First Trimester

My Sister is Expecting Twins! A Q&A Part 1

In case you missed it in a recent post, I’m so excited to share that my sister and her husband are expecting twins in 2025!

Twin ultrasound

They will now be the parents of five kids (ages five and under!) as they have their daughter Caroline (age 5), sons Lawson (age 3), and Titus (age 2) and then the twins will arrive sometime this spring, as Hannah is due in early May!

When I found out about Hannah’s exciting news, we had so much to talk about. We thought it would be fun to collaborate on a series of blog posts (like we did about her son Titus being growth restricted during his pregnancy) to share her experience. (more…)

First Prenatal Appointment with Baby #3

August 8th, 2024

I had my first prenatal appointment last week and it went well! As I type up this post, I’m almost 11 weeks along. I don’t have any pregnancy-related pictures, so I’ll just include some life ones in this post so it’s not all text.

Mom and kids at the National Aviary in Pittsburgh, PA

Visiting the National Aviary with Sadie and Mordecai!

Some thoughts: I am still struggling with nausea. You guys are going to crack up at this story. For some reason, the only thing that has been getting me through the day food-wise is soft pretzels.

So, I was ordering Doordash soft pretzels like daily. I thought, okay: this has to stop! So I bought a pack of frozen soft pretzels at the grocery store. Guess what Jimmy ordered in the mail the same day? A huge box of soft pretzels. LOL. Pretzel overdose! But not really because they’re just the best. If you live in Pittsburgh, the best soft pretzel in the city can be found at…. Sheetz (a gas station!!). No joke 😂 So to sum that up, the baby is 95% soft pretzel, Sheetz has the best ones, and Jimmy is way too good to me. (more…)