Courtney Elizabeth Dalziel

Our biggest little secret… 🩷🎀

We still can't quite believe we finally get to say this…

WE'RE HAVING A BABY GIRL!!! 🥹🩷

To say we're excited doesn't even begin to cover it. We are absolutely over the moon, incredibly grateful, and feeling more blessed than we could ever put into words.

I've dreamed of becoming a mom since I was a little girl. I've always believed that having a child and getting the privilege of being someone's parent is one of the greatest gifts in this life, to love someone so completely, watch them grow, guide them, and build a family together.

For more than 10 years, though, I genuinely didn't know if this would ever be possible for me.

After years of fighting Lyme and other infections, a connective tissue disorder, significant structural issues/injuries and chronic pain, pregnancy was something I wasn't sure my body would ever be able to do.

So finding out brought the biggest joy, but also some very real fears. We know this journey may not always be easy, but my doctors believe my body is capable of doing this.

And so do I. ❤️

I don't think I've ever been more proud of my body. For years it was easy to focus on everything it couldn't do and everything illness had taken from me.

But look at her now. 🥹

After more than a decade of fighting, healing and rebuilding, this same body is growing our daughter. 🩷

And I couldn't ask for a better person beside me through all of it. Eric has loved me through some incredibly difficult chapters, and I know he is going to be the most amazing dad to her. Knowing he is the man I get to raise our daughter with makes my heart so full.

For those who have followed my health journey, I will share more about this side of pregnancy too, our additional care, precautions, risks, birth considerations and what my medical team and I are doing to navigate my unique situation. There is so much more to that story, and I'll share it in the future.

But today isn't about that. Today is about HER. 🩷

The little girl we already love beyond words.

And the little girl making one of my greatest lifelong dreams come true…

I get to be her mom. 🥹🎀

Baby girl, we cannot wait to meet you. 🩷