The Love of Birth

 

I’m so proud of this in so many ways.

First of all it says everything I want it to. I love childbirth. I want ALL moms to love their childbirth experience – even if everything doesn’t go exactly as they planned.

The Love of Birth is my passion of educating and empowering parents to know that childbirth is not to be feared. It’s something natural, beautiful and it’s an irreplaceable time in the lives of expanding families.  I’m so excited to start this new chapter in my life!

So much for 10 years of school for environmental science and chemistry…. :)

Can I also brag that I made the logo and I’m super proud of it. I could hardly figure out how to open Photoshop. So for me to create something that seems so simple is really exciting for me :)

If you follow me on this blog, I hope you will follow me in my pursuit of my dream at The Love of Birth.

It started like this

OK, as I started this blog Elijah just looked at this picture as I was uploading it and said “Mommy, you’re so pretty! But you’re not pretty any more.” Oh my goodness…I can’t stop smiling at the thought of his comment. It actually goes perfect with what I’m trying to say.

As I was saying before I got insulted …It started out like this. May 25, 2008. It’s so beautiful to see how much we’ve done and accomplished together. So naive and stupid back then –really, stupid is the best word I can think of.

So as you might know we take our photo at the Jewel Box every year on our anniversary since that is where we were married. We were a little late this year, but definitely better late than never. I love looking at the progression of our photos and see how each year gets better than the last. This year is by far my favorite.
May 2009

May 2010

May 2011

June 2012 (We we’re late this year)

Next year will be the big 5 year anniversary. Hopefully I will be late getting the picture next year too because we’ll be on the beach instead :)

I love seeing how our family has grown. I love seeing how I'VE grown. I was a clueless bride before, and now a fulfilled wife and mother.

I’m so thankful for my family – and especially thankful for innocent insults that I would have never dreamed of hearing 4 years ago.

Meet the new Kleopatra!

Yesssss!! I knew she was a girl all along!!

She was born June 2nd, at 11:54 am. She was 9 pounds 6 oz and 22 inches long. Look how beautiful she is!

They already nicked name her Bubbles :) I can’t help but think of her and my poofy girl (why, who knows?). She’s my little Poof Poof!

Here is the new family of 5!

Can you believe how squeezable she is already? There she was only hours old!

Now she’s 8 days old, and I will finally get to see her tomorrow! Her birth came at the most inconvenient time for me :) – But what I’ve been up to is another blog for another time….right now I am still in awe of how beautiful she is. I can’t wait to post pictures I take of her tomorrow!

Steph had the most amazing labor. I was able to attend a lot of it – which was so fantastic. I’m so grateful, because watching Steph I learned so much! She had the most  calm and mild manners dealing with her contractions. Maybe her great coach had some things to do with it too :)

Watching her and George labor together was so cool. They made me want to go through it again, in hopes that I could labor (and be coached) as well as she did.  - She was a perfect example of a Bradley labor. I am so proud that I got to be apart of that, and I am so thankful to them. In the end she had an unintended cesarean birth, but no less beautiful in my opinion. They truly defined the meaning “labor of love” on Kleopatra’s birthday, and have a healthy, beautiful girl to show for all the hard work!

Now, I wish I could take credit for the name….but I’m just lucky enough to get to share it with my niece as we are both named after my YiaYia (her great-yiayia), Kleopatra.

I can’t wait to go see both of them tomorrow! 

Steph and George, I love both so much. You had a beautiful labor and an even more beautiful baby. I’m so blessed to call you my family.