Yes, we have been blessed with the sweetest baby girl, but we did struggle with infertility.  PSA to all the people who struggled with having children and now have one/some…just because you now have a child, doesn’t make your infertility struggle any less real.  What you went through to get here was real and changed […]

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Our Infertility Story | A Success Story

I was bound and determined that I would have an unmedicated natural childbirth.  I did all the research, I did a million kegels, I mentally prepared myself for the pain of labor and birth and repeated all of the positive affirmations.  But I also knew that things don’t always go as planned.  I was diagnosed […]

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Ella Joy’s Birth Story

We experienced a CRAZY amount of snow in a small amount of time here in Northern Iowa.  So crazy in fact, that I just had to be crazy myself and get out there and photograph it!  I prepared my gear and my husband prepared the car for all the things we may need ‘just in […]

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Snowmaggedeon 2016

Am I wait late posting this??  Why yes, yes I am.  I am currently undergoing a re-vamp of my website!  Wahoo!!  It will officially look more official and beautiful than ever!  I have hired a professional company (MediaNovak) to help me do this and I CANNOT wait to show you the results!  In the meantime, […]

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