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Noonan Syndrome: Our Story

This is Brave.org: Motherhood and Noonan Syndrome

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I can’t believe we were disappointed when we found out we were having a boy 🤦🏼‍♀️ (we envisioned a whole soccer team of badass girlies!). Now it seems like such a senseless, arbitrary thing to want. Our kids are who they are regardless of their biology, just babies that grow into expressive, curious, cuddly kiddos who fight and learn and give the sloppiest kisses. We’re raising feminist children here no matter what tools they’ve got in their diaps. It’s not the easiest gig ever but damn do I love being their mama. • • • #motherandson #myfavouriteboy #slowparenting #favouriteson #15monthold #15monthsold #blondebaby #babyboy #toddlerlife #toddlercuddles #mamasboy #blueeyedboy #mindfulmama #mindfulmotherhood #raisingfeministboys #raisingfeministgirls #feministkids

The kids finally became friends (or at least playmates) a couple weeks ago and now they’re constantly thinking up new ways to destroy the house together and WE ARE HERE FOR IT. In fact, we encourage it! The only things that have real value in our home are our kids so why not let ‘em run wild? • What kind of parent are you? When your kids draw on the wall do you scold them or put a frame around it? We are a playing-ball-in-the-house kind of family (I actually kicked the soccer ball into a lightbulb the other day and it exploded all over the living room. Tom scolded me). Wells has an annoying penchant for pulling our records off the shelf and bending them in half. What’s the nicest thing your kids have destroyed lately? And no, your vagina doesn’t count 🤭 • • • #pelvicfloorphysio #siblings #twoundertwo #preschooler #toddler #kidsarecrazy #cutekids #kidsootd #threeyearolds #16monthold #blondekids #siblingsarefun #siblingrivalry #bestfriendsandsiblings #HennieandWelf #mywhitestuff

Last week @mapiful asked me if they could send me one of their new Star Maps to post about on Black Friday. Since yesterday was our anniversary I thought it would be perfect to choose something to commemorate that date. Except then we didn’t 😂. Tom and I have always agreed that a marriage is a thousand times more important than a wedding so when I asked him which day was the most special in his memory it wasn’t super surprising that he didn’t choose November 28. • The most important date for both of us was a seemingly random July day almost a year and a half before our wedding day. A day when Tom, just back from two weeks in Brazil for the World Cup, met me in the park across the street from my apartment. I was late to meet my entire extended family at a nearby bar in the middle of a weekday to cheer on the Netherlands but Tom and I got chatting about our future and it was more important than even a World Cup match. Out of nowhere we had a serious conversation about whether we wanted kids, whether we thought we’d get married, whether if we did it would be to each other. I didn’t have that sense of anxiety that those “define the relationship” talks usually bring, instead I felt clear-headed and light, like I’d always known that we’d end up here. We tentatively agreed that we kinda sorta maybe wanted to be together forever? I remember feeling giddy as I said “is this it?” and Tom said “I think this is it!” Afterward I ran the few blocks to the pub to drunkenly sing Dutch songs with all my cousins and uncles and Opa, harbouring my little secret 🇳🇱 #wijhoudenvanoranje • For our map we chose the coordinates for that park where we chose each other on the first day of our emotional marriage, a whole year and a half before our legal marriage. That was the moment we made the real commitment to each other. The date is in our shared calendar as “Best Day Ever” • If you’d like to commemorate your own special date now is the time because they’re 20% off this weekend! There are a ton of beautiful styles to choose from and the quality of the paper is gorgeous. Which event or date would you commemorate if you ordered? #MyMapiful

Today is our 8 month coastal-versary and our 4 year wedding anniversary. Over the past year of moving away and renovating our money-pit of a house so many people have told me that renovations generally “make or break” a marriage. To that I say: bullshit. Having a shared learning experience outside of our children has made our lives more fun and strengthened our bond as we problem-solve together whether it’s setting mouse traps at midnight or building a garden trellis or doing yet another Saturday morning run to Canadian Tire. • We’ve gone without a dishwasher for a time this past year, without a washer and dryer, without a fridge, we’ve gone without a deck railing for a while and we’ve even gone without heat. But we’ve never gone a single second without love, the kind of big love that fills all 2400 sq ft of this broken down rancher we’re fixing from the ground up. It’s been a big year full of excitement and surprises (and white paint!). Here’s to many more!🥂Happy 4th Anniversary, my love!

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