My wife, Becca, and I are trying to conceive with me via artificial insemination. We were aware that, even in the best of circumstances, most people do not get pregnant on the first try. We are currently on Month 3 of trying and I can honestly say, I don’t know how couples survive years of…
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Insemination and Fertility – What Are Your At Home Choices? A Mosie Baby Feature
Hi everyone. It’s been a few months since we/I’ve made a post. Becca and I are on month three of trying to conceive. We have about 12 days until we find out if it worked or not. There are many ways to try to conceive: IUI, IVF, and of course, if you’re able, the traditional…
Here We Go! #BabyLake2021
Okay, so it’s definitely been awhile guys and we’re so sorry but with the pandemic, everything baby related was postponed. But we recently did multiple genetic tests that delved into everything. We did the basic carrier test that most couples do, a test that delves into my chromosomes, and a test that looked at brain…
Finally Going To Get Some Answers… Maybe?
Hello, everyone. So with Coronavirus happening, our initial steps to add to our little family were postponed until now. Since we’ve last posted, I’ve had an MRI and we found out I have a minor case of Schizencephaly. Schizencephaly is a developmental birth defect that is characterized by abnormal slits or clefts in the cerebral…
An Update To Starting A Family
So a couple weeks ago I had a brain MRI because the last time I had one I was 20 months old. Getting a diagnosis so early in life means that your parents obviously know more about the details of your diagnosis until you decide you want to know for yourself. So now, at 30,…
Setting Intentions for 2020
Becca and I are always trying to better ourselves in every aspect of our lives. I’m going to try to keep myself accountable by posting here what I want to achieve in 2020. Start a family Lose 50 lbs Write more (blog and personal writing) Give 100% for Wednesday Ophelia (my small business) Read more…
Happy Holidays From Us!
So it’s been a while since one of us posted on here, but we wanted to stop by and say Happy Holidays and a wonderful New Year to everyone! We are revamping this site for 2020 and are going to take you along our very exciting journey of starting a family! We will be posting…
Organizing A Small Kitchen
We moved into a rental house a few weeks ago and the house is quite small and everything is “efficiently spaced”. With little counter space, we had to get creative about storage for small kitchen appliances like the blender, stand mixer, food processor and others. We basically have a large house’s worth of kitchen items…
The Lakes Are Moving!
It’s been a hot minute since we posted on here. The last year hasn’t been the easiest, for multiple reasons. One of them being that we are living with my in-laws and it’s hard to feel like newlyweds, living our first year of marriage together, when there’s no privacy and each of us like doing…
Wedding Photos
Hey there, everyone. It’s been a minute, we know. We’ll do more of an update in a couple days, but we got our wedding photos back so we figured we should share. If you follow us/Christina on Instagram (christinaglake) you would have seen them already, but here you go!
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