It's 5 in the morning this good new year's day. I've just fed and put Beau down for his first nap (he's recently started sleeping 5-6 hours consistently overnight = *gamechanger*) and am currently pumping. Most pump sessions I twiddle around on my phone or aimlessly sift through netflix or ...
First Family Stroll of Fall
We did it. We finally made it *outside* for our first family stroll of Fall... And when I say stroll, I mean literally via stroller. It's been four weeks since we brought Beau home from the NICU and, during that time, we've *only* left the confines of our condo for groceries or ...
DIY Kitchen Renovation: Before & After
It's a DIY kitchen renovation project that Charles and I naively thought we could knock out on a three-day weekend in July but actually ended up taking four months to complete; thanks to my water breaking early August and pausing everything in our lives for 38 days. But it's done! We finished the ...
We We… Family of Three
After four weeks of steady growth and progress, Beau was finally ready to graduate from the NICU on September 22. But before that could happen, a final round tests/ultrasounds, CPR training and bunch of paperwork needed to completed and processed... It was a long, emotional day. In the midst of ...
Hello Baby Beau: Our Birth Story
Despite the surrounding circumstances leading up to my water breaking early at 32 weeks, being put on hospital bedrest for 2 weeks and then being induced at 34 weeks, I want to preface *our* birth story (me, Charles and BB) by saying it was indeed a positive one. Reflecting back on this day, I ...
An Unexpected Fast Forward
Blogging live from the hospital.... I've set the timer to 15 minutes to quickly dump my mind on recent events because these past couple of weeks have been a blur and I don't want to forget one detail. It's a plot twist that began with my water breaking on a Wednesday morning at 32 weeks around ...
