finding beauty, confidence, and rest in motherhood
Remember my Baltic Beauty post? Well, I tried to re-create it. I’m going to try again later for a number of reasons … no pink ribbon, squirmy baby which equaled bad swaddling and lack of good lighting thanks to daylight saving time. In the meantime, here is the best shot …
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 […]
Since we don’t know our little one’s gender I’ve been searching for the perfect first outfit. You know, the perfect outfit for baby’s first Facebook photo :) These are the two options I’m leaning towards. What do you think? Left – Kate Quinn OrganicsRight – Hanna Andersson via consignment
My mom’s uber-talented friend, Bridget, whipped up this AMAZING hedgehog blanket … isn’t it FABULOUS! From what I hear … there are more Bridget surprises coming too. Can’t wait!
My dear blog friend, Nessa, sent me the link to this YouTube video. Such encouragement to have arrive in my inbox just a few weeks before I become a mom to an out-of-womb baby. Thank you, Nessa! Help us reach the first page on … it only takes 2 clicks and you can vote once […]
Our baby mobile is finally ours!!! After much Craigslist searching on Dominic’s part and anguish on my part (I mean, we are mere days away from having a child and only had a 2-seater car until today) our family has a family-size car. I am brimming with excitment! It’s a 1999 Honda CRV. It is an […]
Over the last few weeks Dominic has been reading When I’m Sleepy to our baby/my tummy before bed. It’s super sweet and completely melts my heart. He then closes off with a simple, profound prayer before turning off the lights.My baby and I are blessed to have a daddy/husband like him. We love you, Dominic!
Albert Camus (philosopher) and Rainer Maria Rilke (poet) write some of my most favorite things. Takes me back to when I almost minored in philosophy. I mean, how can you not love these words …Albert CamusBeauty is unbearable, drives us to despair, offering us for a minute the glimpse of an eternity that we should […]
We woke up this morning with grand plans to visit a u-pick blueberry farm. I wanted to get a batch to eat and a batch to freeze. So, I dressed in my sweetest blueberry outfit and off we went! Only to find out that our blueberry farm was “Closed for Ripening”. So, our trip has […]
Mom and I found a fabulous photo album of her pregnancy pictures as well as the journal she kept while expecting me. Trust, storage held some marvelous treasures such as this. Who would have thought I’d be blogging 24 years later about my pregnancy … you know, an online journal. I’m sure she would have […]
