Last April we took that selfie with the ultrasound and this April we brought Ollie back to the exact same spot - in one year we’ve gone from a 1oz black & white bean to a 16lb opinionated smiley girl! That 3rd picture might be my favorite before & after of all time. 🥰

It’s weird and emotional to look back on those two humans from a year ago. We knew NOTHING! We had no idea if it was a boy or a girl, what her name was, about her personality or her cute toothless grins. We only knew this wiggly black & white bean. And that’s all I could hold onto. I worried everyday that I would miscarry because this situation was too good to be true. Every dr appointment was a sigh of relief to know she was ok.

6 months in and it feels like we’ve known Ollie forever. How is there a time when I didn’t know her face, her babbles & her squeals? When her head on my chest wasn’t the most relaxing feeling ever?
Was there really a time when it was just Zach & I and abstract dreams of a baby? Now she’s here in real life and I can’t imagine her as anyone else and our family without her. We just aren’t us without Ollie.