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Follow me on Instagram (@allyrod08) to participate in free giveaways for mamas, kiddos, and families. Our first giveaway was held in May 2019 in honor of Mother’s Day.

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Mother’s Day Gift Guide: Supporting Moms of Miscarriage

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Today has me like... In honor of Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day (October 15), head on over to the link in my bio for the #1 practical tip for supporting a mother post-miscarriage. It’s super easy and actionable and would bless the heck out of that mama’s heart. ❤️👼 #miscarriageawareness #miscarriagesupport #pregnancyandinfantlossawareness This is my kind of shopping cart! Thank you Buy Buy Baby for preparing for the mama who is totally outnumbered 🤣 We’re getting away this weekend! And it’s long overdue! As two working parents with three youngin’s at home, it’s difficult to connect as husband and wife sometimes. But oh so critical to prioritize that connection! So, we’ll be packing up after work, and getting the boys ready for a weekend with Grandma with the Black Hair ❤️ Side note: Cesar and Carlo call my mom Grandma with the Black Hair and call @bigs_steve mom Grandma with the White (blonde) Hair 🤣 I prayed for moments like this. Sitting back watching my kids laugh together. Play together. Drive me crazy together 🤪 As I soak in the sight and giggles, my heart aches for the one who is missing in this scene. For the first little Rodriguez who should be taller than Mac, but not quite as big as Carlo. 👼 October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. And this is my reality. Every happy moment is twinged with a little sadness. My solo drives to work or the late nights when I’m the only one awake, my mind often replays the day we lost our baby or imagines what our child would be like had we not. 😞 I tell my sons that they have a sibling in heaven. They don’t understand now, but one day they will. I’ll never stop sharing my baby’s memory, and my sons will always know of the one who came before them. 💙 To my Car Car, When you first arrived, you were the cutest baby boy, stumbling over your own feet (well, you still do that) and being a yogurt monster (also still true). 💙 I told your Daddy that there was no way you’d test us the way big brother Cesar did. There’s just no way my baby would do that. 🤣 But here we are. You run away from us, because you think it’s funny. It’s actually very dangerous, bud. One day I know you’ll understand that. You think every no is yes and every yes is no. 🤷🏻‍♀️ But, this is all a phase. The testing. The running. The fighting. The biting. The not-listening-to-a-single-thing. 🤦🏻‍♀️ If there’s anything I’ve learned from your big brother, it’s that one day we’ll get past this phase. One day it won’t feel so hard and exhausting and frustrating. So for right now, I’m gonna soak up your loving smile and infectious laugh. I’m going to focus on the fact that you sing to Baby Mac when he’s crying. I’m going smile every time you say “Tedar” for one day it will be “Cesar”. 😍 Because when we look back on these “terrible twos” (almost threes!), it will be all those special memories and moments that matter. 😘 I love the heck out of you, Car. Always my chubby, wobbly yogurt monster. 💙

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