16 Week “Bumpdate”

Well hello there, BumpWatchers! Here we are at week 16!!! My half way point in my pregnancy with the boys, but hopefully we are a couple of weeks from the half way point this time! The baby should weigh between 3-5 ounces and should be around 4-5 inches long, about the size of an avocado! …

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Answering Questions About Our Bonus Baby

Source: Etsy   First off, I have to express our gratitude for your reactions from our pregnancy announcement yesterday. We felt so loved, prayed for, and celebrated. It was so exciting to share this LIFE with you all. To think that some of you shed tears of joy over our announcement and to hear that …

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Some Positive News

It’s been quiet around here…more like silent. Part of it was the busyness of the holiday season and life, but most of it was we’ve been hiding something from y’all. It’s kinda big. Well, it’s actually small. It’s unexpected, but much welcomed. It’s an adventure that’s sure to be life changing… We’ll share more details …

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Finding Beauty in the Brokenness: Music

My life is a soundtrack. Ask my husband.  I have a song for almost any phrase, which I commonly burst into at any moment. I have a 6th sense of music – knowing the year it was released and what was happening in my life during that period. For instance some 80’s ballads are definite …

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Because Moms Put the “Labor” in Labor Day

In honor of Labor Day, I’m sharing our “Labor Day” story again for any of you who missed it in February.  I didn’t really go into labor on February 2, 2007, but I’ve been laboring ever since, so that counts, right????!!! Our Quadruplets’ Birth Story Part 1 {The Day We Found Quadruplets/Mono-Amniotic Twins} Part 2 …

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Fear, Faith, and Hard Things

I had a glorious 10 minute read on our back porch last week.  The boys were occupied with shaking dirt and sand in plastic bottles and I found a moment free of  interruptions absent  of “Mom, Mama, Mommmmmmm!!!!”, dire emergencies, or refereeing. It was just me,  the warm sunshine, and a moment to take it …

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To My Boys Turning 6 {Your Birth Story Part 6}

{Part 1} {Part 2}    {Part 3} {Part 4} {Part 5}   Your Daddy will have to fill in the details of those first couple of days.   I developed an internal infection along with other complications I was experiencing, so my memory is quite cloudy. I hadn’t had the opportunity to even meet you yet. Sunday …

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To My Boys Turning 6 {Your Birth Story Part 5}

{Part 1} {Part 2}    {Part 3} {Part 4}   Things I wish I would have done before you were born: measured my belly circumference made a video journal taken more pictures of my medical staff family ingested a few more chalky protein bars hired a photographer for your birth somehow been able to express my …

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