It was sudden and completely unexpected. Aaron and I had just talked to Rick and Michelle after closing on our house and they were going to go out of town for the weekend to celebrate their anniversary. We decided to get a celebratory dinner before we picked the girls up from Amberlyn’s house. As we […]
Month: April 2019
bump update :: week 4-15
Those of you who have been following my blog for a while know what’s coming… BUMP UPDATES! 😀 I have done these with both of the girls and it has been so much fun. Not only during my pregnancy to really take inventory, but I’ve found they are also super fun to look back on. […]
telling close family and friends
One of our favorite parts of pregnancy is announcing it, especially to close family and friends. What made this one extra unique is that absolutely no one was expecting it. We had been pretty open about wanting more kids, but we had been very adamant that we were waiting a little bit and giving ourselves […]
our 3rd +
2019 has been a very full year already for the Shaver Crew. Selling our house (which of course involves packing, projects and more), sudden family deaths (Aaron’s grandpa and my grandpa passed the same weekend), the normal day-to-day AND celebrating Emmaline’s 1st birthday, it’s been steady, to say the least. But what we haven’t shared […]
welcome to “how to be a big sister 101”
Rylie taught “How to be a BIG Sister 101” to help prepare Emmaline for some upcoming changes. Graduation is scheduled for September 2019. || We know you have lots of questions, like: How far along am I? When did we find out? How did we tell family? Do we know the gender? Etc. […]
once upon a time – emmaline’s 1st birthday party
We love the early birthday party themes to be a play on words that share the age of the kids. So far we’ve hosted: Wonder Woman (One-der Woman 😉) How 2 Train Your Dragon When we started thinking about party themes I expressed my desire for a whimsical fairy tale style and Aaron and […]
mr. & mrs. benson
Back in September my sister-in-law got married and officially became a Benson. It was a gorgeous day and by far one of my favorite weddings ever!!! Ryan and Amberlyn recently got their wedding photos back and I’m refraining from sharing all 1,000+ of them because they are all gorgeous and perfectly capture the day. You […]
emmaline’s 1st birthday day
Emmaline’s 1st birthday day was not what most parents would envision for their child’s 1st birthday. With the sudden news of Aaron’s grandfather’s passing on Friday (3.29.19), we loaded up the car and drove up to Illinois Sunday (3.31.19) with plans to drive back on Wednesday (4.3.19), Emmaline’s birthday. Our desire was to leave early […]
letters to emmaline || 12 months old
Dear Emmaline, You are not at all what I expected. I don’t think anyone could have imagined the dynamic you add to our family. I love that you bring attributes to our crew that we didn’t have before. It’s hard to imagine we ever did life without you because you bring so much passion […]