Some news!

It's high time I stopped abandoning this blog.  Especially when there are some majorly exciting things happening in our house these days!  The first is that I now am the proud mother of a 2 year old!  When did that happen?!?!  Oh yeah, last Saturday.  But seriously, the past two years have just flown by.  My little boy has gone from a snuggly, cuddly newborn to a rip roaring, sports obsessed toddler.  And I'm loving every minute of it.

The second bit of exciting news I have to share is that...

We are having another baby due in November!!!

Yes, it's another miracle.  A surprise miracle actually.  But a miracle nonetheless.  We were shocked, but couldn't be happier.  It took me awhile to share the news as with our past infertility issues, I wasn't sure it was going to be really.  But, I'm almost twenty weeks along, everything is looking great and we found out we are having another little boy!  I'm over the moon.  Such blessings.

I'll add some creepy ultrasound photos later- blogger isn't letting me upload anything for some reason.  More to come!!

Slow down, little man.

I came across this the other day and decided to post it here so I can look back on it when life starts to get crazy, as it always does.  I worry too much about things like career, money and other "important" things that you really can't take with you.  I need to make this blog more of a priority as my hope is that one day, when I'm gone, Jude will be able to pull this up and read and still feel my love for him emanating from these simple words.  I need to learn to stop and give my husband one extra kiss or lingering touch every day and resist the urge to check my work email on my phone in the evenings while Jude hands me cloth diaper after cloth diaper that he pulls out of his drawer.  "Thank you, Jude, " I smile.  "Yup.  Yup mama." he says as he reaches for another, bursting with pride and confidence at what a good helper his mother thinks he is. 

"Long ago you came to me,
a miracle of firsts;
First smiles and teeth and baby steps,
a sunbeam on the burst.

But one day you will move away
and leave me to your past.
And I will be left thinking of
of a lifetime of your lasts..."

"The last time when you ran to me,
still small enough to hold.
The last time when you said you'd marry
me when you got old.

Precious, simple moments and
bright flashes from your past-
Would I have held on longer if
I'd have known they were your last?"

Infertility Awareness Week

1 in 8 suffers from infertility.  Such a staggering statistic.  I'm aware and hoping this week that everyone suffering from infertility is blessed with their miracles.