I broke the news on Facebook and Instagram yesterday, but wanted to write a post to share a little more about how I’m feeling about Baby #4! For those of you who didn’t see the announcement, we’re expecting a fourth baby in September! I’m 14 1/2 weeks along with an official due date of September …
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We’ve been doing our best to hang in there through this bitterly cold and snow-filled winter, although I admit many of my thoughts lately have been consumed dreaming of warmer days when we can resume our daily trips to the park. I vowed to Jake that he’ll likely find me and the kids having picnic lunches outside …
When The Car Broke Down
As I alluded to in Monday’s giveaway post, last weekend we packed up the kids and headed south to visit my brother and sister-in-law in Kansas City. It’s a seven hour trip, so on the way there we broke it up and stayed overnight in Des Moines. Jake had some business to do there so …
Twin Sister Love
I can’t fully explain the joy that’s been rushing through my heart lately as I’ve been watching Emersyn and Mckinley. But I’ll try…They are constantly interacting with each other! Every day I observe precious moments between the two of them as they share toys, steal toys, wrestle and roll over one another to get to …
“The 12”
Happy weekend, everybody! I don’t often post on Saturdays, but found myself with some extra time while the kids are napping so I thought I’d finally do “The 12”! I was tagged by the lovely Cate from Wild Ruffle a little while back to share 12 random facts about myself and answer 12 random questions! …
Baby Helmets Work: Emersyn’s Results
If you’ve been reading my blog for a little while now, you know that our sweet Emersyn started wearing a cranial molding helmet at the end of August. You can read about our reasons for deciding to go forward with the helmet here. After four months of faithfully wearing her helmet 23 out of 24 …
Good Ideas For 2014
2013 has been a crazy one. We settled into our new life in Minnesota, started this blog, welcomed two beautiful baby girls, transitioned Jake into a new job, celebrated Baylen’s second birthday, and survived it all! As I look toward 2014, I’ve been thinking about some areas I’d like to be intentional about. Overall, I’m …
Snapshots from Christmas 2013
Well, it’s the day after Christmas, and for us it means getting back into our normal routine. After we returned from our trip to Mexico, I headed down to Iowa to hang out on my parents’ farm for a few days with the kids (who were already there). Jake finished up working and made his …
Moments Mommy Captured: Minka’s Return!
Happy Monday! I hope you all had a relaxing weekend! We enjoyed a fairly quiet weekend at home, and here we are facing another week already! The weekends always go by way too fast, don’t they?! We have big news to share…our sweet yellow lab Minka is BACK! She was on a long sabbatical at …
Special Outings
Hello again! I hope your week is off to a stellar start! Our last few days have been full of fun things that were a bit out of the ordinary. It was a treat to spice it up a bit! On Saturday, I had the opportunity to attend a brunch with a few other bloggers …