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\"5-1-13\"<\/a><\/p>\n

In Our Shades<\/em><\/p>\n

It’s May already? \u00a0Yikes.<\/p>\n

Today I brought a form to the pediatrician to fill out for Carson to start school in the fall. \u00a0Yikes, again! \u00a0Since I was already in Bellaire I drove over to Ben’s office and we all went to lunch. \u00a0Then I picked up a few things at Trader Joe’s and headed home. \u00a0Both Carson and Betsy fell asleep on the way home. \u00a0I took Carson upstairs with hopes that he’d go back to sleep. \u00a0He played around in bed for almost an hour and right around the time I thought it wasn’t going to happen he fell asleep. \u00a0Betsy and I played around for a while. \u00a0She’s started pushing up with her legs instead of just her arms when she’s on her tummy, so it’s just a matter of time before we have a mobile Betsy. \u00a0Now I have to find those baby gates…<\/p>\n

I read a really depressing article today. \u00a0A father writes this article<\/a> about how much he and his wife are disappointed that they’re having twins…this comes after implanting 2 embryos via IVF. \u00a0He even writes that he’d hoped one of them would have some genetic abnormality so they had a reason to “reduce”. \u00a0Both boys are fine so they’re begrudgingly keeping both. \u00a0Come on! \u00a0I am so sad for these baby boys whose parents don’t really want them. \u00a0I sure do hope he writes another article when they’re born talking about how wonderful they are and how he wishes he’d never written the first article.<\/p>\n

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At first I was so disgusted at this man and all I could think was that he and his wife should not even be parents. \u00a0But it got me thinking. Isn’t is also horrible to feel and speak negatively about your kids when they’re here? \u00a0Like how I felt like throwing Betsy out the window (I never did it!!) or saying that I loved her but didn’t like her sometimes? \u00a0Is it just that he voiced his opinion so publicly that is so disgusting? \u00a0I guess I wonder if I’m just as bad as this guy in some ways. \u00a0And that makes me feel terrible. \u00a0I can only comfort myself by recognizing that one of the big differences is that I never once wished I wasn’t having a baby, and I have never once wished that I didn’t have Carson or Betsy. \u00a0Things are hard, and sometimes very hard, for sure, and I have definitely wished more than once that Betsy was a happier and easier baby. \u00a0But I’ve never wished our sweet babies didn’t exist. \u00a0I don’t know what to think about this man or his wife. \u00a0I guess maybe they’re just in shock and are totally scared about what life is going to be like when their babies arrive. \u00a0I hope and pray that they can find some joy in this situation that should be joyous. \u00a0They did\u00a0want<\/em>\u00a0another baby, after all…they just got two. \u00a0I know more than one person who would love to be in their shoes.<\/p>\n

The lesson I’ve learned from this man’s words, I want our kids to know that we have always and will always love them and never doubt that we wanted them from the moment we found out they were on their way. \u00a0I should always be conscious of what I’m saying about them, to Ben, to family members, to friends, and on this blog. \u00a0I love my children and I am so thankful that they are mine, through the good and the bad.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In Our Shades It’s May already? \u00a0Yikes. Today I brought a form to the pediatrician to fill out for Carson to start school in the fall. \u00a0Yikes, again! \u00a0Since I was already in Bellaire I drove over to Ben’s office and we all went to lunch. \u00a0Then I picked up a few things at Trader … [Read more…]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/sWbPG-121365","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hottie-biscotti.com\/babyz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1686"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hottie-biscotti.com\/babyz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hottie-biscotti.com\/babyz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hottie-biscotti.com\/babyz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hottie-biscotti.com\/babyz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1686"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.hottie-biscotti.com\/babyz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1686\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1690,"href":"https:\/\/www.hottie-biscotti.com\/babyz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1686\/revisions\/1690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hottie-biscotti.com\/babyz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hottie-biscotti.com\/babyz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hottie-biscotti.com\/babyz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}