Dorothy’s Birth Story

Dorothy EmmanuelleOur girl is here!  I started a draft of Dorothy's birth story when she was a month old and could not formulate words to get the experience down "on paper" (typed out), so here we are months later and I am finally crossing the to-do off my list.Much like her big brother, baby girl was super cozy and did not want to arrive on her due date, December 14th. A week over and she was still not budging. I had zero signs of labor and Christmas was days away. Thankfully, I was able to arrange with my doctor to delay the typical timing of induction (41 weeks) so that I wasn't guaranteed to be in the hospital on Christmas. Had she come on her own, I would have been perfectly fine...

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What I Read in January 2022

At the beginning of 2021, I decided to share the books I read (mostly listened to) on my Instagram via stories. At the end of each month, I would post a picture of the cover of the book and include a (very) subjective star rating for the title. I had been using Goodreads for a few years and often gathered new tbr (to-be-read) titles via books I saw shared on other accounts, so I thought it would be fun to share my own reading journey. And it was! I got so much positive feedback, and by the end of the year, I had many friends reach out to say that they hoped I would continue sharing in 2022. Thankful for the encouragement (and assurance that it wasn't annoying), I am happily continuing...

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