How do I excuse my looonnngg absence?
In a single, sweet word - Creampuff
Nope not the yummy dessert treat, the yummy new addition to our family!
Our darling Juliette was born early this October.
(after 5 weeks of pre-term labor)
Yup, that's right!
5 weeks of daily contractions, bed rest, and stress.
((Thanks to my folks for staying 2 months to help us survive!!))
However Mother Nature agreed that 5 weeks of "labor" is just mean,
and I had an EASY delivery!
3 pushes and she was in our arms.
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We are so much in love with her.
Isabelle has become the best sister ever!
And my recovery has been easy, peasy - so we've been doing lots of fun activities!
Our first trip outside the house.
We went to Daybreak to feed the ducks!
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Lots of sleeping (well, Juliette has been..)
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Our first visit with friends!
Our trip to the pumpkin patch at Wheeler Farm.
And a trip to the Zoo with Daddy & our playgroup.
I'm so in love and so happy being a mom to 2 beautiful girls
that I will probably put off re-opening my Etsy store till November.