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Reflecting over 2018

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Life happened and we didnt do family pictures this fall. I'm hoping to figure out a better plan next year. Ellies 6th birthday  Looking back the year is kind of a whirlwind.  Jayden turned two. We invited family to celebrate at Perfect Games for some arcade games and bowling.  Ellie finished preschool, I turned 30, took kids to the zoo on our anniversary,  found out we had headlice (blogpost about that experience), Ellie took a summer hip hop class, and we attended weddings. Jon and I had a weekend at hotel for my birthday and I ended up getting sick. We went to the Iowa State Fair with Jon's mom and Ellie started Kindergarten.  That would have to be the biggest change of our year. It's been very good to bring routine into her day.  I also signed Jayden up for Kindermusik.  He's been enjoying it and appreciates it more than Ellie did.  Ellie and I both take a dance class. You can watch the recital June 2019. Jon turned 34. In October Ellie turned six and

Pregnancy & Infant Loss {Day}

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This day is always confusing for me on how to approach it, process, and be cautious on how I word things. I wouldn't want to deepen the pain for someone else. Do I share posts from my past to allow others to not feel alone? Do I open up to offer a safe space for others to learn from my own experiences? Where do I even begin? Everyone mourns differently. Everyone grieves in a different way. What one might want your response to be might hurt someone else. Take with caution and just listen is my best advice. Today I can listen to your story. Open to hearing what breaks your heart. What makes you have to leave a store due to a trigger? What days do you need to step away from social media? Who is someone you can't communicate with because they don't understand?  I'm here to listen and empathize with you as you attend baby showers and have to force a smile on your face. I can relate with asking yourself endless questions of what could of been or countless what if. My tw

Never TWO late for Jay

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Today I realized I never did a post for Jayden's two year old birthday.  I'm just four months behind. 😂😂 Jayden has changed so much this year and Jon and I are constantly telling each other how much we adore him.  Ellie started to become really hard at this stage of her life, while life has become easier for him. He still has typical toddler stuff but he's so fun! A few words to sum him up are: vehicles, pretend play, cute, loving, sensitive The siblings either love each other or are screaming and crying at each other. Rarely is there anything in between. Even after a huge fight scene Jay still goes back to find her to play but not until getting affection from me first. He's a lot better at playing independently than Ellie ever has been. That has been a huge blessing. I'm hoping it continues when she goes back to school.  I usually find him playing with his cars or looking at books. The best example is I can set out toys for Jayden to play

Before You Hit Your Pillow

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For the last few weeks I've been going back and forth if I wanted to share with everyone what we've been dealing with. But when this hit our home I googled everything for any advice I could get. I was tired of contradictions and wished there was just somewhere I could go with personal experience.  It brought me to the conclusion of wanting a link I could send others to facing this same issue from my own experience.  I'm obviously not a medical professional, but I've lived through it and starting to see life slowly getting back to normal. I can officially say my family has dealt with headlice.  My daughter got it and I got it from her before we caught it. The first thing you should know about headlice is it doesn't take a day or two to get rid of. It takes weeks. There's some ways to help prevent, which I now know about and will use from now until I die. You can find it at Target or Amazon. You can also put some tea tree oil drops in your Shampoo.