Year 1:(what I had, but I deterred a tiny bit from the original in the actual speech, would have to find the recording!)Yesterday, I planned to come and tell you tonight about a student, who I have seen grow tremendously in many different areas academically and spiritually, but before I explained all these areas in which she has grown, I decided it would...
March 12, 2017: I went to church, although I knew I probably shouldn't, and had some contractions during the service, but nothing I thought anything about. I, then, decided once I was home to go to a few stores - and knew pretty quick I shouldn't stay out long. Contractions came at 3 p.m., but not consistently, I would have them 20 min...
If Watson sees me taking a photo, he has to be in it too ;-) Oh this pregnancy. I'm 32 weeks and still forget I'm pregnant- I forget another sweet baby will be part of our family. I forget that life is about to change drastically and the rhythms we have found will be back to square one- and then I remember and...
The story behind her name: Like with Watson's name we had been thinking about her name, should this baby be a girl, for quite a while. In fact, it was a name we loved before we even knew if Watson was a boy! Seth actually came up with her first name, and I wasn't opposed, as I had fallen in love with the...
A desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul. (Proverbs 13:19a) Those words have been pulsing through my heart, mind and veins lately. "A desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul." I came here, to my blog, aching to write about pregnancy or what's going on in my life, or maybe how I'm realizing lately that our culture/generation (including myself) is passive aggressive and...
Today marks the beginning of the end to the 1st trimester. I would be lying if I said this pregnancy was as "easy" as the previous. I am finally feeling more like myself. I don't have as much time to think about being pregnant this go round, so even though I have felt a constant sick for the past two months, have seen...
To my sweet friends who are waiting on God's timing or struggling with wanting something so much but it just not happening -- Please hear me out. We weren't going to tell you guys. We were going to let you just find out randomly one day that we added a second child to our family- because the fact of the matter is, God...