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Dakota’s First Birthday Party, Sunshine, and Sickness

We celebrated Dakota’s first birthday party over the weekend! We’ve had some sunshine and, of course, some sickness. One minute we’re outside in the sunshine and the next we’re in and out of the doctor’s office. Between fevers and running our gas tank all the way to E, it’s safe to say we’ve all been running a little low this week. 😆

Mom with baby in stroller and toddler boy on bike

Even with the chaos, it has been a sweet week full of sunshine, sniffles, and celebration! (more…)

What We Needed

Ever since having our babies seven weeks apart, my sister and I have been dying to have a day to hang out, let our “big kids” run wild, and snuggle our babies together. We were finally able to make that happen on Friday and it was just what we needed.

It was especially what I needed because Jimmy and I took Dakota to the vascular anomalies clinic at Children’s Hospital the day before and got some hard news about her hemangioma. I’ll blog more about that in another post because I’m still processing everything and we have some decisions to make.

Needless to say, my emotions were running high and I needed the peace of being with my sister 🫶 God always knows what (or who!) we need right when we need it (or them!)! (more…)