If you wanted to display your love for those closest to you right near your heart, what would be the perfect way to do this? How about a custom-made bird's nest necklace, with jewel-tone beads that signify anything you desire - the number of children you've been blessed with, or perhaps their birth months? Or what about a pair of beads to represent you and your husband? My friend Jessica crafts these lovely nest necklaces and offers them through her online shop, Woodland Owl. She was kind Continue Reading
Our Baby Came Early…..and Here’s the Birth Story!
Friday was a tough day for me. I was having a lot of contractions and this feeling of constant pressure down there that just wouldn't go away. I was in town with all five children running errands and very eager to be done and just get home. Our baby was not due for another 10 days so I figured this was just another "warm up." You know, those days when it feels like your body is going through a trial run, but then things eventually settle down? Well, turns out it was the real thing. We made Continue Reading
Stomach Virus: Tips from the Trenches
I have mixed feelings about fall and winter. Thanksgiving and Christmas are my favorite holidays, and I love hot drinks, soft snowfalls and getting cozy in front of our wood stove.....but I despise the sickness that comes and goes all throughout the season. It disrupts school, causes many sleepless nights and grouchy days and can get costly, too (Kleenex, medicine, extra laundry, doctor visits, etc.). Stomach viruses are on my naughty list. But thankfully, they resolve pretty quickly. Here Continue Reading
Worried About Children Meeting Milestones? You’re Not Alone
You'd think after six children, I wouldn't worry when someone is slow to meet a developmental milestone. But I still do. Maybe it's in a mother's nature to worry and fret. What I can't figure out is, after a lifetime of so much worry and prayer, we statistically still manage to live longer than our husbands! My children give me ample opportunities to worry and fret, and it all started with my first boy. It distressed me greatly as a new mother that Joseph didn't say "mama" by the time he was Continue Reading
Measuring too Small? The Ultrasound Answer
There was some concern about my due date because I measured small at my last appointment. By my cycles (which are extremely regular), I was 18 weeks along, but my uterus measured 14 weeks. I was a little bit worried that something might be wrong with the baby's growth, or that my due date was going to get pushed up another month. I do tend to measure small with pregnancy, but never as much as 4 weeks. So an ultrasound was ordered and we got the results yesterday. I really am 18 weeks Continue Reading
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