Category: Shiloh Ruth

One week & the ascent

It’s been marked on the calendar for awhile now. Shiloh day. One week from today (assuming this little one doesn’t have plans for an early arrival), we will be preparing to head into the UW to start inducement…. Read More

The Homestretch

Monday. Monday is departure day for me. We’ve had so much going on the past few weeks, so many events that I wanted to be fully present for, that for the most part Shiloh’s story line has quietly… Read More

Love in the silence

I read it mere days after our twenty week ultrasound. Days after learning we would once again be walking the road of unknowns with an EVC baby. Days after realizing that each week of pregnancy inched us towards… Read More

And the roller coaster continues

This there and back again appointment day has been long, and I’m travel weary, but there are so many of you praying for, loving, and cheering on Miss Shiloh that I thought it only fair to give you… Read More

It is not for you to know

Time marches relentlessly on. If I had to identify one primary difference between Arabella’s pregnancy and this pregnancy, it would be that. With Arabella, it seemed like a long, slow, arduous trek towards delivery day. Time creeped by,… Read More

Release. Again.

Picture from the Jesus Storybook Bible We arrived home from a long day – a much longer day than expected – of appointments right around bedtime for the girls. Emotionally and physically spent, my plan was to snuggle… Read More

Four Letter Words Part Two

It was the second cold of the month, and once again it went straight to her lungs. The deep rattle immediately settled down in her chest, almost before any other perceptible symptoms. This time we knew where we… Read More

A look at the numbers

Yesterday started out very dark. Quite literally. It was about 2:45am, having awoken from a disturbing dream, that I crawled out of bed and downstairs. I’m not going to lie, in the dark of the night that dream… Read More

Brace Yourself

From the beginning, we knew our first ultrasound in Wenatchee would be generally informative. We would walk away knowing whether this child had EVC or not. We would walk away with a list of things that could be… Read More