Love Simply Kate

  How in the world did this little Baby turn 2?! I just don’t even know. It feels like just yesterday I had this little stinker, and now he’s a full-blown toddler (I still can’t say that outloud…even typing it was painful) and it’s just sad!! Celebrating his birthday yesterday was so fun and I think Baby loved it too! Me and Brett and Dylan surprised Baby by walking into his room singing “happy birthday” first thing in the morning and he did not like it one bit (he burst into tears and was super scared). It was super entertaining but we felt bad lol. After breakfast we took brother to school and then came home and I let Baby watch his favorite youtube videos (which are videos that teach shapes and colors) then he took a 5-hour nap!!! A record for this kid! He needed it man cause our trip to California completely wore him out! After he woke up we went and picked up Dylan from school, then went to the store, then had Baby’s favorite din...

A baby is coming and we just couldn’t be happier or feel more grateful! I’ve talked all about how excited we are over on Instagram, but I have had yet to blog about my feelings about it or the evolution of being terrified in the beginning to being absolutely in love with this baby. As most of you know, we have had 3 miscarriages in 3 years and each one has been just as devastating as the first one was. The sad thing about getting pregnant after having a miscarriage is that your experience of finding out you are pregnant is tainted, because you’re automatically worried the moment you see that stick is positive. “Am I going to miscarry again? Should I just not get my hopes up and wait until I see the doctor? Should I tell my spouse and possibly spare him from the pain if something happens? Should I even be happy right now?”  You feel terrified, happy, scared, sad, excited, worried, anxiety-ridden and hopeful all at once. At least that is how I am. Our most re...

My goodness it feels good to be blogging again!! And blogging about my life!! Blogging for ME! I had a blog for 7 years that I documented lots of our family time, my thoughts and a lot of our life on, and I am sad I let the last year and a half get away from me without doing that. Holy moly I have missed it! I’m going to start doing a lot more of that, but more about that another time.   When Brett asked me what I wanted for my birthday this year, honestly, all I could come up with was this: a weekend without the kids. Sounds mean right? Well, if you have ever been the wife of an accountant who has “busy season” January-April (working 60-70 hours and traveling lots in those months) then you completely understand why that would be my birthday desire. I felt like a single mom for 3 1/2 months straight, and I was ready for a break! Luckily, my man came through!!   I wanted Brett to surprise me with the location, and I left it to him to do all the planning and fi...