finding beauty, confidence, and rest in motherhood
Jemma …You are getting so close to crawling! We plopped you in the papasan today, you saw auntie’s dog running around the yard and you were hell bent on finding him. I distracted you for a few minutes to snap these darling pictures. You are growing up in front of my eyes, little girl, and […]
Earlier this week I mentioned the Bloggers for Birth Kits campaign going on at The Mommyhood Memos. This campaign helped me decide on the perfect Mother’s Day gift … For my 1st Mother’s Day, I treated myself with a priceless present – I bought 5 birth kits for mamas and babies in Papua New Guinea. Why? Because […]
Yes. We are still alive. But, life came after us this week. Hard. Jemma’s first cold arrived. Sad face :( Then she shared it with her mama. Repeat sad face :( Our week went like this: Monday … This little hat makes me heart happy. I don’t even think she could see here. But she […]
Ever since we landed on the name Jemma for our darling girl I’ve been storing away sibling names. It adds a whole new dimension to choosing names when it needs to coordinate with a sibling. Wouldn’t you agree? If we have another girl I don’t want her name to end in “a”. This rules out […]
I created a new Pandora station to listen to at work. It’s based off of the song Lovers Carvings by Bibio. I first heard it on a commercial and love it. I’ll probably listen to it on repeat for a good week or two and then hate it. That’s how I roll. Anyways, I had […]
As I mentioned, my birth experience wasn’t what I planned. I had hoped for a calm waterbirth at our birthing center. Instead, Jemma was born under glaring lights in a stark white hospital room. Of course, what’s most important is we were both safe throughout our 3 days of labor. But still, I mourn a […]
My birth story took me the last 5 weeks to write. “Why?” you ask. Well, for one, Jemma’s birth was 40 hours long. 40 hours is not easily summarized in a few paragraphs. Two, I have a beautiful, bouncing baby in my arms most of the day. Three, said baby makes it difficult to type […]
Our dear girl has so many nicknames. I wonder if she even knows her true name is Jemma! On any given day you might hear us calling her … Lovie – my favorite Sweetness Happiness Jemma Bird – Daddy’s favorite J Baby J Girl Jembo – I hate this, it sounds like Jumbo and I […]
Jemma and I trekked to Andaluz yesterday for her 3 week check-up. My little girl weighs a whopping 11 pounds, 10 ounces! She has gained a pound each week of her life!–I promise I’ll be writing and posting her birth story soon, but the bottom line is, we are indebted to our birth team. They […]
Yesterday morning we packed up and drove to visit Dr. Kevin for Jemma’s first pediatrician appointment. Dr. Kevin is only a few minutes from our house and being the smarty that Mama is, we had one of the first appointments (to avoid sick children and lines). Daddy and J ready to head in Dr. Kevin’s […]
