Hi. We’re the Kings.
We live at 10,200 feet two goofy cats, a spring-loaded border collie mix, and a 240-lb Neapolitan mastiff.
Jesse, Maggie, Emmett, and Kristen King
We moved to America’s highest city in 2017 after a long-distance love affair with this tiny mining town 2-ish hours west of Denver. Making the move from central Florida to the High Rockies should have been a massive culture shock, but it felt like coming home from day 1. After we recovered from driving cross-country with two dogs and two 5-year-olds during historic flooding and blizzards, that is (yeah, that happened).
Kristen (aka, Mommy-in-Training)
I’m a 30something mom of twins, Emmett and Maggie (formerly Miles), who were born at 36 weeks and 3 days after the worst. pregnancy. ever. In July 2010, my husband and found out I was pregnant after more than a year of trying. Later that month, I had a miscarriage. Then in December 2010 I had a second miscarriage.(Along the way, I’m pretty sure I had a few others, but I hadn’t tested yet.)
In May 2011, my husband, Jesse (aka, Daddy-in-Training) and I found out we were pregnant for the third time. To keep things interesting, I had hyperemesis gravidarum this time and had a PICC line inserted on July 7, 2011, after multiple ER visits and hospitalizations for dehydration. Because of my HG, I lost 20 lbs from 6.5 weeks, when I started to get sick, to 9.5 weeks, when I was admitted for 4 days. It just got more fun from there, with multiple hospitalizations, continued weight loss, and early delivery because I developed pre-eclampsia. Good times.
This blog started as a venue to help me learning to trust not hate my body and myself on my way toward becoming a mommy for the first time. Now I’m using it to chronicle my life as an amateur parent. Because let’s face it: We’re all making it up as we go along.
Learn more about my work as a speaker, coach, and consultant at my business website, KristenKing.com, or find me on LinkedIn as Kristen King.
Jesse (aka, Daddy-in-Training)
Jesse King is a 30something bar manager and endurance athlete who dreamed of fatherhood from a young age. He’s a great cook and a kickass Scrabble player.
Kristen occasionally makes him write for the blog, but mostly he cheers from the sidelines and provides lots of one-liners to keep things interesting.