A woman never quite knows what to expect when bringing a new child into the world. She can plan, and prep, and eat all the right foods, and do all the right things, but come delivery day, all bets are off. Chances are there will be something unexpected. But Kelly Smith never could have imagined […]

A woman never quite knows what to expect when bringing a new child into the world. She can plan, and prep, and eat all the right foods, and do all the right things, but come delivery day, all bets are off. Chances are there will be something unexpected. But Kelly Smith never could have imagined […]

I hate flying.  Loathe may be a better word.  I am a control freak.  I have accepted this about myself and when I’m in the air with nothing underneath, and someone else is steering the vessel, I start to sweat bullets.  Put me in a car and I’m cool as a cucumber.  If danger is […]

Pregnancy is a wonderful time. It’s filled with a wide range of emotions, cravings, and an interesting time for fashion.  Your skin isn’t itself, and neither is your waistline.  How does one dress a growing bump?  Can you remain stylish who growing said bump?  I dare say yes!  And Veronika Javor Romeis of Veronika’s Blushing […]

Most women experience something unexpected while they are expecting– but the majority of issues resolve themselves and most babies are born heathy and strong.  But the news Becky Kimball received at 20 weeks wasn’t anything she could have prepared herself for.  She learned the baby girl she was carrying had a heart defect called Hypoplastic […]

When it was time for me to welcome my baby girl into the world, I checked into a hospital.  I had a doctor and nurses and medicine and a clean, safe environment.  Everything was sterile.  Everything was clean.  Everything was safe. I am so grateful for these modern day conveniences– for the luxuries I am […]

Birthing a child takes a lot of sacrifice.  Megan Bailey learned with each of her pregnancies, her body was not her own.  It was a vessel.  It was a ship carrying her two baby boys through development and into the world.  9 pounders.  In her barely 5 foot frame.  Miracles indeed. With her first pregnancy, […]

It wasn’t supposed to happen like this– none of it.  Melissa Jensen had plans.  A baby, especially one with complications, wasn’t in those plans.  But life had plans of its own.  And they started with a positive pregnancy test nearly one year ago. Melissa was told conceiving would be difficult, so she didn’t think an […]

My sweet Ruby, It’s over– your first year of life.  Twelve whole months have passed since I held you for the first time and looked into your beautiful eyes.  It passed in a blink and I find myself constantly wanting to freeze time, push the pause button–I want just one extra day of your baby-ness. […]