What a Difference a Day Makes
We have a parade of visitors coming through these next weeks. My mom was here and gone and my sister and nephew were here for a week and left Monday….
These Last Months
Sometimes if I pause long enough to think about everything that’s happened these last 9 months I want to tear my hair out at all the frustrations and difficulties we’ve…
Anti-Busy
Every May it happens.The fliers for camps and summer leagues start coming. You’re trying to focus on the end of this school year, but all the sudden you have to…
A Little Gifty Business for Mama
With Mother’s Day almost here (how the heck did that happen???), and with re-entering myself into motherhood, I find it perfectly necessary to compose a list of Mother’s Day gifts…for…
Welcome, Vera Mae
I’ve never written a birth story before. Some things seem almost too precious to write down, like they’re only dear enough to savor in your heart. Too dear to share….
Six Days Ago
…I met the missing chunk of my heart. This is Ms. Vera Mae. Last Sunday I blogged about what we were doing in our waiting…ice cream and farmer’s markets. This…
Just in case you were wondering…
…yes, I’m still pregnant. Five days overdue at this point. I’m beginning to think I’m going to be the “Perpetual Pregnant Lady” at the circus. “Woman Pregnant with 13 Year…
Dear Baby,
Today is the day. Well, in my mind it is. The day we’ve been counting down to for months. The day that’s lead to over 9 months of waiting, but…
She’s Got This
If there was one of my children I was apprehensive about accepting a new brother or sister, it was Sophia…in the beginning. But now? Ya, now I’m pretty much comfortable with the…
A Boys’ View on Babies
There’s no hidden secret that this baby coming in a few shorts days was somewhat of a surprise to us. We had been so on the fence…should we have another…
{things}
{1st thing} My mom is here. It’s gooooood. She would be considered perpetually pregnant to a person that firmly believed in nesting…because she’s always nesting. We spent the weekend doing…
What I Remember about Giving Birth….
Last night, Jarrod and I took a tour of the hospital. We’d never been to the hospital here and I’m so glad we went to check it out. It was…
38 Weeks and What’s in my Bag…
I’m officially 38 weeks TODAY, folks! Cannot believe it. I shouldn’t be so shocked at how quickly your body falls apart at the end of almost 10 months of carrying around…
{friday}
You know when you have those weeks where you just want it to be Friday and it just seems to drag on??? Well I want one of those weeks. Bad….
so what’s in those boxes? {march and april and may}
My head is swimming today…..timelines and dates, blessings and parenting issues, cervixes and hospital bags….I’m kind of a head case today…which isn’t good because its only 7:40am. So instead of hashing…
Nature Study Lately
Even though there were a few flakes flying yesterday, we feel like Spring has sprung here in Asheville. The people here think it’s still cold, but my kids are running…
this week
I just had one of those weeks that leave you exhausted and counting your blessings too. Everyday was jam packed…today, Friday, is jam packed as well. Weeks like this are…
Our Own Monthly Craft Kits
Sissy turned the big 0-5! yesterday, which kinda makes my head want to pop off from disbelief, but our remedy to that is to just keep having more kids…so…
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