A New Journey
Well it’s been a year since I’ve actually blogged and I feel this one is long overdue! If you read my past Journey blogs then you are well aware of the struggles and challenges my husband and I have faced with infertility, miscarriages, and loss. I’m happy to say that through our struggles we never gave up.
This past year has been one of the most pivotal years of my life, truly. November will make one full year living in our new home and also being back home in Georgia after 12 years in Virginia.
Last holiday season I was getting adjusted to our new home (while my husband stayed back in Virginia for work), unpacking, going through our 3rd round of IVF, raising a new puppy and trying to figure out what I wanted to do for work as I had been in a leave status since August 2022.
With all these changes I was very overwhelmed to say the least. Being closer to my family and friends meant I would be home less, which meant I couldn’t really sit with myself and all the changes I was experiencing. While I’m still trying to balance all the changes almost a year later, I’m finally able to say that everything I have manifested over all these years is finally happening.
At the start of the new year the 3rd IVF transfer ended in a chemical pregnancy. We decided to try for back to back transfers so we had another in April 2023. And well, if you’re here and you follow any of my social channels it’s no surprise to you that I’m currently in my 3rd trimester of pregnancy!! I’m overly excited and still shocked to say the least. You can also check out my announcement and pregnancy story on my YouTube channel here!
This time in my life has been the most fulfilling, unknowing, supportive, a little scary, weird, and divine time I have ever experienced. This year also being my 40th rotation, made all these beautiful moments even that much more special.
On top of all these blessings, I also finally landed a work from home job that is also still within the government so I won’t lose my 21 years of service with my previous employer! Leaving that employer is one that I have struggled with the most. My previous employer was extremely toxic over the past 6 years and contributed to my ptsd. When I got my new job offer I literally cried tears of joy and I’m still crying lol. This has also been long overdue!
So what now?
Well, I’m preparing myself mentally as much as I can to be a mom. Still so weird saying that because I have wanted that title for so long. And this winter that dream will finally come to fruition.
Both hubby and I are in our nesting phase and it’s just so cute to see him like this. I know our baby will be surrounded by love and care. Next year we will be celebrating 15 years of marriage and I’m so thankful that we will be celebrating with our little human too.
As for this New Journey…well…who knows what’s in store!
Love a rainbow🌈 creating a rainbow 🌈
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38 HOT
38 Candles!
Hey Friends! This month I’m celebrating 38 rotations around the Sun. This past year has been full of mixed emotions and experiences and I needed something to pick me up after 2020’s dumpster juice. What better way to bring in my New Year than to bask in true Corny Rainbow Fashion (pun intended lol)? My color pick for 2021 is Rainbow and I could not wait to create with this Spoonflower Sport Lycra in my girl Katie Kortman’s Bohemian Rhapsody print for the 2nd go round (check out my swimsuit with this fabric here). This was also my first time using sport lycra for a dress and I must say I'm impressed. The fabric is so soft yet a good weight and stretch making it perfect for Mara McCalls 8037. I choose view A and length View C and I added a tricot lining to the bodice for extra stability for my girls (I did still use titty tape to hold them up a bit for my special day lol). The pattern was super easy and has only 5 pattern pieces to cut out (wow)! I really needed an easy project after gathering for days with my yellow bday dress (blog soon come). I will definitely make this dress over and over. I do hope you love my BEarthday look as much as I do and you’ve been warned that I’m celebrating all month long! 38 HOT!
Thanks for stopping by. Tell me what you think about this make below and as always Peace & Blessings!
Happy BEarthday to Me!
Another Year to Grow
36 Candles!
36 Candles
This weekend I celebrated 36 years of life. This past year has been filled with excitement and some not so exciting obstacles. I’m grateful for them all. Each day I’m learning to embrace all the changes. One of those changes being my weight. Before I learned I was pregnant this year I was not working out like normal. Let me not forget that my clothes from the previous year were getting snug. I lost a bit of my motivation for fitness after the miscarriage. I finally got to a place where I’m excited about fitness and sewing patterns 2 sizes bigger (yeah) than I was sewing in the previous year.
What did You do to get out the slump?
The slump! I am now learning not to give this word life. The most important thing I do to get out is KEEP GOING! Life really does go on and you have to roll with it. I roll with it by creating some type of challenge for myself. I love a good challenge! Keeping that in mind I decided to challenge myself and get back to my triathlon days. I am not the best swimmer and even after completing 2 triathlons (super sprint and sprint) in the past years, I told myself I would never do another triathlon. Never say never! I really don’t like the swimming (someone help me breathe lol). The training for the triathlon is intense. Although training is intense, I know the outcome will be so very rewarding. So I’m training like a crazy person and fresh into a New Year. What else is going on? My clothes don’t fit, that’s what. Back to the sewing room I go. I’m literally sewing 2 sizes up from my normal size. I’m not just sewing for your entertainment…I have no clothes that fit people! Can I get an Amen? Challenge number 2 forms. I decided to create 15 projects for the month of August. WTF? I normally sew 5-10 projects a month depending on upcoming events but never 15. There’s no backing out now lol. My summer is usually filled with 1 long vacation and lots of short weekend vacations. Traveling also helps to get me out the slump. Pictures below are of my first lighthouse experience. I brought in 36 and crossed seeing a real life lighthouse off my list. It was so beautiful! I do hope you come along this journey with me. Please do share with me ways you get out the slump. I’d love to hear.
Peace & Blessings
P.S. Here’s my bEarthday look and challenge project number 1 for August sewing.
PATTERN: McCalls 7661
The Climb!
I made it to the top! Happy BEarthday to me!
Somewhere over the rainbow
Skies really are Blue
Greetings.
In this section of my blog called Journey I will be sharing with you bits and pieces of Nefertiti. You ready? Here goes!
So Mother’s Day is getting closer. For the past 5 years, Mother’s Day and 5/11 have been a reminder of the transition of my baby sister (number 4). This May I see Mother’s Day in a different light with another reason to celebrate life. Let’s rewind a bit. As you may know I am married with two dogs. I was hesitant to share this part of my life but I don’t know who needs to hear it. My husband and I have struggled with infertility for years. Long story short, we were told by doctors IVF was the only way we would be able to conceive. Well…..they were wrong. Last month we learned we were 6 weeks pregnant (total shock). Then at our first visit we found out we were also having an ectopic pregnancy (also a total shock).
Often times women keep miscarriages and ectopic pregnancies on the hush until they finally conceive and have their “Rainbow baby.” Every woman is different but we are also the same. I know I’m not the first to experience an ectopic pregnancy or miscarriage and I know I’m not the last. So let me tell you another reason I’m sharing this very personal experience with you. Sewing and creating is my healing. It really is that simple for me. My journey has been amazing thus far and I don’t know what I’d be doing if it wasn’t for that Brother machine my mom bought me years ago.
This entire experience was tough but also a huge blessing…we CAN conceive naturally and our time will surely come. In the meantime, you can find me here sewing and healing. Let’s talk about it. What are you healing from? How do you heal? Are you okay to talk about it?
Peace & love
Nefertiti
Photo Sauce:
Pants: Made by me using McCall’s pattern 7661