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 aContinue reading "I’ve Started a New Thing"
I’m Gonna Miss This
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 IContinue reading "I’m Gonna Miss This"
The Sanctity of Summer
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 coveredContinue reading "The Sanctity of Summer"
Dads and Scary Dentists
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 otherContinue reading "Dads and Scary Dentists"
My New Life
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 fourContinue reading "My New Life"
Nerves and Newborns
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 likeContinue reading "Nerves and Newborns"
The Belly
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 startingContinue reading "The Belly"
Trusting God When Things Are Good
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 ofContinue reading "Trusting God When Things Are Good"
The Homestretch
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 partContinue reading "The Homestretch"
Pregnancy Documented in Film
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 captureContinue reading "Pregnancy Documented in Film"
Butterfingers for Breakfast 