Return of the Jedi...I mean blogging...

Jake and I decided I need more hobbies...thus, the return of the blogging! I know that everyone can only hear so much about our two dogs, so I am going to focus my blog on my explorations in cooking and our adventures in life. I love cooking blogs and have gotten so many great ideas from them - plus, it is a great hobby I can enjoy by myself while I wait for Jake to get home when he works late nights. More on this later...

In regards to our adventures in life...I have a great Christmas miracle story to share! It isn't exactly my story, but it has affected Jake and I very deeply, so I am sharing it here.



This is a picture of our family Christmas miracle. This summer, my brother and sister-in-law were happily surprised to learn they were having a little boy around Valentine's Day. Their daughter, Meyah (peeking in!) was excited for Baby Brother to arrive. Well, Maddox Nash Hermann came 11 weeks early at 2lbs 3 oz. He is now up to 2 lbs 12 oz, and he is such a miracle! He is doing so well, even though he doesn't get to come home yet.

Both Jake and I struggled so much in the last year after our own pregnancy loss. I suffered from depression, but wasn't willing to admit it. Anyone who knows Jake would know that he has wanted to be a dad since he came out of the womb! He learned the day that I was having my D&C that he would be working out of the New York/New Jersey office for three months last winter. He struggled with his own strong sense of loss and loneliness while he was living back East. For a long time, we were just so angry about what happened to us (Jake was obviously much more even tempered about it...everyone knows I get emotional). When we were ready to try again, we struggled with month after month of failure to get pregnant. It has been a tough road for us.

That is where the Christmas Miracle comes in. No...we don't have any of our own baby news to report - but we have been so inspired by the hope and joy we experienced this Christmas with both Meyah and our new nephew Maddox. It is so amazing how good things happen and how life can move in new and unexpected directions! We are so grateful for the support and patience our friends and family have had with us this past year...and we are so grateful for our new little nephew Maddox!


Hope you all had a wonderful Holiday Season!