1 month!

Well we survived our first month! It seemed to go by fast and then again it also felt long since my days and nights run together. On the other hand, we have been so filled with joy. I still can't believe how fast my pregnancy went with her and that she is actually here.

It was almost exactly one year ago (oct 30th) when we did our transfer that failed. Things were looking pretty hopeless for us at that time. It's just hard to believe where we are today. What a whirlwind of a blessing.
For those that are still waiting. Don't lose hope, keep trusting our maker! And for those that don't believe in life at conception... You are wrong. This precious one came from the tiniest tube (that I still have) and was frozen. She is perfect in every way.

We enjoy every moment with her and thank Jesus for this miracle.

Goodbye Lou

A couple of weeks ago I had to say goodbye to my 1st baby. {my furry baby}. I got Louie After we had been married a year and moved into a house out of our appt. I couldn't wait to get my own dog because I absolutely loved the one I had at home and wanted a small inside dog.

This is Bruiser, my parents dog. He is a yorkanese. And thinks he's human.


For some reason i was obsessed with Yorkies and just had to have one of my very own. I went to little rock and picked out the smallest, spunkiest, most perfect coloring yorkie I've ever seen. When she opened the cage he came out trampling his brother and continued to run circles around the room. I thought to myself he sure looks fun and has tons of personality! :)
Well as you can imagine, a dog with so much energy was fun but definitely a handful. He was not an easy dog whatsoever but I loved him a lot. He was super hard to potty train and he was very yippee, But he was a great companion. He has been my baby for the past 6 years and got me through some very lonely times. Unfortunately as Louie got older he became harder and more defiant.











All of that to say we decided to give him away. We just didn't feel like we could keep him and have a baby. He needed lots of attention and was horrible with kids so we felt like it was the right decision. It is very bittersweet for me but he now is at a home with another yorkie and now has a play mate.

I'm thankful to have Maren to help keep my mind off from it so its been an easier transition thank I thought.

Happy Halloween!

From our little punkin!

3 weeks

Well our little one is already 3 weeks old and i've managed to only do 1 blogpost since we've been home. Needless to say, our hands are full along with our hearts. It has been wonderful along with the adjusting to no sleep whatsoever. We are still trying to learn the "parent" ropes and trying to figure out her little personality and her patterns.
She is eating much better and last monday was back to her birth weight which is wonderful. Getting her to eat is sometimes still a challenge, but for the most part she wakes up every 3 hours on the dot. We had a few late afternoons/nights of not knowing how to sooth her and lots of crying. The past few days have been great though.

We have gotten out quite a bit with her because she mostly sleeps and it helps me to feel somewhat normal. I feel great and haven't been sore at all from the c-section which i'm very thankful for.

This cracks me up. Dad getting in from the woods.

Sleeping beauty

Last week we got to do some newborn pics! It took 5 hours, but our photog is incredible and the shots we got are going to be amazing. Can't wait to do a post on those.


Maren also had her first play date with her friend Rooney who is 4 months!


Attended a 1st b-day party and got to meet another miracle baby Olivia. You can read her story HERE.

playtime

even this cutie couldn't help the hogs win :(

2 of Marens favorite aunts!

Auntie Jen came all the way from Austin to meet her and to help out her tired parents. She is seriously such a saint and helped us tremendously. She even took some middle of the night feedings for us. She had to leave us this morning and now we are all very sad.

So there are our past 3 weeks! Its been a whirlwind but absolutely amazing and we are grateful. I still can't get over that we get to keep her. I keep saying I feel like this is a test run or something and that she isn't actually ours. But she is and we get to be parents and we love it!