I forgot how stressful sleep can be the first few weeks/months of a baby's life. Not the lack of sleep, I remember that! Just the uncertainty of it all. Will she sleep tonight? will she be up for 5 ...
Mommy drama (Please excuse my rant)
No more fighting please! I’m tired… Extremely tired of mommy drama. I’m tired of logging on to my computer and seeing 10,000 different people saying 10,000 different things about how I ...
Patience
Any one who has been a mother longer than an hour, knows that motherhood requires PATIENCE. and lots of it! *1,000 times a day I clean up his toys (and try not to be mad as he uncleans while I ...
quiet time
Quiet time with a little one in tow is quite different. It has been a struggle for me 'finding time' to read the Bible and pray daily. I have struggled for multiple reasons, but finding time has ...
Trying to sleep – Waiting
Sometimes I lay awake at night, just thinking. I don't mean to, it just happens. I lay there cuddled up snug and imagine that day, 7 or so months from now, when I get to hold my precious baby for the ...
Parenting & Faith
Do you ever have those days where you feel like you are a bad mom? I’m not really sure why this happens to me, but sometimes I find myself doubting myself and worrying that everything that I do as a ...
Making time to read the Bible
There was a time in my life when I had next to no responsibilities, and I could almost always fit in daily prayers and Bible reading. And then I had Elias. A few months ago he could sit and play ...
Rest: five minute friday
This is my first "five minute friday". I have been wanting to join for awhile, but I always seem to forget. FINALLY I remembered, and get to write on a friday. The rules from Gypsy mama "Write for ...
priorities – lesson learned on vacation
Vacation is very different with a baby. I did not realize just how different it would be until we were already in Florida. On the way, I was thinking of all the fun and exciting differences; getting ...
Baby boy’s birth
Little Man is over 6 months old, and I’m just now sitting down to write his birth story. At first I didn’t write it because recovery took a lot longer than I was expecting, but then I was really ...