Read Part 1 of my labor & delivery story here: My Unfavorable Cervix I can break my labor up into three different stages: Easy Labor, Medium Labor, and HOLYSHITI’MDYING. My Easy Labor started around 8:30pm when my water broke, with contractions that were mild little annoyances but completely tolerable. By the time we got to
More Kate Photos
I’m going to try really hard not to be That Mom that posts hundreds of photos of her kid that no one but her really cares about. But so many of you have been banging down my blog door demanding more Kate photos, so I like to think I get at least one free pass.
Things Loved In January
1. Of course our gorgeous daughter Kate tops the list! Consider her topping the list every single month for the rest of our lives. She is absolutely a dream come true and I am so proud to be her mom. I still have my labor and delivery story to post as well as lots of
Kate’s First Photo Shoot
Our daughter Kate had her first photo shoot at exactly one week old with Andrea Elberg, a photographer in Madison, WI. Andrea does on location shooting so she came to our house for the session which was so nice! She hauled in all her props, backdrops, and equipment and most of these shots were taken
Meet Kate
Katherine Pamela Born January 9, 2010 7lbs 2oz 19 inches long Greg and I are thrilled to announce that our daughter Kate has finally arrived! I will of course share all the details once we get settled in at home, so for now I’ll just share that she is absolutely amazing and we already can’t
Kate’s Nursery: Part 1
After one ultrasound, four months of planning and execution, and a handful of reader death threats later, the time has come to finally reveal our daughter’s nursery! Now this may come as a surprise to you, but I was absolutely clueless about what to do for our daughter’s nursery. I figured it would be so
Born Ambitious. Loves to Organize.
Considering Baby G&D is due January 4th, it’s a pretty safe bet that we’re going to have a little Capricorn on our hands (Capricorns are mid-December to mid-January babies). I’m a little bit ashamed to say I wasn’t even aware what our daughter’s zodiac would be until I received this fortuitous gift from my friend

