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Six months of Emrik 🤍

I don’t think I’ll ever be able to look at this little boy without thinking about everything it took to get us here.

Six months ago, bringing him into this world almost cost me my life. Instead of the peaceful (and if you knew my birth plan- comical) beginning I had pictured, we were thrown into hospital rooms, monitors, alarms, feeding tubes, fear, exhaustion, and a NICU stay that felt like a lifetime.

But in the middle of one of the hardest chapters of our lives, there was also an insane amount love.

Nurses who cared for our tiny baby when we couldn’t be there every second. They celebrated every little milestone with us. They reassured us when we were scared. They loved on him. Some of those nurses have now become our friends, and I don’t think they’ll ever fully understand what they mean to our family.

Our families showed up for us in every possible way. They held us up when we were running on empty, took care of us while we were trying to take care of him, and loved this little boy so fiercely from the very beginning.

And then there are all of the friends and people who have loved on Emrik over these last six months. The people who checked on us, snuggled us, brought food, sent messages, celebrated every ounce gained and every milestone reached, and have made our boy feel so unbelievably loved.

It really does take a village. And ours carried us.

Now somehow that tiny NICU baby is SIX MONTHS OLD!!!

There are pieces of your birth and those first few weeks that I think I’ll carry with me forever. But when I look at you now, more than anything, I feel so incredibly grateful.

Grateful that I’m here. Grateful you’re here. Grateful for every single person who helped make sure we both got here.

Happy half birthday, Emrik. 🤍

What a privilege it is to be your mom!!!
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