The Tall and Short of US

I'm not even exaggerating when I say I've been attempting to write a family update for over 6 months. With two tiny humans, moving to a new home, unpacking, vacations, and daily life, this family journal was put on the back burner. No, the crock pot. Who am I kidding? I didn't even pull it from the freezer to defrost!  Life is wonderful and beautiful and chaotic and I wouldn't have it any  other way. I am so grateful I take pictures as much as I do, otherwise I would hardly remember our day to day activities! A picture is worth a thousand words, so it's fine I skipped the writing part. Right? Say yes! Let's rewind from our last update! I think that was January when Abbie Rae was 3 months old. And now I'm planning her first birthday party! How did it all fly by so quickly?! My baby is almost walking and the sweetest thing. We said goodbye to our first home in June. I loved that little town home. The move was amazin...

The last 5 years of my life have involved a lot of pregnancy and baby talk. Thomas and I decided, while we were engaged, that we would start talking seriously about having children after we'd been married at least a year. Less than 4 months after the wedding we threw the idea of a year out the window and decided to just let it happen. And it didn't happen. At least not on our own.  Fast forward through multiple fertility treatments and lots of waiting. We finally had Lincoln. We were over the moon. Finally being parents was everything we'd imagined and more. Adding another child and a sibling for Lincoln came up from time to time. After Lincoln's first birthday we started the process again. This time with even more heartache. After years of infertility, I suddenly had no problems getting pregnant. Except this time I just couldn't keep them. And then Abbie Rae changed all of that. Six pregnancies and two living children in five years. We are luckier than many...