• 2014,  reflection

    My Mom

    My world stopped when I got the call from my broken-hearted brother that I should get home as soon as I possibly could. It was the call I was dreading for days, but somehow suspected was coming. I got a flight that night (thanks to the most amazing WestJet employee who, after 1.5 hours, managed to find me a way out of Calgary) and got to my Mom’s side as quick as I could. I held her hand. I introduced her to Oliver and he held her fingers. And I talked, or rather mumbled and blubbered, and sat in silence with my brothers waiting on a miracle that never came.…

  • 2014

    CHARGE on for Noah

    It’s that time of year. The 2015 CHARGE Syndrome Conference is quickly approaching and we are really hoping to get the whole family to the conference because it’s benefits are not just for Noah and not just to us as parents, but to his brothers as well. It’s the one place you see feel no judgement, you see no looks of pity. You just feel warmth and belonging. I have never felt something like it since the diagnosis. I feel weird fundraising for it but it might just not be possible to get us all there without some support. This is a priceless experience. Thank you from all of us.

  • 2014,  BabyA2012,  BabyA2014

    So why did I go on Hiatus from the blog…again?

    I was back on track and doing pretty well keeping people up to date with life and pregnancy and all things us. Then once tests came back and gender was revealed I felt weird talking about and celebrating “normal”. It was like I was taking away from our Noah journey and it felt weird to me to make any sort of deal over the health of O. As if any celebration was a kick in the pants to Noah. I know, couldn’t be further from the truth but it was a strange place to be in. I love Noah and every thing about him and the memories I have of his…

  • 2014,  BabyA2014,  Pics

    O’s Birth Story *LONG*

    Short Version: Monday 4:50AM – Water breaks at home when I was walking to the bathroom 4:59AM – Text Doula to let her know my water broke and I was going to go back to bed 5:20AM – Bloody show starts 6:31AM – First contractions started; 5-6 minutes apart and ~30 seconds long 8:59AM – First strong contraction that was hard to manage 9:04AM – Called doula to come 9:33AM – Doula arrived 10:07AM – Leave for hospital 10:20AM – Admitted to L&D (8cm dilated & 100% effaced) 10:57AM – Spontaneously pushing and confirmed I was 10cm dilated 11:00AM – Dr. J arrives 11:20AM – O was born at 38w3d weighing 9lbs 11.8oz and…

  • 2014

    I know I know….again

    It’s been forever since I’ve been posting. Now that things are settled I’m going to get back into this again. Sorry for my ginormous hiatus. My apologies. I have a lot to update and I will. I’ll start with the birth of #3 and share his birth story since it’s done and I haven’t shared it with anyone but J yet. There are old posts sitting not published as drafts that I thought were published so I’ll reactivate those. So if you follow my blog you might get confused because there will be things out of sequence or things that no longer make sense but I wrote them to share so I’ll…

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