weight gain:  well I...