Life after loss with autism, preemies and a rainbow baby
Together you wrestle with the space inside the computer chair as it knocks against the desk, balancing long legs and long arms and complete sentences. Somehow you are taking turns, or one has just given up the lead and you watch movie after movie of your little selves on the screen. (Because you can do […]
I was a single mom for eight years. Spending most of my twenties dreaming of the perfect husband, my mind created this magical guy who would swoop in and complete my days. I knew exactly what I wanted… someone who loves me to pieces and holds me together when those pieces fall someone who is […]
I have not spent a birthday eve without reflecting on the beginning, the middle, the where we are now. There has been so much said about you, people you have walked past and with and far beyond… whispering the path of your days. A baby girl at 11:20 You two haven’t left the hospital yet […]
Your Daddy and I were discussing our earliest memories. Whether we remember anything of our childhood before we turned three. Maybe a little, bits and pieces of days. You are almost ready for three. To remember. I wanted to give you one for the bank, from the year you were two. ——————- Last weekend we […]
I have noticed a few things lately, How your hand doesn’t stretch quite as high to meet mine. That you don’t have to try as hard to keep pace with me as we walk. You pick up a book and pretend to read on your own and it isn’t even upside down. You wander a […]
In less than two weeks Ashlyn will be 16. I can hardly believe it. For her 16th birthday I wanted to create a gift for her that would include everyone who knows and loves her. A Bellflower Book was the perfect solution. Through Bellflower books, you can invite as many people as you would like […]
Sawyer’s birthday is so close to the 4th of July that we usually add the celebration into our 4th festivities. This boy loves baseball and red, white and blue so I decided to combine it all and create baseball cupcakes with an All-American feel. Red, white and blue baseball cupcakes What you’ll need: 1 box […]
You reach your hand to mine. Wrapping it around two of my fingers, you squeeze. I treasure your smallness as I take in this day. Chestnut hair waves in the sun, baby cheeks round with your smile and chubby toes grip strands of grass. Too busy to lay on a blanket, too eager to stay […]
For Parker and McKenna’s third birthday turned I debated on how to pull together a theme that would keep them both happy. We, or they, settled on pink and blue everything and I went to work making everything match which is pretty much my favorite thing to do. Here are my favorite ways to that […]
Baby A- McKenna 2 lb. 10 oz. Baby B- Parker 1lb. 14 oz. Baby C- Hadley 2 lbs. 5 oz. McKenna 1 year old Parker 1 year old McKenna 2 years old Parker 2 years old My 3 year old beautiful girl My handsome 3 year old little man What an amazing three years. You […]
