Lucy is SIX today! * * * …
Five
When I was growing up, I always knew how old my mom was, (or would be turning that year) because of my age. She turned thirty the year I was born, so if I was turning six then I knew…
Six Stockings
Six stockings. Four babies. Only three kids here. I love Christmas! Decorating our home for the holiday brings me so much joy. I am deeply grateful for my family and for the stockings we have been blessed to add to…
How to Style Corduroys for 5 Different Occasions
They’re back! You have probably been seeing them around, and If you are anywhere near my age, then you likely wore your fair share of corduroys in the 90’s. At the school I went to, the dress code did not…
Fall 2018 10×10 Challenge Recap
T E N items, over T E N days, to create T E N outfits. I just finished up participating in the Fall 10 x 10 Challenge, created by Lee Vosburgh and co-hosted by Lee and Caroline Rector. It was…
Four
Lucy would be four years old today. F O U R. Oliver is six and a half and he is in Kindergarten. He is smart and he is getting so big. Ezra is almost three. He is growing fast and…
Three
I am a sucker for pretty papers and notebooks. I have been for as long as I can remember. I got a Rifle Paper Co., 2017, spiral-bound planner for Christmas from my boys. It’s crisp, new and feminine with its…
Paradise
Today, our girl would be two-and-a-half years old. As time goes by, it gets harder and harder for me to wrap my head around what Lucy might be like right now. She would be the age that Oliver was when…
Two
It happened eight days before Lucy’s birthday this year. My own personal, gray grief cloud rolled in to hang out with me through my every move. Dread set in, sadness, and a paralyzing apathy towards normal things in life. I…
Morning Tea in my “L” Mug
I was up super early this morning, 4:33am to be exact. I woke up for the one night nursing session that I still have with Ezra. He always wakes right around 4:30am and it is our best nursing session of…
When Love Grows
Oliver is four now and Ezra is eight months old. I can hardly believe that more than half of a year has passed since Ezra was born. He loves to jump and has the same sweet, sticky-up hair that Oliver…
Ezra’s Birth Story
As my due date was approaching, there were a lot of discussions and a lot of emotions. After experiencing a stillbirth, most doctors advise induction at 39 weeks in future pregnancies. This is the sweet spot because it is the…