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February 14, 2013

missohkay from the missadventures of missohkay is going to open up the week for us with her contribution to the The Monday Snapshot – meant to bring the PAIL blogroll to life by giving its members a chance to feature themselves and make new connections.

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Now, get to know a little more about missohkay with her answers to the Monday Snapshot “5 Questions”:

1) How long have you been blogging and how did you get started?

I joined Twitter in June 2010, and I still remember my first tweet: “Reading fertility blogs and laughing and crying. How did women survive before the Internet?” The instant support from Twitter was amazing. I was interested in blogging too but was skeptical that I could keep up with it. After some encouragement from my fellow tweet-ers (including PAIL’s own Mellow Mid-West Mama!), I started my blog in August 2010 and have somehow managed to scrape together something worth reading (I assume) at least once a week since then.

2) Tell us a little about your ALI journey and your family (3-4 sentences):

I’m an unexplained spontaneous aborter. That’s the medical community’s sassy and not-at-all-offensive (ha!) way of saying that I have miscarriages and they don’t know why. Perhaps we could have tried harder to figure out why, but after three first-trimester losses, mrohkay and I decided to pursue adoption. Our daughter Miss E has been home for nearly a year now, and we’re talking of starting a second adoption sometime in the next 12 months or so.

3) What makes you unique in the blogging world? (e.g. special talent, rare diagnosis, life experience)?

Well, miscarriage blogs sadly aren’t that unique. Neither are international adoption blogs. People who try to be funny but aren’t? Advocacy blogs? Transracial adoption blogs? Mommy blogs (gulp)? Yeah, I think it’s safe to say I’m not unique!

4) One word to describe yourself:

Loquacious (what? If I had to pick one word, I wanted to make it worth your while.)

5) What blog or website (IF or not) would you recommend to others? Why?

My blogging inspiration is Julie at A Little Pregnant . In my blog reader, there are my IF peers, who struggled while I struggled, who I cheer on and who cheer me on. And there are there are, like, my IF godmothers, who struggled a good eight years before I’d even heard the phrase “luteal phase” and still manage a decade later to write a post that I’ll devour the second it pops up in my reader. Julie is heartbreakingly honest and really freaking funny.

As always, we want to see your Monday Snapshot as well, so please comment below with a link to your post– and of course, go visit missohkay at the misadventures of missohkay .

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Arch Mama says: February 11, 2013 at 7:36 AM <3 <3 <3 Reply

<3 <3 <3

ozifrog says: February 11, 2013 at 7:43 AM Oh my goodness, miss E is just a treasure! Great shots, perfect! Happy homeaversary. Our 6 month old little bundle is getting kind of chunky now, but he still looks little having a sunday sleep in in our big bed. http://didiforget.wordpress.com/2013/02/11/the-monday-snapshot-sunday/ Reply

Oh my goodness, miss E is just a treasure! Great shots, perfect! Happy homeaversary.

Our 6 month old little bundle is getting kind of chunky now, but he still looks little having a sunday sleep in in our big bed. http://didiforget.wordpress.com/2013/02/11/the-monday-snapshot-sunday/

lyndellmaree says: February 11, 2013 at 7:46 AM Even her eyes are smiling just lovely. http://showusyourcraftybits.wordpress.com/2013/02/11/the-monday-snapshot-2/ Reply

Even her eyes are smiling just lovely. http://showusyourcraftybits.wordpress.com/2013/02/11/the-monday-snapshot-2/

SRB says: February 11, 2013 at 7:53 AM Well this was a beautiful thing to wake up to! I can’t believe she’s been home for a year. She’s just lit from within, that one. <3 Reply

Well this was a beautiful thing to wake up to! I can’t believe she’s been home for a year. She’s just lit from within, that one. <3

Stephanie says: February 11, 2013 at 9:41 AM Her smile is so contagious! I love the then-and-now pictures, thanks for sharing! Here is my contribution for the week: http://blawndesblawg.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-monday-snapshot-family-movie-night.html Reply

Her smile is so contagious! I love the then-and-now pictures, thanks for sharing! Here is my contribution for the week: http://blawndesblawg.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-monday-snapshot-family-movie-night.html

J o s e y says: February 11, 2013 at 10:57 AM LOL – Miss E’s smile is SO contagious. You can see what a spunky little thing she is, just by looking at that picture. So fun to see how much she has grown in a year! Love the side by side pic idea as well. Reply missohkay says: February 11, 2013 at 12:07 PM Ha, spunky is right – she was trying to push off me with all her might in this picture. But hey, she’s smiling too, so no complaints from me Reply

LOL – Miss E’s smile is SO contagious. You can see what a spunky little thing she is, just by looking at that picture. So fun to see how much she has grown in a year! Love the side by side pic idea as well.

missohkay says: February 11, 2013 at 12:07 PM Ha, spunky is right – she was trying to push off me with all her might in this picture. But hey, she’s smiling too, so no complaints from me Reply

Ha, spunky is right – she was trying to push off me with all her might in this picture. But hey, she’s smiling too, so no complaints from me

metholic says: February 11, 2013 at 11:14 AM Happy happy home-aversary!!! Here’s my submission for the snapshot: http://metholicblog.com/2013/02/11/the-monday-snapshot-food-edition/ Reply

Happy happy home-aversary!!! Here’s my submission for the snapshot: http://metholicblog.com/2013/02/11/the-monday-snapshot-food-edition/

metholic says: February 11, 2013 at 11:15 AM Oh, and i LOVE Julie at a Little Pregnant. Reply

Oh, and i LOVE Julie at a Little Pregnant.

Fiona says: February 11, 2013 at 11:39 AM Oh my goodness, this girl!! She is just so beautiful. Wow, a year. Amazing. Will try to get my own Monday Snapshot up later today if I can figure out a watermark program by then! Reply Gemini Momma says: February 11, 2013 at 12:02 PM Amazing that its been a year. Whenever I think of Miss E now, the word “sparkle” comes to mind… she truly does just that. Happy home-a-versary (oh yah, WAY less dumb than Gotcha Day, heehee) Reply

Oh my goodness, this girl!! She is just so beautiful. Wow, a year. Amazing.

Will try to get my own Monday Snapshot up later today if I can figure out a watermark program by then!

Gemini Momma says: February 11, 2013 at 12:02 PM Amazing that its been a year. Whenever I think of Miss E now, the word “sparkle” comes to mind… she truly does just that. Happy home-a-versary (oh yah, WAY less dumb than Gotcha Day, heehee) Reply

Amazing that its been a year. Whenever I think of Miss E now, the word “sparkle” comes to mind… she truly does just that. Happy home-a-versary (oh yah, WAY less dumb than Gotcha Day, heehee)

thewildrumpus12 says: February 11, 2013 at 12:51 PM Custard? Cheesecake? LOVE Juno. I remember the first photo you ever posted of Miss E, because my heart just completely melted. If you had told me she would get CUTER within a year, I would never have imagined it could be possible! But it is! She just gets better and better! Reply

Custard? Cheesecake? LOVE Juno.

I remember the first photo you ever posted of Miss E, because my heart just completely melted. If you had told me she would get CUTER within a year, I would never have imagined it could be possible! But it is! She just gets better and better!

Poppyseed and Muffin says: February 11, 2013 at 2:48 PM love, love, love her hair!!! just beautiful! here’s our snapshot: http://poppyseedandmuffin.wordpress.com/2013/02/11/the-monday-snapshot-to-catch-a-shooting-star/ Reply

love, love, love her hair!!! just beautiful!

here’s our snapshot: http://poppyseedandmuffin.wordpress.com/2013/02/11/the-monday-snapshot-to-catch-a-shooting-star/

mellowinthemidwest says: February 11, 2013 at 3:10 PM Hi, Miss E and Miss ohkay! I’m so glad you took my sage (ha!) advice and started a blog!!! I’ve looooved reading your blog and loved getting to know you through it (and even more in person!) hope to see you and little miss E soon! Reply

Hi, Miss E and Miss ohkay! I’m so glad you took my sage (ha!) advice and started a blog!!! I’ve looooved reading your blog and loved getting to know you through it (and even more in person!) hope to see you and little miss E soon!

Courtney says: February 11, 2013 at 3:11 PM These photos are amazing – so special! I can’t believe how much Miss E has grown! She is a little girl now! Reply

These photos are amazing – so special! I can’t believe how much Miss E has grown! She is a little girl now!

Emily says: February 11, 2013 at 3:45 PM Love the “then and now” photo! And congrats to you all! Here’s my snowy snapshot! http://emskyrooney.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-blizzard.html Reply

Love the “then and now” photo! And congrats to you all!

Here’s my snowy snapshot! http://emskyrooney.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-blizzard.html

slese1014 says: February 11, 2013 at 4:22 PM I love these pictures. So adorably sweet and the happiness between you two is radiating off the screen. Pure adoration and love! Reply

I love these pictures. So adorably sweet and the happiness between you two is radiating off the screen. Pure adoration and love!

mandski says: February 11, 2013 at 9:50 PM Love this! What a beautiful little girl Miss E is becoming! She really does radiate sparklyness. Reply

Love this! What a beautiful little girl Miss E is becoming! She really does radiate sparklyness.

Kristen says: February 11, 2013 at 11:25 PM Love the pics…your daughter is sooooo beautiful! I have a friend who calls her day “Airport Day.” And yeah, one word, you picked a great one. Here’s my contribution: http://www.buckupbuttercup.net/buck-up-buttercup/2013/2/11/the-monday-snapshot-over-and-out-edition.html Reply missohkay says: February 12, 2013 at 8:36 AM I didn’t think of “Airport Day” – I like that better too! Reply

Love the pics…your daughter is sooooo beautiful! I have a friend who calls her day “Airport Day.” And yeah, one word, you picked a great one. Here’s my contribution: http://www.buckupbuttercup.net/buck-up-buttercup/2013/2/11/the-monday-snapshot-over-and-out-edition.html

missohkay says: February 12, 2013 at 8:36 AM I didn’t think of “Airport Day” – I like that better too! Reply

I didn’t think of “Airport Day” – I like that better too!

No Baby Ruth says: February 12, 2013 at 6:15 AM I love the picture of Miss E! She has the most wonderful smile and her eyes just sparkle! Reply

I love the picture of Miss E! She has the most wonderful smile and her eyes just sparkle!

chon says: February 12, 2013 at 6:24 AM Miss E is so beautiful! Reply

Miss E is so beautiful!

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