Well hello friends! It's been a while. Like over a year a while. Wow. Life, like always and for everyone, has been so very full. Mostly full of good things, thankfully, but full and overwhelming nonetheless. One year ago we moved to the country--a 40 acre ranch outside of Sacramento, California. We bought a … Continue reading I’ve Started a New Thing
Last week, I took the pictures off my walls and I cried. The red-eyed ugly cry. I took the curtains down that my neighbor, Judy, hemmed for me and I cried some more. I sat on the bench behind home plate and watched one of the last neighborhood baseball games in our backyard and I … Continue reading I’m Gonna Miss This
I call it “distracted mothering” and I’m really good at it. Too good. It might be a text, or an e-mail, another child, or a floor that needs sweeping. It might be laundry or lunches or washing my hands. It could be a conversation I’m trying to have with a friend or a table covered … Continue reading The Sanctity of Summer
Let me start this by saying that my husband is a wonderful man. A man who knows me and loves me well. He washes dishes, does the Costco run, plays football with the boys in the backyard, changes dirty diapers, reads bedtime stories, makes pancakes the size of my two year old's head, and other … Continue reading Dads and Scary Dentists
Today I brushed my teeth while unloading the dishwasher. My Christmas decorations are still sitting in the middle of my garage and I haven't showered in two days. It's 12:45 pm. This is my life. The twins have arrived. As usual, I've had a thousand blog posts swirling in my head for the past four … Continue reading My New Life
One week. Just one week and they'll be here. By this time next week, Lord willing, I will be snuggling two little baby girls! I am excited, and nervous. Mostly nervous if I'm honest. And actually more nervous about the c-section than twins. It's all just kinda strange, lying there with your arms outstretched like … Continue reading Nerves and Newborns
It's official guys, I'm huge. Last Tuesday, at my weekly doctor's appointment my belly measured 44 weeks! And, ahem, I'm only 34. In the span of two weeks I gained eight pounds and my belly grew 8 cm. I've entered the stage of the freakishly abnormal belly and it feels like it. I am starting … Continue reading The Belly
It's November 1st! The birth month of our precious baby girls. I am so happy, relieved, and amazed to be here, 33 1/2 weeks pregnant and rolling (not quite literally) into the month of November. Honestly, it feels nothing short of miraculous. I remember all the feelings I had early on in pregnancy. The fear of … Continue reading Trusting God When Things Are Good
I'm not gonna lie. I've been feeling pretty lethargic in life lately. Lazy, lazy, lazy. I guess that's what happens when you are hauling two babies around in your belly at 31 weeks. Already, I am probably almost the size of a full term mama about to give birth, so that's understandable, right? The hard part … Continue reading The Homestretch
My wonderful friend, the talented photographer Mrs. Amy Atkins, took these glorious pictures for me the day after I turned 27 weeks! I am blessed mostly by her friendship, but also her photography. I've never had maternity photos done before. So being this is my last pregnancy and TWINS, we knew we had to capture … Continue reading Pregnancy Documented in Film
Brooke Frick 