I moved all of my old posts over to my other private blog because I still want to keep them, but I really wanted to make a fresh start tonight.
Stats:
Me: Rachel, 26
Husband: Isaac, 32
Married: 3 years, 5 1/2 months
Baby #1: Austin, 22 months
Baby #2: Owen, 5 weeks
I always feel conflicted when someone asks me how many children I have. Those who know me know that I have lost 2 babies. We lost our first baby, Hunter, in April 2008 when I was 15 weeks pregnant. We then had Austin in April 2009. We lost our third baby, Ethen, in March 2010. Then we had Owen in January 2011.
I don't want to make people uncomfortable by mentioning my angel babies, but I'm sad when I feel like I'm hiding them.
BUT
I'm determined that this is not going to be a "miscarriage blog". I will continue to mention them, but I hope not to focus on them.
Owen is now 5 weeks old. I can't believe it! Being Mommy to two kids has just started to get manageable. I remember when Austin was young that it was right around the 6 week mark that I realized "Hey, I can DO this!" so I'm hoping that moment comes soon.
Owen is already smiling. He started with a few random ones when he was just 3 weeks old. Now I can pretty much get him to smile when I want, provided he's in a good mood.
Austin has been such a great big brother. I totally expected to have had more jealous moments already but he's doing so great. Not to say that he's perfect, he definitely knows how to push my buttons. I just have to keep reminding myself that he's not even 2 yet.
Two weeks ago we had a mini photoshoot. I hope I'll be able to remember how to share a few pictures.
Austin
Owen
Family
