2 Months

This cute girl is two months old now – well, about a week ago, but she got her 2 month shots today, so it’s official. Considering she was fighting for her life in the PICU a little over a month ago, I’m pretty excited about this. It’s funny how much the little achievements matter now, … Continue reading →

Bubbles and Smiles

Since bubbles are incredibly cheap, they have been our activity of choice lately. Not a day has gone by over the past week that Josephine hasn’t asked to blow bubbles (most of the time at her sister’s face, which we try to avoid when possible…)   Continue reading →

Finding Strength in Gratitude

When I was with Olive in the hospital, I spent a good amount of time feeling overwhelmed with gratitude. Not just for big things, like the doctors and nurses that saved Olive’s life, but for the little things as well. The cleaning lady that came into my room and hugged me when I was alone … Continue reading →

Love You Like a Sister

Before Olive went into the hospital, Josephine was really struggling with getting used to being a big sister. You could tell that she loved “Baby Olive,” but she was also obviously jealous and had a hard time expressing herself (because, you know, she’s two). I spent the first month of Olive’s life blocking toys that … Continue reading →

Why It Happened: The Truth About Vitamin K Deficiency Bleeding

Go here for Olive’s story: Part 1 and Part 2 This may be the hardest part of Olive’s story that I will write. The part where I admit that what happened to her was nearly 100% preventable. And yet it happened. It happened because she didn’t receive her dose of Vitamin K when she was born. … Continue reading →

The Story of a Miracle – Getting Out of the Woods

Read part one of Olive’s story here… On Saturday morning, I woke up to the call that Olive had successfully made it out of surgery and was stable in the PICU. After my parents found out what was going on, my mom had gotten on a flight as soon as possible, so she was already … Continue reading →

The Story of a Miracle – The First 24 Hours

It all started on Valentine’s Day. Olive had struggled to eat the night before, so she and I had been up all night. When she seemed absolutely exhausted the next day, I chalked it up to the previous night’s sleeplessness and didn’t think much of it. Josie, Olive and I went on an outing to … Continue reading →

Drama, Drama

Today, while I was feeding Olive, Josie snuck into the bathroom and swallowed one of Eric’s pills that hadn’t been put away. Luckily, she walked out and told me right away what she’d done. And luckily, it was just one pill and after a call to Poison Control, we determined that it should travel right … Continue reading →

One Month Later

I cannot believe that it has already been a month since Olive was born. In true new mom fashion, the last month has been a total blur and I’m not exactly sure what day it is. The last month has been spent at home, for the most part – we braved a trip to the … Continue reading →

Meeting Baby Olive

Josie’s reaction to meeting her little sister for the very first time. Continue reading →