To our dear little Hudson bear, You’re 20 months old now, and what a little man! We are daily delighted by your big personality in a toddler body. I’m growing convinced that this age is just about my favorite – of course I loved you as a newborn and crawling infant, etc…but there is something […]
There are certain things that God keeps bringing me back to. Sometimes I’m annoyed by what feels like a very constant theme in my life: “Slow down. Refocus.” But really, God is just so gracious to keep lovingly reminding me, because my natural bent (further exploited by our culture!) is to be very busy, ridiculously ambitious, […]
In honor of Mother’s Day weekend, today seems like the appropriate day to announce some news that is so precious to me as a mother of 3 fantastic babies… Our 2nd baby boy’s name will be: Ezra Neal Carlson. <3 Ezra is Hebrew, meaning ‘helper’ or ‘aid’. In the Bible, Ezra was a scribe and […]
Motherhood would be cool if it was all picnics and zoo trips and choosing the cutest, hugest bows for fuzzy heads. There’s a lot of that and I love it. Even better, motherhood is kind of like having your own little circle of disciples in your home. I love that and I’m learning how to […]
Aren’t there just times when it seems like everyone you know is graduating/moving/getting married/having a baby?! This is definitely one of those times! I know so many families right now who are expecting an addition in the next year. AND we are too! Super stoked about #3 joining us in August. So today I wanted […]
A place called home… via …where we wake and rise to greet the day, filled with promise. Two by two little ones’ eyes flutter open. They’re invited to dress, to eat, to begin – the youngest asking eagerly, “What are we doing today, Mommy?” A day in the home brings a dynamic blend of the […]
I cried with him. Not because I thought his fall was so devastating. He had just walked a near-record 16 steps and then stumbled over a too-long pant leg. I could see him choke back a sob or two, consider getting up, and then let his face fall flat into the carpet, defeated and crying. […]
These two make me smile every day. So many moments I think I’ll burst from frustration or exhaustion… …but then there are moments too when I might burst from joy and contentment and overwhelming love. Like a few nights ago. All day I was a broken record: ‘Kaya, be kind. Hudson, be gentle.’ Endlessly! Then […]
Do you know what is the most consistently challenging, humbling and sometimes terrifying thing about parenting? It has to do with this statement: “It is a pedagogical truism that we teach more by what we are than by what we say. Such is the influence of personality. We learn by association with persons.” (Horne, Jesus the Teacher). […]
Last night we were up at 1 and 2 and 4:30 a.m. with little Hudson who was sick. Its a terrifying thing to wake up to your child’s screams. He seems to be feeling better now. His fever is down, he’s playing normally. But there were a few moments in darkest hours of the night […]
