It is so still, I can feel my heart pulsing through my body with each strong beat. All the noises of my house are louder than normal, but the buzzes and creaks are comforting. What a long weekend it has been. My husband got the flu (or something), my baby has been needy and not having … Continue reading Silent Night, Holy Night
Honestly, it was the longest summer... I remember enjoying pregnancy. I felt beautiful. I loved feeling those little feet kicking me in the ribs. The sonograms, prenatal visits, people rubbing my belly, maternity jeans, baby showers... I honestly loved all of it. I slept like a rock, and even the prenatal vitamins weren't all that … Continue reading Samuel’s Birth Story
If you've never done it before, breastfeeding is a whole new world. Words like latch, colostrum, engorgement, foremilk and hindmilk, letdown, mastitis, clogged ducts, and thrush can really get your mind spinning. I really thought I would never get there. But I had more confidence in breastfeeding than pumping. For some reason, the thought of … Continue reading Everything You Need To Know About The World Of Pumping
Ahhh, Christmas. That beautiful time of the year when we celebrate the birth of our Savior, time with family and friends, delicious feasts and treats, & spending an insane amount of money on unnecessary crap that everyone is just going to forget about a month later. I have a love-hate relationship with Christmas. On one … Continue reading Christmas Gift Ideas For The Broke Mom
If you're reading this, I'm guessing you are here for one of a couple reasons: You desperately long for a clean house, but no matter what you do, you can't seem to achieve it. You have a tidy home, but you are an unsatisfied perfectionist longing for more. You are usually extremely lazy and could … Continue reading 5 Simple Hacks For A Clean House
The tree is up, the lights are strung, my list of Christmas gifts begun. All the jolly songs are full of fun, playing loudly as the stockings are hung. My brain is overwhelmed with things to do, people to see and lots of food - a season with hundreds of stores to peruse, as we … Continue reading Advent: A Time Of Anticipation
1. ...you feel #blessed on the rare occasions you actually get to prepare a evening meal. 2. ...you are willing to go through pretty much any discomfort (using a plastic armrest as a chair, braving 80+ temps in a non-air conditioned tractor cab, wheezing through waves of bean dust, yelling over the roar of the … Continue reading You know you’re a farmers wife if…
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