It’s funny. When Baylen was born I remember thinking how hard the newborn phase was. Obviously it was hard in the sense that we were sleep-deprived and new at the whole parenting gig. The learning curve was steep and our world changed overnight. But then he started moving and everything REALLY changed. We could no longer …
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Real Life Mom Moments: Everything Feels Like Work
This afternoon after we all woke up from nap time (yes, Jake and I included…we rarely miss a weekend nap), we got ready to run some errands. With a new baby, that means feeding him while Daddy gets the other kids ready to go so we can get out of the house as soon as possible. …
Real Life Mom Moments: House Slippers In Public
Guess what? This was the first whole week I’ve been on my own with all four kids! And I survived! My mom’s been helping me the other weeks, but this week I wanted to go it by myself. It included two overnights by myself too, when my hubby was out of town. It feels great to …
Real Life Mom Moments: What IS IT About Toilet Paper?
Ok but seriously. WHAT is it about toilet paper that makes toddlers all giddy? Maybe it’s the fact that they can shred it into a million pieces? Or feed it to the dog? Or clog the toilet when they decide it’d be fun to throw a whole roll in? Whatever it is, my kids LOVE …
31 Days of Real Life Mom Moments
I have four kids under three. At this point in my life, I have PLENTY of real life chaos going on inside the four walls of my home and everywhere we venture out to. Every day there are several instances when I look around and simply have to laugh at the predicaments I find myself in. …
Case’s Birth Story
We had our FOURTH baby on Sunday! I definitely still haven’t gotten used to the fact that I’m a mom of FOUR. Crazy. Before time totally gets away from me, I wanted to take a few minutes to document how this little man came into the world. Okay, where to start… Last week Wednesday I went in …
Preparing For Four Kids Under Three
As I think about going to bed tonight I have so many emotions going through my mind. At midnight I’ll officially be 35 weeks and 6 days pregnant, which was the exact day I gave birth to my twin girls, just 17 months ago. I went into labor around 2:30am, and by 6:35am I had delivered …
Tulip Festival 2014
Hello everyone. It’s been ages since I last published a post! Next time I decide to have a flash headband sale followed by a garage sale the next week someone please remind me I’m nuts! I think I’m finally all caught up and ready to get back to my ordinary routine which hopefully means more …
It’s a . . .
On Friday afternoon, Jake and I went in for baby #4’s 20 week anatomy scan. As we walked into the clinic so many emotions overcame me. The last time we went in for a 20 week ultrasound, we found out I was pregnant with twins. That was by far the most overwhelmed and surprised I’ve …
Easter At Home
We had a lovely Easter weekend at home! Well, I guess it didn’t start out great. Jake and I both came down with some sort of stomach bug late last week which completely took us out. We spent Friday and Saturday taking turns watching the kids while the other slept. Strangely, we both had horrible …