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 […]
You know the people who are ‘all-belly’ and simply glowing and adorable during pregnancy? The ones who seem to glide effortlessly and glamorously through the whole experience? (They are probably also the people who have a labor and delivery experience that is perfect and joyous and miraculously short, their bodies rebound days later. Their children […]
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 […]
{I say 16 weeks ‘or something’ because I always forget my # of weeks and they tend to change my due date 3-4 times anyway! SO! We are expecting this little one in mid-August. ;-P } I may or may not have been stickin’ my belly out for all it’s worth in these…ha! There comes […]
Many women have been here before me, and I’ve been here before, though the circumstances were different. Say “pregnancy is a trial” among a group of mothers, and you can expect a chorus of Amen!‘s. But I am finding that in the trial there are victories that I have (and am) experiencing, and that’s what […]
This summer Nels and I enjoyed taking some family photos for a couple of friends of ours. We wanted to give them a gift and we wanted to gain a little experience in family photography. It was a blast! We learned that it takes a lot of time to do a photography session (before, during, after!) […]
About a week before Hudson was born, our friend Robin Nolan asked if we had taken any maternity photos and offered to take some for us. I’m really glad she did! They are precious memories, even though as my due date approached I didn’t feel very photogenic. She came over for part of the afternoon […]
as of today i am… – one day away from Hudson’s due date, dilated to 3 with a very thin cervix and light contractions sporadically throughout the day (wow, tmi, right?)…I only realize that I am having them because suddenly I have to breathe very deliberately the doctor said that my body and the baby […]
I think the “nesting” is kicking in early this time around. My fridge has been cleaned, my closet has been reorganized…and more importantly, baby Hudson’s little wardrobe and bassinet are getting ready to welcome him home! I saw this adorable baby button monogram on craftgawker and had my heart set on making one for our little […]
Outside my window…the morning glory are just beginning to bloom! We found the first indigo-violet blossom yesterday. I am thankful for…electricity! And air conditioning. We were one of the few lucky ones around here to maintain power last night/this morning due to a big storm. I am creating…another dress for Kaya, and a few little […]
