i realize widowing isn't a word. well, maybe it is? when i type it, that little red squiggly line doesn't show up underneath it. well, i doubt it actually means what i'm using it as. anyways. mat left to texas yesterday for work, and i am a temporary widow! so far it hasn't been terrible, but its been barely over 24 hours haha....

perry has officially been part of our lives for one week! it's flown by. its so weird when you have kids, because leading up to their birth, you stress about what life will be like when they arrive. how will you adjust? is it just going to be insanely hard? how am i going to function at all? i pretty much had the...

our girl is here! her entrance into the world could not have happened more unexpectedly. we were scheduled for our induction at 5 am, so we put benson to bed at my parent's house, just in case we were able to get in early, we didn't want to have to wake up benson. when i called at 4, they said they didn't have...

the final week! well, by textbook standards anyways. i get induced in 2 days! i have experienced such a whirlwind of emotions the last week or so, but as of this very moment, i am feeling excited and anxious. i'm hoping that i can go into labor on my own before i go in monday morning, but we'll see what happens haha. i've...

so, mat and I decided that we should have a day solely focused on benson, since his world is about to be flipped upside down with this impending big brother role just around the corner! so on tuesday morning, we woke up, had breakfast, and asked him if he wanted to go see trains or airplanes. well, he chose trains twice, but mat...

i don't have much to add for this week. i don't think i even have a picture worth posting! but at my last appointment, i had gained 3 lbs, and am dilated to a 3, and 90% effaced! i could go into labor at any time at this point! but i'm not holding my breath, since i made it past my due date...

happy november! it's officially baby girl's birth month. hoooooly cow haha. i'm so ready to not be pregnant, but i'm not sure i'm ready to be awake all night with a newborn. i know that once she's here and we come home, it'll be like she was here all along. but i'm having a very serious internal battle over how prepared i really...

3 weeks and counting! i had my appointment yesterday - still no weight gain! it's nuts, especially since i feel like my belly just keeps getting bigger haha. tested positive for group b strep, which i was positive for with benson as well, so i wasn't shocked or really worried. dr layton just reiterated that they want to get at least 2 hours...

well, i am officially in the last month of this pregnancy. holy crap! its honestly flown by, and i am feeling so unprepared. we had chair rail around our entire house when we bought it, and got most of it removed except for the baby room, because mat insisted, "it makes it feel more like a nursery!" i disagreed, but was just kind...

we've officially been living in our home for about a year now, and i have before and after pictures but i've never actually put them together. so i decided it was high time to document the changes we've made! the before pictures are mostly from the original listing because we always manage to forget to take before shots haha. keep in mind these...