We had something very exciting happen in our church this fall. One of our members had a baby girl. I know on the surface that doesn't sound incredibly exciting so let me put it in perspective. We are a fairly small church. The youngest girl in our church to this point was my youngest daughter …
Somehow April passed me by without my noticing. We were so busy trying to catch up on school and life after several weeks of sickness. And in the midst of it all I forgot to do Ezra's birth story on his birthday. Thankfully Ezra's pretty easy to please, and I know he'll forgive me. Ezra …
Today is my second daughter's 12th birthday! How does that even happen? It seems like just yesterday she was my bald baby with the big smile and sparkly eyes that could light up a room. I had to change midwives for my fourth pregnancy and was not happy with the new set that I had. …
Today is a special one in our family - there are three birthdays. My sister and I had babies on the same day. She had a little girl in the morning, and I had our Micah late the same night. My cousin's daughter was born on the same day but several years earlier. Cool, eh? …
We just had another double digit birthday in our home this past weekend. Bekah was our fifth baby and third daughter. We moved out to the country when I was six months pregnant. Thankfully, in spite of the stress, the pregnancy continued very uneventfully. My pregnancy with Bekah's was probably one of my easiest. I was …
Today is my oldest daughter's birthday. This is the girl who launched me into the adventure of a lifetime that we call “motherhood”. All my life all I wanted was to be a mommy with lots of babies. When I was little I would play house with my two sisters. They would be the two …
The title says that this is a simple baby blanket. That is true, but that does not mean it's also fast. I estimate that I worked on this blanket for twenty to twenty-two hours. The work was all simple though - the kind of work that you can do while watching a movie. First, I picked …
This post has been on my mind and in my heart for a while to write. Maybe someone out there is feeling as confused and lonely as I was when my seventh baby was born. We waited the longest time between babies #6 and #7. I actually had three months where I was neither nursing …
Baby wearing is something I feel fairly passionate about. It has worked so well for me. With my newborns I think about how for the last nine months they've heard my every breath and heartbeat. What could be more comforting to them than to continue hearing those sounds. Holding a baby in your arms though …
My baby is getting bigger all the time and doing it mostly on breast milk. Not surprising except when you consider that he's nearly seventeen months and weighs over thirty pounds. Some days are better than others for eating solids, but he probably averages an 80/20 ration between breast milk and solid foods. I …
Intentional Simplicity 