Johannah Venturini

If you haven’t been to a Trader Joe’s, there are sooo many perks! I will call out what is organic, gluten-free, dairy-free, vegan, etc….I am not completely dairy or gluten free but try to limit those in my diet due to GI issues. TJ Gluten Free Breaded Chicken Breast Nuggets – both of my kids like chicken nuggets, I don’t necessarily always buy them gluten free, but the price point was good and they approved so I will take it! Organic Shells and White Cheddar Macaroni & Cheese – both of my kiddos love the white cheddar.

I just expected that I would get pregnant again right way, but I didn’t. In November of 2015, I started a new job and I told my husband I was not going to even speak or talk about it until the New Year. We sat in that ultrasound, and right before our eyes there was this little gummy bear baby right on the screen. For me, I could get pregnant so I never experienced that portion of it, but staying pregnant and having a viable pregnancy was another story.

A lot of you that don’t know me that well, may just see a lot of images of my two wonderful kids. I don’t believe that anyone initially begins this journey thinking anything bad could possibly happen, so why not share our good news? ! This was my first pregnancy, so we didn’t know what to expect or even what to look for on the monitor. She wasn’t allowed to share anything, but we knew the next steps weren’t good.

First and foremost, I have a 9 month old daughter and had zero interest in trying to potty train with a new baby at home, but my son was ready. Seems like these would cancel one and other out, but Tripp would tell us when he had to pee and use the potty, but would hide for #2. We got a mini potty and started keeping the diapers on but having my son pee on the potty. And I quote, “Alexa, set a timer for 30 minutes for Tripp to pee on the potty.