finding beauty, confidence, and rest in motherhood
Lately, bed time has been like clock work around here. Pajamas, teeth, stories, Bible, prayers, milk and then lights out. Max at 7pm and Jem by 7:30pm. It’s glorious. We’re raising little sleep lovers around these parts. Once everyone is tucked in Dominic begins a house project or snuggles himself onto the couch and I […]
One / / / I try really hard to go to bed between 10-11pm. Max still wakes often to nurse/snuggle at night and is up for the day between 6-7am so having 8ish hours of rest is necessary to a happy day. My “bed time” doesn’t always happen, but I try. Like now, it’s […]
Our family is officially in hair crisis. Here is the breakdown … Dominic – Poor guy is losing his hair :( I unpacked our framed photo boxes from the move and when you compare his 2006 hair (our dating/engagement year) to now there is a stark contrast. He jokes about wanting hair surgery all the […]
Have I mentioned that Dominic bought Project Life (the olive edition!) for me as my Christmas gift? It didn’t come out until January, then we moved in February and on the last day of March I finally opened it all up and started my first layout. I’m planning to do one spread each month to […]
The winds of change. They’ve been blowing around here for quite some time (new baby, new town, new church, new house, new … I’m sure something else is on the horizon!). So, rather than push all the changes and newness away because golly they are getting kind of annoying I’m making a conscience effort to […]
I wrote this little poem/prayer back in December. On a particularly emotional day. Lord, keep them safe. Guard their hearts. Press innocence into their very souls. Mark them with purity and compassion. Love for others and passion for their calling. This is my prayer. Today, tomorrow, and all the tomorrows to come. This motherhood gig […]
Come thou fount of every blessing Tune my heart to sing thy grace Streams of mercy never ceasing Call for songs of loudest praise Teach me some melodious sonnet Sung by flaming tongues above I’ll praise the mount I’m fixed upon it Mount of thy redeeming love Here I raise my Ebenezer Hither by thy […]
Uh. Postpartum weight loss. Not a fun topic, but one of those facts of life that is so utterly real it’s annoying. After Max was born I had this grandiose idea of documenting my journey back to … well, back to something “normal”. Whatever that is. Pre-Jemma I had some of those happy marriage pounds […]
Here’s the truth: aside from accepting Jesus as your personal Savior, there is nothing left to do to gain God’s favor. Nothing. And that means no thing. – Emily P. Freeman Grace for the Good Girl, page 118 I asked Jesus into my heart when I was 5 years old at a Billy Graham crusade. […]
Cosleeping babies often prefer cosleeping naps. Max is one of them. And every chance I get, I snuggle next to him. For these moments are few and fleeting. And I want to soak up every one of them that I can. … Oh so many ways to follow along … Blog – GFC – Blog […]
Completely unrelated to this post, but don’t you just adore this snowberry arrangement from Jones Design Company? Emily is definitely one of my new fave bloggers. Even better news, I found a random field on my way to town that has snowberries! I’m hoping to cut some soon and make my own holiday centerpiece with […]