Two Steps Forward, One Step Back

  First of all, I cannot begin to thank you enough for the grace, the prayers, and the love you have dumped on us after this most difficult post. Each and every comment was read with tears of thankfulness for your kind words, and grief for your own losses. I wish we didn’t have to …

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A Chapter to Our Story That We Didn’t Want to Write…

It was a Monday morning in November that started out with me oversleeping and Brad getting the boys ready for their school day. I awoke with swirling “what ifs” and questions that have haunted me throughout my infertility journey.  Despite being years down the road from being in the thick of the infertility battle, it’s …

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Seven

Today we celebrate seven years of life with these amazing blessings. D-Day (Delivery) seems like a lifetime and yesterday rolled into one. It was a day of joy, relief, fear, elation, and anticipation, and we knew life would never, ever be the same again. What a wild ride these last seven years have been! We …

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This Is What It Looks Like to Be Loved Well…

These past days that have now turned into weeks have been some of the hardest days Brad and I have had to walk through, yet we haven’t had to trudge through them alone.  We have been held by many.  Although only a core group of family and friends knows the details of what we are …

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5 Books I’m So Glad I Read in 2013…

I’ve had some downtime over these long days, which has given me a little time to do some reading. In the busyness of the end of the year, my beloved Kindle had been neglected on my nightstand. Although these have been some of the most difficult of days, I’m thankful to find a little quiet …

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Shaking Like a Leaf…

You may have noticed my absence around here. We are wading through some very difficult days, and I’ve tried to think of how to write it out and how much to tell, and I just don’t have words yet. My apologies for being so vague, but we appreciate your grace. We are choosing to believe …

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Surviving Snowmageddon and Polar Vortex 2014

Hey it’s me again. Dusting off the laptop after a much needed little reprieve from the internet, and letting you know that we are ALIVE. In the past few days we have survived both Snowmageddon (with around 12″ of snowfall) and now the Polar Vortex, that has us experiencing temperatures colder than the North Pole …

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2013 in 80 seconds…

Here’s a look back at 2013 in just 80 seconds. Definitely just a handful of highlights, but it displays what a blessed year it has been. God has been so faithful to our family… Looking forward to more memories, milestones, accomplishments, and surprises in 2014! Wishing a happy and blessed New Year to you and …

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