Hey, Katherine! Today is the day we celebrate four years with you! Okay, I lie. You think that your day was yesterday. I didn’t lie to you, exactly… but I may have told you “Woohoo! Today’s the day we’re celebrating the day you were born!” Which was true. Because Daddy’s out tonight, so we did our …
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to the girl in the dress
Do you see that girl in the dress? What do you see? Just your typical early 2000s bride, really. This is pre-Pinterest (thank goodness.) Right here is a 22-year-old girl who is incredibly happy to have just married the man of her dreams. Do you know what I see? All of that, of course. But I also know she’s wearing a …
a habit I made on accident
I’ve not been momming for very long. Really only just over five years. So you’ll pardon me if I’m a little late to catch on to this. I have never been the mom who tiptoes in to check on her kids after they fall asleep. What if I wake them? I mean, the fear is real. On …
for the hurting hearts on mother’s day
Mother’s Day is just around the corner. I hope this is a good day for you. I hope you have a chance to celebrate your mom and be celebrated by your kids and your husband. This motherhood gig is hard, and you’re totally nailing it. For some of you, this is reality. Maybe you have …
minigoals and unresolutions: April
This week has been kind of amusing and hectic. Yesterday, it occurred to me that I’m probably coming up on the end of the month and I should think about the monthly habits post… Oh. Got it. May starts on Sunday.
joy, pain, Hope
We’re coming into my very favorite time of the year, and this year is extra awesome because, not only are we going down to work at the marriage conference, but we’re staying a couple extra nights, making this our longest kidless trip since Jenna was born. And I can finally feel this baby regularly (despite …
anything that makes you crazy
I have very little in the way of parenting advice to give anyone. I’ve been parenting for less than five and a half years, and I don’t think there’s enough evidence at this point for anyone to consider me an expert. That said, I’ve received some pretty stellar advice. Some of it has changed. my. life. For …
minigoals and unresolutions: March
I decided in January I’d start testing out small habits each month. Here’s how March went.
the worst easter ever
Someday, I will have my Easter stuff in order. The kids will have fun Easter-related activities. I will remember to read the book of Lenten kid devotionals I bought three years ago and have yet to touch. I will actually figure out what I need for dinner before Easter afternoon and we will have something other than pasta shells and sauce, prepared my kind husband who has been working his tail off for Easter service stuff all week.
This year, it didn’t happen.
the littlest girl
We had the big, long 20 week ultrasound today. (Clarification for the uninitiated: it took like 90 minutes, NOT 20 weeks. It happens at twenty weeks. In case you were concerned.) I had some suspicions based on my symptoms that it might be a girl, but then on the way out of the house, I …
grace enough 