5w3d

Today marks 5 weeks 3 days in this journey. Almost 3 years ago I lost my first pregnancy at this time. I woke up this morning from a dream about blood and cramps. Luckily it was only a dream.

It's amazing how far I've come in 3 years. It makes me almost speechless to really think about how much I've lost and how much I have.

Tim and I are both referring to what's going on in pretty benign terms. "Things" "It" "You-know" We're both doing our best to not get too attached until we see proof-of-life.  I can't say losing everything wouldn't hurt, but maybe it wouldn't hurt as much if I'm not as attached...if it's not as real?

I got a perfectly timed and super sweet card in the mail today. It said, "To love is to risk not being loved in return. To hope is to risk pain. To try is to risk failure, but risk must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing." It reminded me to keep hoping and quit waiting for the other shoe to drop.

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Trip is definitely my climber. He attained the new nickname of Spiderman at a recent birthday party when he figured out how to climb all through the bounce castle they had. If you've never been inside one of these things, it's not really easy for even an adult to climb up the "ladder" inside. If this hadn't been enough, he then proceeded to climb back up the slippery slide!

The jump castle was very similar to this one

The other night Trip climbed up a large stuffed giraffe in his room and into his brother's crib. He happily sat there reading Jack's favorite book. We got him out and let the boys play for a few minutes then told them it was time for bed. Trip immediately ran over and climbed back into Jack's crib. (Luckily he still hasn't climbed out of his new crib...even though I'm sure he could if he wasn't afraid of the fall to the ground.)

Well, this morning he proved I know nothing about baby-proofing a living room. I stepped out of the room to begin lunch prep and was summoned back by Jack to this scene:

What's wrong with this picture?

In case you didn't figure it out, that's the fireplace hearth he's standing on. Which is inside a gate. Which he managed to crawl over. 3 more times. *sigh*