It seemed like a normal Sunday evening. Elsie and I were playing in the living room, winding down for the day with bedtime to come soon. At some point, Elsie’s diaper had a malfunction on one side leaving it susceptible to her tiny hands, and she took the liberty to remove it and enjoy her … More A Silly Story About A Silly Girl
Last week, you turned one. It feels like the fastest blink of the eye, but also like you’ve been here forever. Your life has changed mine; in a thousand ways, I will never be the same. Its hard to grasp all that has happened in a year, how we’ve grown and come to know each … More When We First Met
“Elsie” meaning God is bountiful. Genesis 1: God created…..and He saw that it was good. December 7, 2017 “Do you have any concerns about her vision?” “No, she still has some disconjugate movements from time to time but I thought that was normal until she’s a little older?” I watched quietly as our beloved pediatrician … More Tiny Pirate Princess
It’s wild to realize we are almost out of the technical “newborn” stage with Elsie being 10 weeks old (most consider newborns to be 3 months and under). Not to be cliche, but I think we just brought her home from the hospital last week, so this just doesn’t make sense to me. She’s growing … More Naptime? No thanks.
Before Elsie was born, I decided I would breastfeed. I actually don’t even remember that being a “decision” – it was just one of those things I assumed I would do. As a former pediatric nurse and now a family nurse practitioner, I’m more than well versed in the benefits of breastfeeding for mom and … More Happy bellied baby
Sunday morning started out pretty well, Elsie and I got up with plenty of time to get to church. Joey is on staff at our church and is out the door bright and early for worship soundcheck, so I get ready solo. In the past the biggest issue this caused was me having to find … More Tale As Old As Time
Just over a week ago, we got to hold our baby girl for the first time. For the sake of preserving a thousand moments I don’t want to forget, here’s the full story, and I warn you I didn’t provide the short version. Thursday evening (August 3rd), I started feeling contractions that were a bit … More Welcome, Elsie Joy {a birth story}
In honor of being 38 weeks along today, here’s some pregnancy related humor. Because while it is the most fun, exciting, tender and sweet time of my life – it is also funny, embarrassing, uncomfortable, and so many other things. In no particular order, here are some things I’ve experienced along the way that will … More Pregnancy is funny.
A few weeks ago, I was squished into my favorite couch cushions, flipping through my bible in my quiet time, hoping to find a few verses I could use to pray over the baby in my belly. After a few minutes of turning to various passages, Psalm 13 caught my eye. Across the top of … More What’s in a name.
Last week my brother and sis-in-law welcomed their second baby boy into the world, Beau Tyler Mitchell. For me, it was a whirlwind kind of day as I left work early to go see the parents to be, run a few errands, then head back to La Follette to babysit their firstborn Ben while we … More 35 weeks and counting.
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