Connect What is the most rewarding part of being a mom?

It sounds so cheesy but seeing all the milestones. I’ll never forget when my daughter rolled for the first time, laughed for the first time. It’s the little things that are so big in my heart. Seeing her learn and grow makes all the long nights, no free time and hard work worth it.

What is one memory of your kids that you will never forget?

I had a miscarriage before my daughter, and it sounds so simple but the first time I heard her heartbeat when I was pregnant with her was absolutely everything to me. I am RH negative so my last baby had a positive blood type and couldn’t live in my body and I never heard the heartbeat. Hearing my daughters was the exact moment it became real I was going to be a mom. That day will always be so important to me I cried so many tears of joy.

What would you do with $20,000?

I would love to use it to help redecorate my home. Having a home that feels good and easy makes all the difference as a stay at home mom. I am now pregnant with my second kid and I know my house is going to be where I spend most days and I want to like the space I’m living in because the nights will be long and hard, especially because my husband will be deployed so I will have a new born and my daughter and just me. I would also use some of it to help with my new kid coming.