We've taken on a lot, and somehow managed to stay in tact. Living life now as a family of 4!

There's no delicate way to start this, so I'm just going to jump right in. We are looking for someone who is interested in being a gestational carrier to help us add one more baby to complete our family. Yes, that's right - I'm writing a blog post and putting it out into the world in the hopes that someone will email me or message me saying they would be excited and happy to get pregnant with our baby. Long shot? Absolutely. But this is the thing about infertility: Long shots are all we have. Watching Rudi grow and learn and develop has been the greatest joy of our lives these past 9 months. There are no words to describe just how fun it is when he tries something new or smiles and leans in for a hug. Parenthood so far hasn't been without its challenges, but for the most part it's been a gratifying and joyful experience. For me in particular, it has filled an aching hole and made me feel wholly myself again. I unabashedly love it. Before we knew tha...

Well, we've been home for a month so I guess it's time to finally write about our amazing trip. Our trip was 5 weeks, with roughly one week to travel from Winnipeg to Vancouver Island, 3 weeks on Vancouver Island, and then a little less than a week to get back home. Things We Saw: 1. So many great people! We very conveniently have friends and family approximately every 400-700kms between here and Vancouver Island and seeing them all was wonderful. Everyone loved on Rudi hard and for the most part he handled all the new people really well. My Uncle Rob in Kelowna did scare him pretty good, but we'll blame that outsized reaction on a lack of sleep :) Visiting Uncle Rob, Aunt Cheryl and cousin Elan in Kelowna! We visited lots of other people too, but I cna't put pictures of them all - it's too many! 2. Salt Spring Island was our first stop. I'm sure this place would be a madhouse with tourists in the summer but in the off-season it was just a deli...