So I decided a few months ago to get into candle making. It had never crossed my mind, but you know what finally gave me the idea? Baby food jars! We had so many cleaned out baby food jars and I just didn’t know what to do with them all! Then the idea came to READ MORE
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The Best Homemade Dishwasher Detergent
Need to save now to read later? Pin this post for future reference! Happy springtime and sunny weather, all! I bet you are loving the sun… I am pleased to say that I am finally done with school and life seems a little simpler now. With school out of the way, I’m feeling ready to READ MORE
10 Delicious (& Easy) Dinners with built-in Veggies
The sun is shining through the window and it has me dreaming about warmer weather and sunshine! About this time of year I always start dreaming about our garden and the beautiful herbs, veggies, and berries I want to grow. Sadly, at our new apartment we don’t have a place for planter boxes, so somehow READ MORE
Our Baby Sleep Solutions- a gentle no-cry solution that actually worked!
This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. I am so happy to be finally writing this post! I’ve had it in mind forever, but today I finally feel like I can HONESTLY write what I want to say. Without pretense I can say that our sleep solutions are READ MORE
A Moment of Reflection
We had a wonderful yoga class a few weeks back where we each answered a question of reflection on the past year or looking forward to the next year. It was such a beautiful class, where people opened up, shared hugs and tears, and left with such a feeling of warmth and love. (read more READ MORE
In Search of Something Real
We had a beautiful yoga class the other day. Everyone sat in a circle and picked a question to answer to the class. Tears were shed and people hugged almost strangers. People we’ve seen twice a week, greeting with the typical “how are you?”. Strangers became companions as we all searched for something real. I READ MORE
I Called my Baby Grumpy
I called my baby grumpy. He was fussing his hungry cry as I was trying to change his soiled clothes before lunch. As soon as the words came out I wanted to take them back. I wanted him to know that his feelings are valid. That we all get frustrated, upset, and hangry. His emotions READ MORE
A year of Becoming
It’s nice to finally sit down to work on some blogging! Life feels so crazy and I now have so much more respect for all the mom bloggers out there who actually do it! Something tells me that life isn’t going to get any less crazy, but that somehow I’ve got to take charge of READ MORE
Our Favorite Family Christmas Traditions
I can’t tell you how EXCITED I am that the holiday season is here! To tell you the truth, Carter and I decorated our tree last week, and for us the Christmas season is in full force. Some people get after us for starting too early, but in my view, it’s never too early to READ MORE
Review of Miracle Baby: a fertility doctor’s fight for motherhood (and some thoughts on motherhood)
I think one of the hardest trials a prospective mother might face is infertility. Growing up, one of my biggest fears was that I wouldn’t be able to have children. Then I couldn’t believe how quickly I got pregnant once we started trying. The reality of my pregnancy brought on its own anxiety. I hadn’t expected it to happen so easily. I began to doubt whether I was really ready for motherhood. Yet somehow God had trusted me with this baby and it was too late to change my mind.