Third child

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…)

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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