My Mundane and Miraculous Life

High Protein Snacks and Sides for Pregnancy

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My name is Julie and I’m a carboholic. It’s bad, it’s really bad. Miraculously, my metabolism has hidden this fact from the world, but I know it won’t last. I become especially concerned about my eating habits during pregnancy. If you’ve been through the blessed nine months, your healthcare practitioner surely emphasized the need to […]

How to Pray For Your Children’s Sibling Relationships

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I’ve got siblings on the mind lately. My brother is in Nepal, providing drinking water for the people effected by the earthquake. My boys will be gaining a new sibling in the Fall.     I’ve been blessed with an incredible relationship with my sibling, and I know that a lot of that is due […]

That Defining Moment

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Mother’s Day is just around the corner and it’s got many of us reminiscing. No matter what stage in motherhood we are, diaper logged or empty nesting, we remember that moment we found out our lives would be forever changed. My feelings have run the gamut when I’ve taken pregnancy tests and seen the positive results. […]

Bring Moral Lessons to Life with a Great Show and Matching Toys

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This shop is part of a social shopper marketing insight campaign with Weave Made Media® and DreamWorks, but all my opinions are my own. #weavemade #VeggieTalesfun http://my-disclosur.es/RgFrEH My boys are early risers. I, am not. When I just can’t keep my eyes open at 5:30 am, I resign myself to turning a movie on for […]

The Attachment Parenting Ideal that I Just Couldn’t Swing

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When I was pregnant with our first born, I was super excited about the tenants of attachment parenting. I loved how normal and instinctive everything was. It just made sense to me. There’s really nothing complicated about it, just going back to our roots and doing things naturally, the way our maternal instincts crave. But […]

Why We Chose NOT to Give Birth in a Hospital OR at Home

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If you’ve been following this blog for any length of time, you’ll know I’m a bit “crunchy”. But I haven’t always been into doing things naturally. My “obsession” as my husband likes to call it, started when I found out I was pregnant with my first child. I started researching the pros and cons of […]

Get Him What He Wants: A Gift Guide for Dad

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Let’s face it. Guys are HARD to shop for. I think it’s the combo that they don’t like frilly, crafty things, and they already have all the practical stuff. If you’re hard pressed to find a good gift for the man in your life, or you need to help your kids find the perfect Father’s […]

A Diaper for the Long Haul

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This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Huggies®. All opinions are 100% mine. We’re a part-time cloth-diapering family. But both of our boys have some impressive bladders that pull out all the stops at bedtime. We’ve found that cloth diapers just don’t cut it at night. No matter how many extra […]