My Personal Life

Last Thursday, after 34 days in the NICU, Ian finally got to come home! YAY!!! I will always be grateful to the doctors and nurses who took care of him there, but man, I was SO ready to get out--I basically spent the entire month of July inside a hospital. And it has been so wonderfully sweet having him home at last! No more wires and tubes, no more saying […]

How do you write about the most life-changing experience you've ever had? The single most terrifying week of your life...but also, in a strange way, the most wonderful? I already know that I will not be able to adequately put into words all of my feelings over the last ten days, so I'm just going to start with the facts. A week ago today, on June 24th, at 8:43am, our […]

Happy Friday! Whew, this week has been a blur. We just got back from our babymoon last weekend, and we're heading out again this weekend, visiting my hometown to celebrate my sister's high school graduation. So we've been busy trying to get caught up from our last trip and get ready for another one. This will be the last trip for me before baby comes, though. I'm definitely feeling more […]

I'm back! It's taken me longer than usual to get caught up from vacation because, well, #thirdtrimester. I have to admit, as much as I love blogging, taking a nap just sounds more appealing these days. :) But I did want to share some photos from our recent babymoon! It was so much fun, and Ben and I had an amazing time hanging out with each other, exploring new places, […]