My Journey to Motherhood #OHIP4IVF

Posted by on May 8, 2013 4 Comments

I married my best friend when I was 27 years old. We always knew we wanted children,  and even though we had been dating for 5 years and living together for a year and a half, we still wanted some time to together to be a married couple before we started our family. We spent some time traveling to New York City, bought ourselves a house and settled in to our new life. Friends started having babies by the truck load, it seemed every month there was a new announcement and after hosting a baby shower at our house one afternoon, we knew we were ready to start filling our spare rooms up with cribs and change tables too.

As luck would have it, we became pregnant our first month trying! We were filled with joy and celebrated with a dinner out on the town, but the tears of joy were quickly replaced with tears of sorrow as I woke one morning to a significant amount of bleeding. We had miscarried and it was devastating. Doctors, lab techs and friends would tell us “at least you know you can get pregnant, you’ll be pregnant again in no time”

They were wrong.
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Chicken Soup for the Soul ~ Parenthood {Giveaway}

Posted by on May 7, 2013 64 Comments

A boy is the only thing that God can use to make a man. ~ Author Unknown

Just one of the many wonderful quotes you will find in the latest edition of Chicken Soup for the Soul! 

Chicken soup for the soul parenthood

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Parenthood

101 Heartwarming and Humorous Stories about the Joy of Raising Children

Parenting — it’s a tough job, but also the best. Filled with anecdotes and advice from parents raising children of all ages, this book will uplift, inspire, and encourage you. Other parents, just like you, share their personal stories about all the joys, and the trials, of raising children. This book will touch your heart, make you laugh, and remind you why there is no better job than being a parent!

This will make a perfect Mother’s Day gift for mom this year!

I have 3 copies to giveaway!

Enter to win your copy below!
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For a thousand years….

Posted by on February 14, 2013 24 Comments

You know when you hear a song and it seems to speak to your soul? That was this song for me. While it is a love song, it wasn’t a romantic notion that made my heart swell. It was more than that. This song has a different meaning for me, and relates to our days of infertility. Believe it or not, this mom of three in three years was once considered infertile. And as we miscarried and waited our turn, after congratulating endless friends on their new arrivals, it was hard to be Brave.

How can I love when I’m afraid to fall?

When our first baby boy was growing inside me, there were emotions mixed with fear and joy. It’s scary to love something so much, to have waited so long, to want something soooo bad. I held to Faith.

And all along I believed I would find you

Labour was intense and quick, our midwife told us to stay at the house and raced to us.  I shut my eyes.

Every breath
Every hour has come to this

When I opened my eyes again. I was a Mother. I was changed forever. My baby boys are my world. They fill my whole heart. They were worth the long wait. And on Valentine’s Day, this love song is for them.

Darling don’t be afraid I have loved you, for a thousand years
I’ll love you for a thousand more.

“A Thousand Years”
(from “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1″ soundtrack)
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He’s off to Kindergarten!

Posted by on September 10, 2012 23 Comments

Their whole lives you teach your children to hold your hand
Never leave your side
Stay where you can see them
Wear a seat belt
to Not talk to strangers…..

And then the first day of school arrives
and you put that tiny four year old on a big yellow school bus full of kids bouncing in their seats
and watch it drive off….

You silently wish them luck
and hope that they are safe
While your gut tells you everything about this is wrong
and your head tells you it’s the right thing to do
and your heart begins to break….

first day of school

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Mommy Mixology: A Cocktail for Every Calamity of Motherhood {Giveaway}

Posted by on August 24, 2012 63 Comments

You know you’re excited about a new recipe book when you find yourself planning the shopping list around the ingredients on the pages and this book was no different, or was it? Mommy Mixology is not your average recipe book, but a Motherhood essential none the less!

Written by fellow blogger Muffintop Mommy, Mommy Mixology shares halarious scenarios all moms know and fear and pairs them up with an aptly named cocktail to ease the pain!

*When your toddler digs in his heels and comes back with “NO!” 367 times, shake it off
with a refreshing NO!Jito.

*When your little darling starts to pick up on—and repeat!—every word you say, clean up your language with a Son of a Beach.

*When your 3-year-old pushes down his Pull-Ups and learns the difference between boys and girls, sit back and laugh with a Penis Colada.
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