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her face to brighten up your day 🥰 but really, her face to brighten up your day 🥰 but really, zoom in. it’s been such a heavy time. as a woman. as someone who identifies as LGBTQ+. for myself. my family. my children. i don’t want to focus on it right now so leaving this happiness on our feeds. what’s something happy you can share? 🌸 wall mural: @laurencatwest . . . #honestlymothering #honestmotherhood #janieandjacklove #twomomfamily #twomoms #samesexparents #samesexfamily #ivfsuccess #rivf #reciprocalivf
T W☀️ our Josie girl. you are sweet and silly T W☀️ our Josie girl. you are sweet and silly, fierce and sassy, and our ray of sunshine. you came into this world to the song, “here comes the sun” and you have brought light to our lives during a scary time in the world. you have a constant tune in your head and will dance your heart out, you will eat anything in front of you (currently loving salad lol), you adore your brother more than anything and just truly light up a room with your dimpled smile. while your current favorite phrase is “go away”, our hearts are yours forever! we love you beyond, Josie Annabelle! 💗 swipe for pics from year 2!
the reality of buying a home as an LGBTQ+ family. the reality of buying a home as an LGBTQ+ family. this is something that people outside of our community don't realize.  buying a home isn't as cut + dry for us.  we have to find out if the neighborhood is LGBTQ+ friendly.  we have to look around at flags + signs on people's lawns that will warn us that we're not welcome.  we have to look at the demographics. we also have a layer of anxiety around making an offer -- when the seller sees that it's two women (in our case), will they toss it out?  what schools will our children attend in certain neighborhoods? we feel incredible blessed to live in a pretty liberal area but it's still something on our minds as we are currently in the home shopping process. if you're 🏳️‍🌈 do you feel this way?  if you're not LGTBQ+ did you have any idea?
how josie came to be. never in my life - especial how josie came to be. never in my life - especially as someone married to a woman - did I think I would talk so much or learn so much about sperm. but here we are! our path to motherhood wasn't straightforward but I wouldn't trade it for the world because it brought us our two little loves. we had an incredible experience with @fairfaxcryobank. first of all, we got to see both baby pics and adult pics of the donors and we found that wildly helpful -- if you want to create a child with someone, it certainly helps to know what they look like all grown up! we were also able to hear interviews (so we heard his voice), read essays and ask questions directly to the cryobank. what really did it for us ... we were in the middle of an RIVF cycle (after 3 failed IUIs and failed FET) and you know how there are a million things on your mind - plus we had Parker, so running around after a toddler - and they gave us our egg retrieval date. guess who forgot to have the sperm shipped? I didn't realize that our clinic only accepted shipments a few days a week and our insemination was supposed to happen on Monday. It was late Thursday and everything was starting to close and I was back and forth on the phone with Fairfax and my clinic and then they got on calls with each other and figured it out literally as the work day was ending. To see everything in real time, check out my RIVF highlight on my page - you can see my crying updating on what had happened. this was MY error and yet Fairfax went above and beyond for our family. and that egg retrieval gave us our Josie girl. if that sperm didn't get shipped, she might not be here -- yes, we would have another baby, but it may not have been here. that blew my mind when I realized that. you can use code JAFFEFAM2022 for a free donor search on their site. hugs!
GAY 🏳️‍🌈 that’s it. that’s the post GAY 🏳️‍🌈 that’s it. that’s the post. oh, and $&@# you desantis.

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