10/1: Effects of a Common Cold

Arghhh... it's been a rough few days but Mila is home...

9/21: Westchester Heart Walk

Image: American Heart Association

Ryan and I are walking in the Westchester Heart Walk on 10/2/16... Learn more...

9/18: Quick Update

Mila Rose will be 7 weeks on Wednesday! OMG! Smiling and cooing are in full effect- and we are loving every single moment of it!

9/1: Update

Mila woke up on Monday morning with a yucky eye that prompted our first "sick doctor appointment" (and a Mommy freak out moment). Turns out she has a clogged tear duct... and that meant we NEEDED to buy her first sunglasses... to keep her eyes protected of course! :)

Hey everyone- quick update...

8/19: Everything They Say Is True

We are, officially, parents... and everything they say is true!

8/11: To Have and To Hold From This Day Forward...

... has a whole new meaning now.

8/6: Quick Update

If you want to see an image of strength... that's it!

8/1: Here We Go and Here She Is!

We're so glad we got actually got decent sleep the night before we left for the hospital because sleep was hard to come by after that...

7/29: Keep Calm

 

I've never felt more like something was beginning without something really ending...

7/24: 39 weeks... and we're waiting...

39 weeks. 39 weeks. Thirty-nine weeks. !@#$%^&**&^%$#@!!!!

7/17: A Moment of Getting Real

Ups, downs, lefts, rights... it's all very real.

7/10: 37 Weeks and Getting it Done

Image credit: specialityproduce.com

Today marks 37 weeks. 37 weeks! Otherwise known as the size of a winter melon. A winter melon?!

7/4: She's how big?

 One of our favorite things to do since we started this journey was checking our apps (yes, Ryan has his own pregnancy tracking app :) to see how big the baby is. In the beginning it gave us something semi-tangible. An orange seed, a blueberry, a plum. Now it's just... well... entertainment.

6/27: Nursery

One of the first things Ryan and I started on when we found out we were expecting was transforming the guest room into a nursery. When her gender was confirmed- we were pretty much full steam ahead.

6/24: Last Fetal Echocardiogram

So today, Friday 6/24/16 at 34 weeks 5 days, was our last fetal echocardiogram with our pediatric cardiologist before our Mila Rose makes her grand entrance into this world. We've had a total of 4.

6/23: Cord Blood Banking

Image credit: cordblood.com

It's nice that we can share some good news as a first post...