Every so often, Hollywood offers a golden perspective on life. I think The Odd Life of Timothy Green is one such nugget. The Greens receive a gift from their garden: the child they couldn’t conceive. The child, Timothy, teaches them about love, selflessness, and trust, which eventually enables them to let go of their expectations but still cling…
Not Just a Uterus: Worshiping back to my identity in Christ
Not just a Uterus: These past few weeks have been consumed with “when will the babies come?” Shane and I have engaged this intense waiting season with vigor (to hopefully make it shorter) and patience (more on Shane’s part than mine). For people around us though, it seems to be the only thing that exists….
Twins-in-Progress: Week 35-36
Been another whirlwind couple of weeks! I’d like to thank everyone who offered prayers and perspective regarding our birth decisions. I have deeply appreciated our relationship with Dr. Rice in Buffalo. With Lil-lefty consistently breech, we had to decide whether to have a C-section in Buffalo or find a new direction. Dr. Rice understood my wishes,…
Twins-in-Progress: Week 34
34 Weeks: June 15-21 How far along? 238 Days, 8 months, 2 weeks Babies size: Butternut Squash(?) What’s new with babies? Still cookin’ What’s new with Mama? My belly measures “40 weeks” now, which would be full term for a single baby. Weight Gain: 1 lb in the last 2 weeks. Sleep: Allergies are hitting with full…
Twins-in-Progress: Weeks 32-33
These past couple weeks have been a major whirlwind. We celebrated our babies yet again with a shower hosted by our home church in Story, WY. Later, we had our 32 week ultrasound and check up. After that, we celebrated my June 7th Birthday by moving in to the new house! I didn’t get a…
Adoption-in-Progress: Home Study Complete
It is my Birthday tomorrow, and I am celebrating our adoption home study being complete and paid for! God has done great things through this adoption process. As I document our progress for the twins (due July 2014), I figured I might as well add a few progress reports for our adoption as well. If…
Twins-in-Progress: Week 31
31 Weeks: May 25-31 How far along? 7 months, 3 weeks Babies size: Pineapples! (cue the craving!) What’s new with babies? According to some books, babies are now able to form memories. I certainly can’t recall any memories in utero; regardless I hope to make these first few potential memories quite delightful by vocalizing lots of songs, stories, and scripture….
4 Myths about “Saving Sex for Marriage”
Congratulations! If you are following my “Planning a Christ-Centered Wedding“, it probably means you are engaged (or would like to be). I am adding a few posts to this series to look at the engagement time! Brace yourself for our first (and potentially button-pushing) topic: why Christians should save sex for marriage. Does the Bible really…
On stress, anxiety, and casting all my cares on God
My extraordinary husband championed the truth of entering into God’s rest in his Sunday morning message at our church this week. (Read Hebrews 3 and 4 for the Biblical perspective of rest.) This word could not have come at a better time for us, as this week and month have the potential to be the…
Twins-in-Progress: Week 30
30 Weeks: May 18-24 How far along? 7 months, 2 weeks Babies size: Probably around 3 lbs. or more. What’s new with babies? At T-10 weeks to go (if we make it to July 26), babies are on the home-stretch for growing. Their brains are folding to add more square-footage for thinking, creativity, learning, relating, and pondering the love of…