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Pregnancy Diary: Finding Out About Baby #3

Welcome to my first pregnancy diary post for baby #3! These are a series of posts written throughout my pregnancy that are just stream of consciousness-style writing about the emotional and physical journey through the blessing of carrying our child! This first post was written the day I found out I was expecting, so it’s truly all over the place! Thanks for joining me on this journey 🙂

Tuesday June 25th, 2024

So… I’m pregnant for the third time! Is this even real life? I was not expecting to be pregnant when I took a test today. I just didn’t really have any inkling that I was expecting except for the fact that I had a weird, bitter taste in my mouth yesterday and today.

This morning, the kids and I went to our favorite place: the creek. It’s a trail near our house with a beautiful creek. We had such a nice morning. Sadie got stung by a bee on her foot yesterday and didn’t want to walk, so she sat in the stroller and held Mordecai on her lap. The weather was perfect (70s and sunny) and the kids were happy just throwing rocks in the water. I felt so content! My heart was full just doing the mom thing with my precious children.

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Shedding Season and Creating with the Kids

Niva is in her shedding season. Am I slightly losing my mind? Maybe! Our couches always have a thin layer of fur, I feel like I can see it in the air, and I can pull clumps of it off of Niva’s body all day. Jimmy and I finally got out our favorite undercoat rakes (yes, we have two!) and went to town on Niva one night this week.

Yard full of fur after brushing Siberian husky

The result was that we had enough fur to stuff a pillow. Hopefully that was the last of the shedding for the season?! Speaking of Niva, she and I did a therapy visit together this week at the school for Deaf children that we regularly visit. We love it there so much! Kids + dogs = pure joy. (more…)