We’re entering summertime, which means pool time! My brother-in-law recently opened his pool up for the season, and like any good nephew, HG tried it out as soon as he could! Thankfully, HG is proving…
Celebrating Wrinkles
Who knew wrinkles would be such a welcomed sight?! Wrinkles that we all have, that you never think about, like on your elbows, fingers, wrists, and knees, HG has never had. HG has been missing…
First Real Baths!
It’s crazy to think that it took us over 10 weeks for HG to have his first official baths, but we’ve finally made it! We obviously couldn’t give our little guy a bath for the…
A Matter of Time
Time is a funny thing. It can feel like it zooms by or crawls for us at moments of joy or stress. Despite how it feels like time can completely stop at times, it’s always…
Greene Does Greenville IV: A New Hope in AFOs
Seventy-one days. HG has been on this earth for 71 days, and for 57 of those days, he has had casts on his legs. After 57 days, I’ve been able to change my son’s diaper…
A Crack in the Armor
This is a closet. It was meant to be HG’s closet. It was HG’s closet. This is where we stored his things as we slowly accumulated them. Diapers, clothes, toys, etc. Then the week before…
Motherhood on Mother’s Day
Motherhood has been my greatest joy and my deepest sorrow. Grief for the child I created in my head while pregnant and immense love for the child that is mine. I spent a long time…
Your First Mother’s Day
To You: So here we are; Mother’s Day 2021. Your first Mother’s Day, as a mother. It’s a bit of an understatement to say today isn’t how you imagined it would be. Hard to have…
What I’ve Learned in the Last Two Months
We have achieved the 2-month threshold! Two months have passed in the blink of an eye, while also feeling like they’ve lasted two years. (Which to be fair is how the last year as a…
Digging Up Parallel Memories
It’s funny how random things can spur and light a dormant memory. It’s the first night back home from our latest trip to Greenville. This time HG is crankier than normal because of his procedure,…
Greene Does Greenville 3: Green on Greene
Well, surprise, surprise! Remember how I said last week we were still a few weeks away from the tenotomy procedure? Whelp, I was wrong! I mean, I wasn’t wrong wrong, I have the card that…
Strength in Siblings
When we found out that we were going to have HG, one of the first concerns that came to mind after all the excitement and happiness was when and how to tell the kids. There…