On 4/23/14 at 4:23 PM Walter Andrew joined our tribe, and we are quite delighted to have him. The night we learned I was pregnant - literally minutes before we learned - Joe prayed to God letting go of his dream for another biological child. One of life's funny little moments. We learned at our six week ultrasound that there had been an identical ( Read more... )

I started an entry with this same title three months ago to express my concerns over our fourth pregnancy, which ended with a D&C on April 13. There were warning signs that the pregnancy wasn't going well, and it was another early loss. My midwife was supportive, and God gave me a great OBGYN ( Read more... )

As I reflect on the past year (it's it too early for reflecting? am I supposed to wait until after presents are opened?) I am grateful - grateful that we all grew and grateful to have the year behind us. It has easily been the most difficult year of our married life with Joe's mini job crisis and job change, dealing with marriage problems that ( Read more... )

You probably know that 1 out of 5 pregnancies ends in miscarriage. Joe and I miscarried last weekend. Sad, right? We weren't too far along - just 7 weeks ( Read more... )

Arthur and Collette play so sweetly together. Collette said she wants to be a mom when she grows up. I asked her what a mother does. She said a mom cleans. I asked, "Anything else?" She replied, "Takes care of babies." I pressed her again, and she said moms also love. I like her idea of motherhood ( Read more... )

Thanks for the recent kind comments and prayers. Joe's mother's boyfriend's kidneys are failing, and Joe is going up to New York for a few days soon. I wish we could all go to support and love our family in person.

aftondays recently posted about her evening routine, which I enjoyed reading. I thought it would be fun to write about mine as well. Around 5 ( Read more... )

I should be asleep, but I ain't. I'm trying to avoid buying $20 Tealuxe Royal Coconut tea, which I usually stretch to last two months. So really not that indulgent, right? I convinced Teva that they should pay return shipping on Coco's broken sandals, and that really they wanted to replace them with boy colored, smaller sized sandals for Arthur. ( Read more... )

Arthur is napping, and Coco is "resting" quite loudly in her room. This is the pattern for most afternoons. Arthur seems to be dropping his morning nap. At least we've missed it most of the last week ( Read more... )

I returned from our church's women's retreat, which was a little over 24 hours in historic St. Augustine. It was a nice experience, but I must be less of an extrovert than I once was because I'm drained. I walked in the door and my precious children were on me like lovely, sticky glue. I drowned in a sea of giggles, hugs and kisses. I am a wealthy ( Read more... )

It's much too late at night for me to begin a post ( Read more... )