Category Archives: My Journey to Motherhood
Nothing Happening Here…Tweedle Deedle Dee ;)
Oh, wait, were some of you waiting for an update of some sort? Like, I don’t know, something about an ultrasound? Yep, that’s right. The big twenty-week ultrasound was this morning. I always laugh when the techs ask me if … Continue reading
Filed under Kids, My Journey to Motherhood, pregnancy, Scary Bits of Life
Seventeen Weeks
While I’m posting this a few days late, the picture in this update really was taken at seventeen weeks (or, at least, what I think is the seventeen week mark). Between the raging crud my kids and I have been … Continue reading
Filed under Baby naming, Kids, My Journey to Motherhood, pregnancy
Mother’s Days
My first Mother’s Day as a married woman was memorable. And not in a warm and fuzzy sort of way. I had been trying to get pregnant for about eight months. About a month or so earlier, we had gone … Continue reading
Filed under Daily Life, Kids, My Journey to Motherhood
Five Years Ago Today
Five years ago today, I woke up, showered, got ready and went to work like any other day. But it wasn’t. Five years ago today, I sat at my desk and stared at my computer screen, unable to focus my … Continue reading
Filed under adoption, infertility, Kids, My Journey to Motherhood, open adoption
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Filed under Faith, Kids, My Journey to Motherhood
My Body Amazes Me
…And not always in a good sort of way The last you heard from me, I was heading to the hospital in the middle of the night with contractions that were already getting down around 2-3 minutes apart. I was … Continue reading
Filed under Idiot Files, Kids, My Journey to Motherhood, pregnancy
The Second Pregnancy
As I never did finish my “Journey to Motherhood” series, and I want to keep all of my children in order, I am now going to share with you the story behind my third son, C~. To read everything up … Continue reading
Filed under infertility, Kids, My Journey to Motherhood, pregnancy
The First Pregnancy
This is the fifth entry in a series describing my journey to motherhood. Click here to read everything leading up to this. I think that life as a first-time parent is an adjustment for anyone. It was no different for … Continue reading
Filed under hypnobirthing, My Journey to Motherhood, pregnancy
Our Adoption Story (Part 2)
Read Part 1 here. We received the call that T~ had chosen us on a Tuesday. Two days later, we were in a car with our agency’s director, making the 3-hour drive to T’s aunt’s house so that we could meet … Continue reading
Filed under adoption, My Journey to Motherhood, open adoption, transracial adoption
Our Adoption Story (Part 1)
I keep wanting to move on with my background story, to write about N’s adoption. And I keep finding other things to write about instead. Maybe it is because I’m having a hard time trying to imagine how I will … Continue reading
Filed under adoption, infertility, My Journey to Motherhood, transracial adoption
