In 2023, after years of trying to conceive, PCOS, a unicornuate uterus, fertility treatments, medicated cycles, and a miscarriage: I had my first child.

But the road wasn't easy. I had IUGR with my first, and at 33 weeks, my water broke unexpectedly. An emergency C-section followed because she was frank breech, weighing 4lbs my baby girl spent 26 days in the NICU.

Then two and a half years later I found myself naturally pregnant and high risk from the start.

At 24 weeks, my cervix began to fail. I was admitted to hospital on strict bedrest with zero cervix and bulging membranes, willing my body to hold on just a little longer. At 27 weeks and 2 days, my placenta abrupted. My second daughter weighing 2lbs 4oz was born. She spent 82 days in the NICU before finally coming home.

Through all of it, I wrote.

Journalling; I documented the hard days, the hopeful ones, the milestones that only NICU parents understand. And somewhere in those pages, Cradle & Canvas CO took shape.

There are no baby books made for NICU families. The milestone pages don't fit. The timelines don't make sense. And there's nowhere to log the day to day: the weight checks, the med changes, the tiny victories. So I made ones that do.

I created these memory books and journals because I know firsthand how much it matters to capture this time — not just the big moments, but the quiet, tender, terrifying ones too.

For every family navigating a journey that looked nothing like they planned, these pages are for you.