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My Birth Plan & Unexpected Complications

Life lately has been amazing.  Amazingly hard at times and exhausting at others, but mostly just amazing.  A couple of months ago a wonderful website, What to Expect When Expecting (a site I referenced many times throughout my pregnancy) asked me to write a guest post and I was thrilled.  I had no idea what I would [...]

She is here

Hello Amara Dielle Baker, welcome to this big beautiful world. Daddy and I are completely in love with you. My awesome, sweet, super helpful sister in law flew in to help when Amara was born.  She also happens to be a fantastic photographer so we have some great photos of our happy little baby. Amara is actually [...]

39 Weeks

I didn’t know when I was going to be able to say this but I am ready. Really, really ready. Baby girl, however, is not. And that’s okay, she’ll be here soon enough, I’ll be patient…

My Pregnancy Bliss

Left: My feet last summer, as they always had been, size 7.5.  Right: My feet now, size 8.5 and creeping.  Notice also the buckles do not close around my ankles.  (I wound up buying these shoes in each color because I couldn’t decide – which, continuity wise, serves this photo comparison well). There I was, [...]

Our little nursery

We live in a two bedroom apartment and the second bedroom is Brad’s office/guest bedroom, and now, /nursery. We didn’t need a ton of space for the nursery since we are using a co-sleeper in our bedroom instead of a crib for the first 6 months. Hopefully by the time the little one outgrows it, [...]