finding beauty, confidence, and rest in motherhood
Having this little lady visit me at lunch everyday makes the work week much brighter! As is my norm, thinking about Thursdays (my Friday) makes me all giddy and chipper. I can’t wait for the weekend! We’re heading north to visit my family and celebrate my baby sister’s high school graduation. She’s quite the stud […]
Our nanny is out of town for a few weeks. We’re praying like crazy that she returns. Because we love her. She has promised that she will :) So, I’m not too worried. While she’s away, I have some fabulous days off (unpaid thanks to my maternity leave wiping out all my vacation and sick […]
Today we participated in our church’s parent/child dedication. It was a wonderful time to publicly share our commitment to raise Jemma in a Christian home and dedicate her to the Lord. Such a meaningful time for our little family! Thanks to our family and friends who were there to support us!
Dominic and I have resolved to make the verbage switch to “twenty ten” and “twenty eleven” instead of the long winded “two thousand and ________”. Yep, we are all over significant resolutions. Now, on to the fun stuff … in the big ol’ TWENTY TEN we experienced more than we could have imagined. It has […]
The holidays are right around the corner. Can you believe it? All our family will be together for Thanksgiving and then, BAM, Christmas season! My to-do list still has many Fall/home projects, but Christmas is starting to spin in my mind as well. Christmas cards are one of those things I need to get started […]
On Saturday Mom, Auntie Hannah, Jemma and I drove to Seattle to visit the Kate Quinn Organics Outlet. Because that’s what bargain hunters do. They find something they love and then find out how to get it on sale. We scored on a number of items including the next size up of my all-time favorite […]
Dominic and Aunt Katie ran a 5K this weekend. Their first of many, so I hear. Who knows … perhaps theyll talk me into joining them one of these days. Dominic won 3rd place in his age category! . Sadly, Jemma and I were nursing in the car when Daddy crossed the finish line. We’ll […]
I’ve been thinking through all of the things to include when I write my birth story. With such a long labor … have I mentioned it was 40 hours … it might need to come in sections :) Labor rolled into those first few days which are already starting to feel like a fog. But […]
I’ve always promised my sister, Katie, that I would plan her wedding. I plan to go out, shop, seek and conquer; returning with a few options for her to make her final selection on things such as location, dresses, flowers … you name it … I will find it. Katie isn’t much of a shopper and […]
Blogging has slipped way down on my priority list. Actually, it has practically fallen off the list. Something about having a little princess snoozing on your chest makes everything else in life less important. That’s right, it is a miracle if the dishes get loaded or laundry folded or a blog written. Life is just […]
I knew all along that my baby and I would have birthdays close together. Turns out we’ll celebrate just 3 days apart every year … Miss Jemma on the 2nd and me on the 5th! This year we laid low due to the fact that my milk was coming in (lovely). My family came over […]