06/14/2026
I get so emotional when I look through these photos. The world will see a happy expecting couple and might not even notice the scars on my belly, but I see a marriage that made it through a 3 year long fertility journey and came out stronger and more resilient than ever.
As much as I’ve shared on social media, no one will ever know the full story quite like us. They won’t know about the countless conversations we had after disappointing news, the nights you held me while I cried, or all the times you reminded me that our story wasn’t over when I was convinced it was. You carried hope for both of us when I couldn’t find any of my own, and somehow always knew exactly what I needed, even when neither of us had any answers.
You showed up to every single appointment I asked you to go to, no matter how sleep deprived you were from working the night shift. You gave me 99% of my fertility medication injections so it was one less thing for me to worry about, and you still found ways to make me laugh even when it felt like I was going through hell.
As much as I hated the last three years, I wouldn’t change it for the world because it showed me how well we work as a team. And through it all, I would bet on us every single time.
So how about we go become parents now, yeah?
📸: Destiny Bango| Topsail NC Photographer
💄: Danielle Forte Wilmington Makeup Artist
💇🏼♀️: DeeDee Fraser