Chop Shop
*Brent has approved this retelling A few week ago Brent had a vasectomy. If you read my previous posts, you know that this last pregnancy, labor and delivery, and post-partum recovery were hard. So we made the decision to close out our childbearing season. Because of timing, he was only able to snag an appointment…
The Postpartum Mortality Check Pt 2
I finally arrived in a room where they gave me the awesome hospital gown so I can moon the world, the not-so-comfortable bed that I slept in for 2 days just a couple of weeks prior, and a strict no food diet. This is going to be fantastic. A nurse comes in and runs over…
The Pospartum Mortality Check Pt 1
Panic. A word and feeling no one wants to experience but was at the forefront of my mind 2 weeks postpartum. Im sitting on the floor of our bathroom panicking because my body was experiencing something it never had following my previous pregnancies. Just a few minutes before that moment of absolute panic, I walked…
Every Ounce Earned
If you’ve read the experience of my last birth, that of Torpedo, you know it was an accidental home birth. However, the birth of our last, a BOY, was a complete opposite situation. Due to my age, extra fluid (noticeably more), and the fact that my body was not progressing as it had with the…
how are you feeling?
This is possibly the question I get asked most. And I feel like people can probably draw their own on-point conclusions. But just for kicks, let’s go through a few aspects to assist in this endeavor. I am 39. I am 38 weeks pregnant. We have 4 children at home. I homeschool (our school year…
Grief Gut Punch
Grief surprised me this past Sunday – Mother’s Day. I really didn’t expect it. I had given thought a few days before that this would be the first Mother’s Day after our miscarriage this past fall. I took note. Recognized feelings and thoughts were a possibility, but that was all the credence I gave it.…
Bible Monkey
We have a nightly routine in our home, sort of a divide, conquer, and invest in our kiddos situation. This usually includes Brent or I reading a separate Bible story to the two youngest, Banshee and Torpedo, and follow it up with a cake decorating video – our new thing we enjoy watching right before…
Is it me?
Do you ever have those moments in parenting where you observe or correct your child’s behavior and its so extreme (the behavior not the discipline) that you question if maybe they aren’t the issue, but instead it’s you? This was me a couple of days ago. We’re cramming through math for Sprite, readying her for…
Monsters under the bed
For whatever reason, our youngest, Torpedo has started to believe that monsters are real and that they live under Banshee’s bed (they share a room). Because of these fictitious beings, bedtime has been a bit of a rollercoaster. The other night, Banshee tip-toed into her room to snag her sleep mask that she left, and…
Uuuuhhhhhh
We use a lot of words in our house. Many of them filled with a complaining sound. For instance, the words below are many that are said among one another – specifically our girls to each other. Please read the following words and phrases aloud: No. Yes. Stop. Don’t. That’s mine! Where did you put…
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