These photos of me and my sweet Adelaide have me feeling so wistful.  In just a month, she’s going to be three!    I love watching her grow, seeing bright new changes in her every day.  But my mama heart can hardly take losing her babyhood.    I adore seeing her come into her own, […]

About a year ago I wrote this about our crib.   “Y’all. This crib. We bought it when I was pregnant with my first and all four babies have used it. I’ve slept in that crib, next to that crib…. I’ve rocked next to it, cried, laughed & prayed by that crib. It holds memories, […]

Mamas…do you ever stop and think about life before motherhood, and what your worries and responsibilities looked like then?  As a mom it seems that we are constantly handed the opportunity to worry about our kids every moment of every day.  I want the best for my kiddos, and I want their little lives to […]

As long as I can remember I have dreamed of being a mama and it’s beyond what my dreams could have ever known.  It’s beauty, it’s worry, it’s sacrifice, it’s little beautiful moments that make up a pile of memories sealed in our hearts, it’s tenderness, it’s love. It’s loving someone in such a way, […]

Does the last baby ache ever go away?     I’m finding that it doesn’t.  It’s been bittersweet to walk farther and farther away from the baby stage.  Each moment soaked in and memorized and cherished with a slow letting go.  It fades slowly by the day and while I’ve been in the baby stage for […]

Recently me and my guy went to the Michael Buble concert and I couldn’t help but look around at all of these people coming together- singing, laughing, crying, dancing and think “dang, humanity is beautiful.” His song Forever Now triggered all the tears…. I just met you It seems like yesterday You opened up your […]

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I remember when we had little Adelaide and she was soooooo tiny in the NICU, I bought some sweet, soft Sapling Child outfits because they were exactly what I wanted her little tiny body to be wearing. So cute and yet so soft and comfy.  They are an ethical organic baby wear company whose main […]

What a gift. All those sweet little moments.  With this sweet last babe I have tried to hold onto every last one.  It was her day, her party day.  She smashed cake, she laughed at her brother and sisters.  We swam and ate and played.  Her heart is so full. and so is mine.  We […]

Be Still My Heart. Tomorrow she is One.  Get ready for an overload of photos and a flood of thoughts and emotions. A baby that was so longed for, so ached for….. and every moment of these twelve months cherished to the very last drop. I love you so much Addie Grace, you filled that […]