This post may contain affiliate links that help support my family. Read more here. Are you interested in all things green? Curious about attachment parenting? Delving into a more natural way of doing things? Do you know a future mama that has some of these “strange” ideas? Have you heard her talk about wanting […]
Family Virtues
What do you REALLY want your family to be like? What’s your goal? And harder still, what’s your plan to get there? When our oldest was just a couple months old, our small group at church did a study on the family, based mostly out of Proverbs. During one of the lessons, we were […]
Lumpy’s Birth Story (for all those birth junkies out there)
(This was written days after Lumpy was born. Forgive any typos, I was/am sleep deprived.) www.photosbylei.com With Loopy, I started labor 5 days before my due date, so I was expecting to have Lumpy a couple days before my due date; April 26th. Well that didn’t happen. But in the wee hours of the morning […]
What Happened AFTER My Son was Born: An Ugly Battle with Postpartum Depression
(I’m not sure what brought you to this post: curiosity, a wrong click, or maybe desperation. I am going to reveal the yuckiest, most humiliating period of my life to you. I don’t know you, but I’ve prayed for you. If you or ANYONE you know is struggling with postpartum depression, I’d love to be […]
Book Review: Give Them Grace, Dazzling Your Kids with the Love of Jesus
I’ve read a lot of parenting books in the last year. The clear standout is the new book by Elyse Fitzpatrick: Give Them Grace: Dazzling Your Kids with the Love of Jesus. The basic premise is that our parenting needs to be saturated with the gospel. If we say that The Gospel is central to […]
Loopy’s Birth Story
(Written in Feb. 2011) It’s been a week since Loopy was born and I finally have found some time to get the events down on paper. I did not picture his birth going down the way it did, but the end result was still a wonderful healthy baby boy that is one of the greatest blessings […]
My Favorite Baby Carriers
I love babywearing. It was one of the things about taking care of a baby that I was most excited about during pregnancy. I didn’t know much about it while I was still pregnant. So when I saw a “Baby Bjorn” at a garage sale, I hopped on it. I never even put Loopy in […]
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