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Beach Chic
From the Novel team captain, Laura: Hey guys 👋 As some of you may have noticed, we took a bit of a hiatus on Novel. In June, at 5 months pregnant and at the height of Summer, I unexpectedly ended up in the hospital with a severe form of preeclampsia. Two weeks later, I was rushed into the operating room, where I gave birth to my baby girl ✨ISABELLE✨ via emergency c-section. She was only 25 weeks along and just one pound—495 grams—one of the tiniest lil babes at the NICU. Over the following five and a half months, we were in the hospital every day while Isabelle slowly grew, underwent open heart surgery, and battled on. It was iiiiiiiiiiiiintense. My business baby—Novel—had to take a backseat. We didn’t post, we didn’t work, we didn’t swim. Life interrupted, we were under water, and we held our breaths. We closed up shop for the interim. After 168 days in the NICU, my little one finally came home. It was Christmas Eve, and she was a true gift...a real special little miracle. And with this some semblance of normalcy returned into our lives and I make my first post since Summer. We are hoping for more sunshine in the future. You never know what challenges life will bring you, and how long you’ll feel like you’re underwater, but they make you stronger and make your reevaluate the way you’ve been living your life. I’m hoping for long sunny days accompanied by sandy beach baby bums...Novel will be making its return soon. Much love to you guys, Laura ✨✨
A little slice of Heaven ✨ via @hailleyhoward
ALWAYS SUNNY 🌞 Babe Annette in our Raven Trifle Top and String Bottom ⚡️
Babe @_kirp_ in our Cat Lady one piece