Pregnancy
worth the Wait. {a birth story}
Eight days. Never before has eight days seemed so long. Well, to be honest, it felt more like 16 days. You see, my second child was born 8 days early so I thought that I’d have my third early as well. At the very least I was hopeful. In reality, once the due date passed…
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on identity and Pregnancy.
My husband recently asked me how I understand my main identity right now. The ‘proper’ or perhaps ‘correct’ answer is that I’m a daughter of God first, and everything else flows from that. But if I’m being honest, that isn’t how it feels. By the end of pregnancy, I told him, it becomes – at…
READ MOREas a little bunny always Said…
“If you can’t say something nice, don’t say nothin’ at all!” Okay, I know it is a double negative, but you get the point. If you can’t say something nice or positive or encouraging, don’t say anything at all. I know this is a point that I’ve brought up before, but it bears repeating, especially…
READ MOREa blessing, Period.
Somehow it has been weeks since I’ve written a new blog. Why? Two real reasons, (1) I’ve been busy with my Etsy shop and orders (yay!) and (2) I’m pregnant! By some crazy reality, I’m already nearly 15 weeks along with baby number 3, who, we found out, is a GIRL! Which brings me to…
READ MOREa year in review, a year in Preview.
To be perfectly frank, 2016 was exactly nothing I was planning or expecting. Not in the least. And yet it has been one of the most amazing years ever. Before I get into the nitty gritty of the year and how I remember it, let’s look back at the goals I set for the year and see how…
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mistletoe is Here! {a birth story}
It started out as a day like any other, or so I thought. As was typical for me, once the noon hour passed without any real contractions, I gave up thinking that that would be the day our daughter would be born. For weeks the only thing I wanted to do before going into labor…
READ MOREno resurrection without the Cross.
As of writing this post, I am 37 weeks, 4 days pregnant. I am to the point where not only do the weeks matter, but so do the days. Every single day counts, and every single day gets me one day closer to meeting our next daughter. Lately I have found myself saying that I…
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the {cranky} End.
Depending on your/your doctor’s definition of ‘full-term’, I hit full-term in my pregnancy last Sunday (so I’m 37 weeks, 2 days along right now) and I’m a pile of walking contradictions. I like to think I’ve done better this pregnancy in terms of being cranky/angry/hating being pregnant, but now, with the due date so close…
READ MOREreally, really stepping out of the Boat.
Recently I wrote about how my husband and I are becoming missionaries with FOCUS and what a stretch this move will be for us. We are, of course, incredibly excited, but also a little overwhelmed by all of the things that are about to change in our lives. I’ve frequently looked at families like ours –…
READ MOREbody Image.
{Linking up with Blessed Is She} “We’ve decided that we hate you.” “Did you come back to work just to show off how quickly you could fit back into your jeans?” These are just a few of the things I’ve heard in recent weeks. This body image thing is a nasty phenomenon that robs women…
READ MOREthe birth Story {part 2}.
{part 1 is here} The hospital. Despite the fluke snow – that was not forecasted *shakes fist at Colorado weather* – we made it to the hospital and to labor and delivery. We arrived at 1:30pm. We checked in at the nurses station and they asked me how far along I was. “40 weeks as of yesterdayyyyyyyyy…*head…
READ MOREthe birth Story.
New status (Mommy Blogger): unlocked. I hated reading birth stories before I got pregnant. Even when I was pregnant, I was very careful about which stories I read. I honestly never thought I’d blog about Sophia’s birth story, but the more I thought about, the more I thought, why not? This blog has become so much…
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