Kylo is gone. We have a couple theories of what happened to him, but after checking animal shelters and waiting for his return, we’ve concluded the second part of the trio known as “the triplets” (Rylie, Kylo + Rey) is no longer with us. Being without a dog has felt somewhat unnatural to us, […]
being sarah
easter 2019
I love Easter! I love celebrating the extravagant love Jesus displayed. I love dying eggs and having hard boiled eggs for days afterwards. I love the Easter best you see families wear to church and I can never get enough of the poofy dresses little girls wear and the mini suits and tiny spiked hair […]
baby shaver #3 is a…
It hit me at my 12-week appointment when I saw our sweet baby on the cell phone sized portable ultrasound. “Who are you?” Every day I know Rylie is Rylie and Emmaline is Emmaline. But who was this baby? Was it our sweet boy or a precious girl? The last month of waiting to find […]
bump update :: week 16
Week 16: Symptoms :: Sleep was a struggle, I’ve been really thirsty this week and I could totally stay in my bed longer than I get to. Food Aversions :: Nothing specific Food Cravings :: Nothing specific Sleep :: I wasn’t sleeping super great so we broke out my pregnancy body pillow and I noticed a difference the first […]
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. […]
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 […]