Hi friends,

Hope you are having a great week! Gosh I can’t believe our baby girl is here! Last week August 16th, 2023 our newest addition Daisy Persephone Darnell made her arrival. I went in for a scheduled C-section for the first time because I had placenta previa with my pregnancy with Daisy. I was worried and a little scared going in because if my previous birth scare with Ella , but my doctor was amazing and made me feel at ease through the whole process. She delivered Jayden and it was a happy delivery too. I truly believe having the right doctor makes a big difference. I wish she had been there to deliver Ella. Maybe my delivery wouldn’t have been so traumatic, but I am glad she was there for this one.

Daisy came out a little less than six pounds and is the smallest of my babies. She had a little issue with breathing on her own for the first day so had to stay in the NICU over night, but the next day she overcame it and was able to come home with us the day after. Overall we were in and out of the hospital in 48 hours. It was the shortest stay and super easy process. Daisy is doing great. I am still recovering and learning to adjust with my c-section scar, but overall thankful everything went well. Check out some of these photos we took at the hospital, and her first baby photos I took of our sweet Daisy girl.

Our first photo as a family of five. I am so thankful and blessed for my family. They are my greatest blessings. Jayden is already such an amazing big brother and has been so helpful throughout my pregnancy. I know when he grows up he is going to be a great dad and husband one day just like his daddy. Ella isn’t sure what to think of her little sister, but she is very curious and wants to touch her every chance she gets. It’s the cutest thing!

For Daisy’s name, I wanted her to have my initials since Ella has my first name. I always loved the name Daisy from the book Little Men, and the name Persephone the Greek Goddess of Spring. Even though she is a summer baby I felt the name just fit her. I sweet little wild flower. We are over the moon in love with our sweet girl and thankful she has finally joined our family. Can’t wait to watch her blossom and grow!

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Hi friends,

Hope you are having a great week! Last Wednesday we celebrated our 9th anniversary and we also closed to build our new home. If you’ve been following for awhile then you might have remembered two years ago for our seventh anniversary we bought seven acres and sold our old house. A lot has happened in two years including adding two more kiddos to our family. The market has definitely not been favorable to home buyers or new home builder with inflation, high interest rates, cost of materials, ect. We honestly thought about waiting it out, but after two years we decided to just bite the bullet and continue on with our home build.

A lot of blood sweat and tears have gone to where we are now, but we are excited to finally get this started. Hopefully next year we will be able to move in to our new home. I am thankful for my hubby for working so hard to make our dreams come true. I can’t believe that we’ve already been married for nine years. I’m so blessed to call him mine. Our marriage isn’t perfect, and we have worked hard to be where we are today, but I can honestly say it’s been the best nine years of my life. I look at the life we have built together, and our soon to be three beautiful children and thank God everyday for giving me such a wonderful husband, partner, and best friend.

I never dreamed I could fall in love with someone who I just love more and more everyday. Honestly didn’t think that was possible. I thought I would have to be tired of him  by now, but nope, not even our worse days together I never want to be apart. He is my person, my best friend, my biggest supporter, the best father to our children, and I love him more now than I have ever loved him before. Here is to nine years of the best years of my life and to a lifetime together! Excited for this next chapter in our lives and building a new home together!

Check out how much we’ve grown in our marriage in our other anniversary post here!

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Happy Father’s Day to my wonderful husband! I had these photos taken and I just can’t get over how cute my loves are! I thank God everyday for sending my my hubby and for our beautiful babies. Josh is not only the best husband but the best dad tour children I could ask for. He works so hard for our family, and always goes out of his way to be there for each and everyone of us. He’s funny, makes us all laugh, and just the best person to be around. We love him so much!

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Hope everyone has a wonderful Father’s Day. Thankful for all the amazing Father’s around especially for my hubby.

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Ya’ll my beautiful baby girl is officially one years old! I can’t believe how fast this year has flown by. Ella is just the sweetest, happiest, easiest little babe. She brings nothing but joy to our family. Today I wanted to share her one year photos we took this past week. These turned out so beautifully. Yash our photographer always does a great job capturing our family. Check out her photoshoot below and a round up of her first milestones!

My first:

1. Word – Mama

2. Kiss – mama

3. Crawling – 8 months

4. Taking steps – 11 months

5. Walking – 12 months

6. Bobo – None yet thank goodness!

7. Beach – 7 months

8. Trip – Europe at 6 months!

9. Tooth – 10 months

10. Smile – 2nd day after she was born

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For her photoshoot I got her dress, the balloons and one birthday topper from Amazon. I made her smash cake by getting a $6 cake and $9 flowers from Kroger and decorated it myself. It was a great way to save since it was just for her photoshoot. Overall love how these photos came out. It will be something I cherish forever.

Check out more of her monthly milestones here! And Jayden’s first year below!

Jayden’s First Year 

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Hi friends,

Hope you are having a great week! I just wanted to share our family photoshoot we took over my birthday weekend. Honestly it’s the greatest gift my family can give me is humoring me with a photoshoot. I know they don’t find as much joy in it as I do, and though there is bribing and whining involved at the end of the day when I look back at these photos it brings me nothing but joy and happiness. These are just little moments captured of my greatest loves on my birthday, and as I grow older all I want is to grow old with my family, watch my children grow, and spend the rest of my life with my love of my life.

 

My favorite person, my best friend, father of my babies, my love of my life, the guy I get to call my husband and spend the rest of my life with. How did I get so lucky? He always spoils me and makes me feel like a Queen every day. And every time he gives me a baby my love for him grows exponentially more because he is the best dad to our kiddos. He is the one person I can never get enough of, no matter how annoyed I am or mad at him. He is my person.

 

I can’t with this girl and her cute little faces. You can tell she has her daddy wrapped around her little finger. These photos are just too precious!

My little loves! My boy is growing up so fast. Trying to capture him is getting harder and harder as he grows, but he humors me on my birthday. I love watching their sibling relationship grow. Jayden is the best big brother, and Ella just loves her Bubba!

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Looking back at these photos I can’t help but feel incredibly blessed and thankful. I never dreamed a life like this, and I was a big dreamer! I didn’t know a love like this existed. It’s like I am living a fairytale. I thank God everyday for my family. They are my greatest loves!

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