If you would told me 4 years ago that I’d be having another baby, I would’ve laughed at you. It wasn’t in our plan. After the difficulty of loosing a child, it was something we discussed and we weren’t ready and once time passed, we realized that we were so happy with what we had. We were content.

Fast forward to July 2019, BAM, positive pregnancy test RIGHT before we were going on vacation. Which we were staying on a vineyard and I was super excited to finally try some of our friends new wines. No wine for this mom to be!! That was also a crazy pill to swallow. I had more fear than anything. Telling my husband, who was on board with the no more kids thing, was the hardest thing I’d done. And I couldn’t even get words out. I just tossed the test at him while we were packing. Great deliverance, right? Of course I’m the moment, there wasn’t anything we could do. Just go on vacation and make the necessary appointments for when we got back. I had messed up my birth control patch a couple months prior to that. So I knew that I had messed up. But now that she’s here, it wasn’t a mess up. It was just how the plan was supposed to be. She’s something I never knew I needed. Our family needed her. She’s no replacement of our sweet Cooper Ray, but our tiny caboose, Peyton Rae, is the best addition. A family that’s been wrapped around everything boy, just got a little pink sprinkled into it. Pink and bows are things we aren’t used to, but it’s something I look forward to.

When you think about relationships you had growing up, my mom was someone who was there through all the ups and downs in life. Sure there were times she drives me crazy, but she was there. I hope that Peyton and I have a bond like no other. I’ve been a boy mom for so long I guess it’s time to mix things up a little! And hopefully I can master this bow thing!!