Bed rest was one of the hardest things I’ve been through in my life. Not because I’m whiny and bored (ok, maybe a little) or one of those people who claim to need physical activity to maintain sanity. No, I’m actually quite content with lounging around and watching all four Twilight movies in a day….
It’s been a year now from the day that I got sucked out of my normal life and shoved into a hospital bed and told SIT, STAY. Â A year since my life was completely turned upside down within the time it took to measure my cervical length. I sat there for seven long weeks sad…
Restaurant gift cards – The five meals that I rotate for every lunch and dinner get old. Â So old. Â But who can afford to drain their bank accounts on fast food and ordering in when they are spending ungodly amounts of money on hospital bills. Â With some gift cards family members can pick up your…
Today is Monday again, which means another check on my cervical length. Â I went in pretty hopeful this morning and just had a good feeling that things would be well enough for me to go home. Â Of course, they were not. The measurements he got were 1.1cm and 1.3cm which is about the same as…
Yesterday some friends piled into my hospital room throughout the day to shower me with presents and keep me company for the afternoon! Â Thanks to my sister-in-law for taking care of the details and to everyone for the awesome gifts. I loved reading everyone’s wishes for baby and I know Paityn will love reading them…
Yesterday was probably the hardest day in terms of getting ancy and irritated. Â I just want to move! Â I’m finally able to get out of my room once a day (for a whole 30 minutes) to get wheeled around the hospital grounds. It helps a bit, I’m sure. Â I feel like I have plenty of…
Isn’t is so hard not to drool over adorable little girl bedrooms? Even though I have a little girl of my own, I still haven’t come up with a beautiful bedroom like these. Hopefully one day I will. I am so inspired by gorgeous girl bedroom ideas I wanted to share them. If you’re looking…
This is how my night went: Went to bed at 9:40pm Up at 12:30am Went to sleep on the couch at 1:15am Back up at 3:30am Asleep on the couch again by 5:30am Awake for the day at 7am :Brady doesn’t sleep through the night yet but this certainly isn’t the norm. Hopefully tonight he…
DIY Birth Photography tips and tricks. Since the first time I saw a beautiful black and white photo of a minutes old baby in her mother’s arms I fell in love with birth photography. Some of the most gorgeous photos I have ever seen are from some very skilled photographers documenting a little ones entrance…
These Easter printables were shared with you way back in 2012 when I was stuck in the hospital on bed rest. Since two years has past and there have been so many new Easter printables made I decided to update it and share again. 20 Amazing Free Easter Printables 1. Easter morning scavenger hunt – brought…
Remember when I used to have baby fever? I had one of the worst cases and there was nothing anyone could do to lower it. It was such an intense urge that it consumed my life, every second of it. Then I had a baby, and not long after that I had another one and…
My name is Elizabeth, most people call me Liz.  I’m 30-something, I live in Kansas, I’m married, have a rambunctious little boy and a sassy little girl. I started blogging over a decade ago, when nobody had blogs or knew what they were.  Did you say you have a bog? The only reason why I had it was…
Dear Paityn, A year has passed since your sweet arrival into this world. Â You are learning and growing just like you should and we love having you here. When I sat in the hospital on bed rest all those many months ago I would wonder what you would be like on your first birthday. Â I…
I don’t usually have any regrets with my decision to have my tube tied.  Really, there wasn’t much choice to be made.  Having another baby would mean another round of bed rest and injections and all sorts of things I have no interest in ever going through again. Plus, as a mother, I’m tired. I…