2019

If this blog were a book, it would currently be a dusty book on the shelf begging to be opened.  One of my New Year's Resolutions was to write more.  So here I am, blowing off the dust and getting ready to start 2019 with a renewed sense and desire to share my words and thoughts with others. 

A lot has changed since I started this blog at the beginning of our IVF journey 3 years ago:

• We now have 3 little ones under 2 (within 18 months of each other).  
• We live in the suburbs of Dallas instead of downtown Houston.  
• I no longer teach school or sell makeup, and instead spend all my time raising kids and being a homemaker.  

It's actually hard to believe sometimes that I have THREE kids.  Occasionally, I find myself thinking about the path I've taken to get where I'm at today and overall, I am very grateful. 

I'm grateful for the results of the difficult journey we took to get here.  I wouldn't wish infertility on anyone, and my heart breaks when I hear of another couple struggling.  It is one of the most painful things someone can experience--having the desire to be a parent, but the inability to actually make it happen.  I'll never forget those feelings, but am so glad to experience these new ones.  From the highs and lows of parenting, here's to growing up Rasmussen.

So cheers to 2019.  To writing again, if only for me, a place to write my thoughts on motherhood, being a wife, and living life to the fullest.  Here we go 2019!