November? I know I say this every month lately, but where has November gone? Until yesterday, I thought we had one more week until Thanksgiving. Then, my husband burst my bubble and told me it was Thursday. Did I mention snow was in the forecast?! Christmas music on the radio?! Black Friday sales already starting (OK. Those, I'm OK with.) I am not ready! Too soon! Since … [Read more...]
Rejection and Getting Back to Basics
Rejection As you may know from reading some of my past posts, I've been trying to turn my blog into a little business while I stay at home with my twins. It's a lot of hard work, takes a lot of time, and did I mention it takes a lot of hard work? Well, it really does. Not only do I try to write a post every day, I have to add graphics/pictures (which I'm still not very good … [Read more...]
Updates for Premature Birth Awareness
Micro Preemie Updates Since I started Micro Preemie Mondays back in June, we've met over 20 families, each with a story to tell about Premature Birth. I checked in with the first 10 families in update posts, which you can read HERE and HERE. In honor of Premature Birth Awareness Month, today and tomorrow, I'm going to update you on 12 more of those families that we've met in … [Read more...]
Problems of a Premature Birth
Born Premature According to the March of Dimes, 1 in 9 babies is born Premature. Being born Premature is not simply just being born early. It is often accompanied by being very small and very sick. In honor of Premature Birth Awareness Month, I wanted to talk to you about a couple of serious conditions that are very common with a Premature Birth. Theses conditions are very … [Read more...]
The March of Dimes: Why You should March
The March of Dimes It's April, so that means it's time to talk about another great organization that I'm so proud to support, The March of Dimes. My family has been participating in the March for Babies Fundraising Walk for the past four years. The first year we just participated as a family of three because the twins were just coming out of their first winter of … [Read more...]