Beautiful Calling

 Pregnant with John I woke up on August 7th, 2008 at 3am with contractions. Not the light “hmm, are these contractions?” that I felt with Chloe but real, “oh, I am in labor!” contractions.  About a half hour or so I laid in bed but, if you recall my success with water in labor {pain [...]

Source justmakeit Little by little every day Little by little in every way Jesus is changing me Since I’ve made a turn about face I’ve been growing in His grace Jesus is changing me He’s changing me, my precious Jesus I’m not the same person that I used to be Some times it’s slow going [...]

  With parenting, and life in general, sometimes you just go with it, know what I mean? {Just be sure to catch it on camera for them in the years to come! Ha!} What’s the funniest thing your tot ever wanted to wear out of the house?

The Firehall Dentist Chloe and I had dentist appointments; she was excited. She likes to go to the dentist. This is her second real visit. She looks forward to dressing up for the occasion, a new toothbrush, a prize from the treasure room and a lunch out with mom. Mommy looks forward to a little [...]

Chloe turned four this month. She’s such a blessing! Thank you, Lord, for purple twirls and bouncy blond curls. Celebrating thankfulness with Heavenly Homemakers’ Gratituesday and participating in Wordless Wednesday at Two of a Kind and 5 Minutes for Mom.

48 hours old My Experience Chloe’s Birth Story (part 1) was the very factual side, largely due to my doula’s notes. This is part 2 and my memories are much briefer. I recall waking up, excited by my contractions, which weren’t really painful. Heading in to the nursery, I spent those hours thinking, dreaming and [...]

Yesterday I shared my thoughts on why it is important for women to share their birth stories whether they are home, hospital or somewhere in between. Today I’ll share the “factual” side of the story, based on my doulas notes and tomorrow my personal thoughts about this wonderful, challenging experience! January 8, 2007 at 1:00am [...]

It used to be that when the time came to give birth, a woman had a community of women around her, supporting her and helping her labor. It may have been the closest neighbor, a field away. It may have been the entire village that came. There were older women helping the younger women through [...]

Our little family is made of four, And soon we’re going to add one more! A sweet little girl and boy have we; I wonder what this little babe will be! We find out Thursday; Momma can’t wait, Please little baby, cooperate!   To Find Out or Not? I know there are great debates about [...]

  My friend Sherri, whom I had never met, sent me an invite to an Usborne party. How could I resist? I love books, especially Usborne books, and we’d get to meet. My very first bloggy friend in real life! What a fun night. Cassandra {yet another blogger!} was the Usborne rep and I can [...]