I fell asleep last Tuesday night around 10:30pm.  I drank my medicine…took my Tylenol…and buried myself under the blankets.  It was strange to look out my window and know that a new year was going to pass over head as we slept.  Strange to know that when we woke up the next morning, a blank […]

There are few things in this life more special than celebrating your first Christmas as a new parent.  For all the joy and excitement that comes with the holiday throughout childhood…bringing your own child into the experience trumps it all. Hudson was nine months old when we celebrated his first Christmas.  I honestly thought my […]

We used to call it the “Avery Effect”! It was the way we used to instantly calm down the moment we held our baby girl in our arms.  Our breathing would get deeper…our heart rate would decrease…our voice would get softer.  Holding her was just…magic. Often times, when I was feeling especially anxious during Hudson’s […]