Bagel Bliss

Nothing beats a lunch break on Hawthorne with a good friend, a bagel, and a stroll to Powell’s Bookstore. I’ll admit … bagels are my lifeline. Can’t forget, the sunshine was nice too.

Adele

We met our secondary midwife, Adele, at our appointment this week. She is a real sweetheart and totally has the “mom” vibe. I am absolutely thrilled with our birth team … they are so experienced and make me feel very relaxed with all the unknowns of birth. Adele Rose has been attending births since 1977. […]

Today could be a meltdown day

They are becoming fewer and far between, but those certain days at work that fluster your feathers accompanied by life’s drama tend to tip me off the edge … towards a meltdown. Then I get an awesome reminder of why I need to stop, breathe, and be still in His presence (sent directly to my […]

Appointment Dos

I have never been so excited for a Monday! All weekend I’ve been trying my hardest to enjoy my days off, but the anticipation of hearing the heartbeat again kept me wishing for my Monday alarm.Sometimes I still question if there is a baby in there. It’s hard to connect when I haven’t been very […]

Roasted Pear Sauce

In the last month or so I’ve been downing applesauce like there is no tomorrow. I can eat it warm, hot, cold, with cinnamon, chunky, in cottage cheese … you name it, I love it. In an effort to balance things out I was thrilled to run across this recipe for Roasted Pear Sauce in […]

Choosing Peace

When it rains, it pours … this is what I am choosing to focus on today: The sweet birds chirping out my bedroom window. I imagine they are chickadees … (Grammy’s favorite birds) stopping by to tell me everything will be ok. Hot, decaf coffee – don’t forget the peppermint mocha creamer (it’s available year […]