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Bump.
Back when I thought I had a bump at 18 weeks and couldn’t wait to document it…and my actual bump at 31 weeks :] The baby gave me a fright today. I always feel him moving, all the time, every day. Then...
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Johnny Appleseed
One of my favorite things about the farm I grew up on was a giant Red Delicious apple tree sitting in the middle of the orchard. My dad planted lots of fruit trees when we moved to the farm but that...
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Love Fest
I think we all just need to stop and talk a minute about how good this guy looks in a tool belt…I mean seriously, it’s just ridiculous. Also, he’s building a house for me after he’s already worked a...
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Room to Grow
We are working on our 8th month of baby building with 7ish more weeks to go until his expected arrival. For now our little family looks like this—a couple of cute sleepy heads who just wouldn’t get up...
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Home School Moms: The Original Hipsters
I’ve had a bit of a revelation about my parents, all of our parents actually: Are you ready? They were cool before we even knew what cool was. Actually, I’m not sure, but I think they might have...
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Learning to Fly
A momma bird decided to build her nest and raise her flock of five fuzzy birds in the rafters of our new house. We check in on them each time we’re at the house and have watched them progress from...
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The Perfect Date
Here we are, about to make the leap from two to three—from you and me to mom and dad. We’re soaking up the time we have left together before life is forever changed. Last night I asked you what your...
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Introducing…
Roman Craig, born Monday July 14th 2014 at 10:04 PM. 8lbs even and 23″ long First I thought you were going to kill me and then you gave me life. This is love unimaginable. Meeting you at last....
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Motherhood is Good
There are two things you hear a lot when people find out you’re pregnant: “Kids are so much fun!” and “Your life is about to change” (dunn, dunn, dunnnnn). Both are true but the second probably doesn’t...
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The Vulnerability to Pray
Not long ago I sat in a room of people sharing prayer requests with each other and noticed something: Most every request was about someone else, not the person sharing it. This made me think, how much...
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The Bigger Picture
Today I woke with the morning light spreading across a canvas of crisp blue winter sky. The one advantage of waking early with a little one is watching the sun wake up bright and ready for a new day...
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Leave it Behind
Sometimes I take my son down the toy aisle and let him check out all the different toys. He finds something bright and noisy and walks around with it for a bit until he notices something else bright...
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You Are Not Alone
The first year after my son was born was one of the loneliest of my life. I went from working full-time and spending lots of time with my husband to being home alone with a newborn almost all day every...
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Reconnect
There are fun, easy seasons of marriage and there are times that frustrate and wear you down. I don't talk about my marriage much here because my closest relationship isn't something I want on display...
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Wild One
Letting your children grow up “wild and free” is sort of the thing right now. I see it everywhere–the arrows and floral crowns and woodland creatures that stir up ideas of adventure and nature. I loved...
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A Selfless Man in a Selfish World
I’ll never forget the night we met, the way we fell into conversation seamlessly and became friends almost instantly. There was hardly a moment from that first meeting when it didn’t feel right having...
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Ten years ago today, I married the man I love. That number catches in my throat. Ten years — it sounds like a long time. I woke this morning to our baby crying. At first I was annoyed, but then I...
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