A few weeks ago I decided I wanted to, uh, “rebrand” my blog. You know, this little dormant corner of the internet where I used to write heartfelt stuff or track my debt repayment but this year mostly just shared pictures of my growing belly.

I cannot tell you how many times I’ve stared at a blank “Add New Post” screen, bit my nails, and wondered what to put in the big white text area. Justen sent me a new WordPress Theme, asked if I liked it, and then I thought.. a new look to my blog will help me, for sure!

Once, awhile ago, I had a conversation with a branding strategist about.. well, branding. She told me that branding was more than just the colors on your blog. It’s the language, the topics, the things that make you YOU. The things that people recognize and associate with you and your (blog, business, etc).

As we were taking these pictures, Justen said “hey, she’s a quarter of the way to a year!” and I sat there, lip quivering and eyes filling with tears and he knew it was way too soon to talk like that to me.

How fitting that the 2nd month of life with Madeleine ends on Thanksgiving. I am SO THANKFUL that we made it her entire second month without a night in the hospital, a trip to her doctor or Urgent Care. SO THANKFUL we have the most perfect, healthy little baby in the whole entire world.

One whole month. I can’t believe it’s ONLY and ALREADY been one month of knowing this little face.

We’ve had quite the month. 2 nights in the delivery room, 3 nights in the NICU, two trips to Urgent care. I should make an entire post about her first week of life, but instead I’m going to share it here.

Like I’d shared in the post about her birth, when Madeleine was born, I suffered a postpartum hemorrhage. While in the hospital, I had an iron infusion and two blood transfusions. I was casually told that the blood loss might make my milk come in late.