Motherhood
Waiting for Baby
Even though I’ve done this two times before, I can’t help but wish that my sweet baby boy would come now, at 38 weeks, instead of at 40 or 41 which is the most likely scenario at this point. I should know better. I really should. With Cohen I went 2 weeks over and never… Read More
Hold it Loosely: Sharing Christmas Link Up
Getting ready for Christmas at our house has included: – Setting up a little Christmas corner for the kids. They get chocolates each day of December (I’ve given up on trying to do an activity each day or explain the message of Christmas using this format) and they cross off how many days are left til… Read More
Which Crazy Person Thought Time Ins Were a Good Idea?
When I first read about “Time Ins” I thought to myself, “the person who came up with this obviously never had a toddler. They’re probably married without kids, sitting at home drinking wine and watching Netflix in the middle of the afternoon, coming up with this crappy advice for parents to follow.” I felt this… Read More
5 Ways to Combat Cabin Fever
I live in a part of the planet that has winter for at least 5 or 6 months of year. Why do I live here? I don’t know. I really don’t get why my ancestors left the ocean port they sailed into, started travelling west and chose to stop in the middle of the prairies. I don’t… Read More
You’re So Very Brave
Recently I took on a contract to host a tv show for teen girls called Beautiful Unique Girl so for the first time since Cohen was born, I’ve been working part time out of the home. Alex and I knew that I would be a SAHM. It was our choice. I’ve always felt blessed to… Read More
How Do You Know if You’re Done Having Kids?
Lately I’ve been asked this question a lot, “are you done having kids?” and I really don’t know how to answer. I love my two kiddies more than life itself. Cohen is the sweetest boy, who has recently started telling me how pretty I am and how proud he is of me (melt). And Claire is… Read More
Dealing with Toddler Tantrums
Cohen will be three in June and is just SUCH a sweet little boy. He loves to sing and play the guitar, give hugs and kisses and always says ” Bye. I wuv you. Thank you for playing with me” when anyone leaves our house after a visit. But when he doesn’t get to watch… Read More
Get Messy
“if we really want to develop genuine community, online and in real life, we need to be willing to get messy with people. i’m not suggesting we air out our dirty laundry with everyone we meet, or use our blogs to pull all the skeletons out of our closet and put them on display. that’s… Read More
Claire’s First Birthday
Yesterday we celebrated Claire’s first birthday. She turned one on April 1st, but we didn’t do much celebrating then because poor girl had a fever all day. Instead we saved all the presents, decorations and yummy snacks for Sunday, and enjoyed it with some of our friends and family. Unlike Cohen’s first birthday party, which I… Read More
His Grace Really Is Enough
On Saturday morning I woke up to the sounds of my sweet, almost-one-year-old, baby girl Claire gagging and coughing in her room. I got up and ran to her, turned on the lights and saw her bed covered in red – and she was throwing up. My heart jumped out of my chest and I… Read More