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Reality bites.

It’s slowly starting to sink in. What everything means. What we could be faced with. What potential challenges look like ahead. What this...

A new diagnosis?

I realize it’s been a minute since I’ve put my thoughts to paper. Probably because I wasn’t even sure what to write. Probably because I’m...

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One year later.

It’s crazy to think about how much has changed… and the things that haven’t since those 10 days we spent in the hospital with Aspen last...

"Can't your stay-at-home wife do that?"

These words were asked to my husband the other day and it was surprising... actually annoying af, how much this caused me to break into a...

Life at 15.

Aspen turned 15 months last week and hit another milestone yesterday: 15 pounds on the dot. We’ve been reaching for the 15lb mark since...

Progress... baby.

We all know progress is messy. No matter what we're tracking, it's rarely linear. It’s filled with both growth and setbacks, success and...

Crushing seeds of hope.

“You need to crush that seed of hope, Brie.” It’s not every day where you hear those words. And these ones actually came from my...

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Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming...

So my miniest is about to be ONE. How in the literal hell did that happen? I say that somewhat jokingly because it also feels like she’s...

The numbers game.

It’s such a weird life to constantly measure, count, and specifically define exactly how many ounces Pen takes and receives each day....

“Any chance you and your husband are related?”

Well there’s a question you don’t hear every day. So, the latest Aspen adventure took us to a geneticist at Levine’s last week. And while...