Some links may be affiliate links. I may get paid if you buy something or take an action after clicking one of these. Hi there everyone! I realized that I haven’t posted a “Josie update” here in awhile. A few people have asked me how Josie is doing nowadays, so I figured it was the perfect time to fill everybody in. Josie is 20 months old! I can’t believe how quickly time is flying by. It feels like yesterday that she was learning to crawl. Now she is running around the house, “reading” books all day, playing pretend, and even helping clean up her toys. Unfortunately, due to the ongoing…
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Josie’s 14 Month Update
Some links may be affiliate links. I may get paid if you buy something or take an action after clicking one of these. Hello everyone! I hope you all are having a great 2020 so far. I just wanted to give a little “Josie update” on how things are going with her lately. Josie is now a solid walker and walks everywhere! She LOVES to go outside and pick up any leaf or stick she can find. Her personality is totally blossoming lately. She is such a happy, silly, fun girl. She loves to be near her mama at all times! She also loves to read books, climb on all…
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10 Resolutions To Become A Better Mom: 2020 Edition
Happy New Year! I can’t believe it’s already 2020! You know what that means: it’s time, once again, to make a list of new year’s resolutions! 2019 was my first full year of motherhood, and, to be honest, it was pretty brutal. Not only did I face the extreme stresses that come with being a new mom, but I also had to deal with my daughter undergoing multiple surgeries and seemingly endless doctor’s appointments related to her PRS diagnosis. I’m so exhausted and truthfully I’m glad to put 2019 in my rearview. Over the past year I’ve stopped making an effort in so many areas of my life because I…
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Josie’s First Birthday Party and Cleft Palate Repair Surgery
October was a BIG month for our family. We threw Josie’s first birthday party at our house at the beginning of the month, then a few days later she had palate repair surgery to close the cleft in her palate. We had been anxiously anticipating these two events for literally an entire year. It was completely exhausting, but we are so happy that we have come this far. Birthday time! The first thing we tackled was Josie’s birthday party. It was a big success in my book. Everything turned out just the way I hoped it would, and so many of our favorite people gathered together to celebrate Josie’s first…
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Today My Baby Walked For The First Time
Josie took her first steps today. I still can’t believe it. Every milestone she reaches feels like another weight lifted off my shoulders. Ever since Josie was born with Pierre Robin, a mysterious complication that we never expected, there has been an anxious voice in the back of my head. It asks cruel questions that keep me up at night. Questions like, Will she ever speak? Will she develop on time? Can she hear me? Is she reaching her milestones? Is she normal? It’s a voice that I try to silence and ignore. I know it’s irrational to be concerned about things like that. If I ask any of these…
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What Is Pierre Robin Sequence? Josie’s Journey, Part 1
Hey everyone! Welcome to my blog! As I mentioned in my previous post, I’ve decided to (re)start my blog in order to share the story of my daughter, and her journey with a rare birth defect called Pierre Robin Sequence. Our Story Josephine was born with Pierre Robin Sequence, or PRS for short. We had no idea this condition even existed until the moment Josie was born. She came out blue due to lack of oxygen, and the doctors and nurses immediately realized that something was very wrong. The on-call neonatologist rushed in to my delivery room. He identified the source of the issue within minutes: Josie had a small…
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I’m back!
Hey everyone! Welcome to my blog! I just wanted to start out with a quick intro post to let you all know what I’m planning for this blog. As some of you might remember, I actually started this blog a couple years ago and I used it to mainly talk about low carb food and my crazy cat horde. Unfortunately I didn’t keep up with it because I got a new job, got married, and had a baby in pretty quick succession. In other words, life got REAL, real quick. But now that things have settled down a bit (do they ever really settle when you have a kid though?)…
