These days, it seems like October is everything awareness month, and I think that's more obvious on a social media site like Facebook, where everyone is sharing their favorite causes—whether it's breast cancer, spina…
Since we were up late last night with our second trip to labor and delivery this month, I figured a pregnancy update was long overdue. First, the important stuff: Lucas and I are…
"It gets easier the more kids you have." I've heard this often from moms of big families—and even said it myself a few times—but I'm pretty sure we're all just fooling ourselves. Or…
As I type, my mom, {almost} 8-year-old daughter and I are on our way back to North Carolina from Georgia, where we spent the last three days on a birthday adventure. When our…
Thank you so much for all of your comments, messages, prayers and well wishes. For those of you who were waiting to see what the doctor said (and don't follow me on Instagram…
It's been a tough couple of weeks, y'all! I didn't mean to stop blogging (and I'd actually been feeling pretty excited about blogging again before my unintended break!), but I had some deadlines that—coupled…
Three years after I first shared this post, we're about to mark this milestone for the third time as our third daughter turns 8 (how did that happen?!), and it continues to be…
“You will never have this day with your child again. Tomorrow they’ll be a little older than they were today. This day is a gift. Breathe and notice. Smell and touch them; study…
As a family, we love road trips. We drive 2-3 hours to various day trip destinations on a regular basis, think nothing of hopping in the car for the 6-hour drive to my parents, and made…
I've shared a few times on Instagram and Facebook already how spiral notebooks are helping us simplify. It's made such a big difference to our family that I can't help but give it…
