Posts Tagged ‘pregnancy’

Grandparents arrive

Grandparents arrive

My parents arrived last week just in time! Armed with tons of luggage (bringing very little of their own clothes) they are here to help. There have been alot of babies in our extended family, both boys and girls. AKA, tons of hand-me-downs! So thanks to aunts,

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Slice of life in 150 words or less

Its 8:20pm Wednesday night. Here’s a slice of our life this moment: De Wet is ministering at a local township church. Its a new church that one of our staff is taking initiative to partner with. He ran out the door without eating because poor guy had

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An untraditional Valentines…

An untraditional Valentines…

Lets just say when it came to our wedding, there were traditional elements and very non-traditional elements. For instance, instead of bouquets we did lanterns, for bridesmaid’s dresses we had Indian saaris. (see top photo) And the one thing I knew was not me at all was

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Expert Traveler

Today I’m saying goodbye to Nashville, headed to Boston. Today is also exactly one month since we lost our baby. Needless to say, my emotions are heightened. As I went through security at the airport I saw an speedpass lane called “Expert Traveler”. I wouldn’t classify myself

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Not what I expected

Today was supposed to be the day we saw our baby for the first time and heard his or her heartbeat. We were then going to announce to everyone we worked with the big news. This day was circled on all my calendars. As I woke up

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A Miscarriage

Sunday, Nov 29th, 2009 was the scariest day of my life so far. We had told some close friends and family that we were pregnant. At this point, still dreaming and scheming of how to tell all of you. It was still early. The ins, outs, and

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