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• Life Lately
  on Mar 10, 2016 in life
  These past weeks with a newborn in tow have been quieter + slower than normal. However, they have also seemed to rush by as we adjust to new rhythms, reconfigure old ones (like bedtime), and get in lots of squishy baby holding :)There has been...lots...
• Near + Fear: About Samuel and the NICU
  on Mar 3, 2016 in Heart life samuel
  The other day, I spent a few minutes reading Lamentations 3. Some of my favorite verses (22-24) are tucked into that chapter, but I realized I hadn't read them in context for a long while.As I read, another verse, verse 57,  stood out to me. You...
• Dear Samuel (One Month)
  on Feb 20, 2016 in baby samuel
  Today you are one month plus 5 days. And what a month and five days it's been.We started out life with you in a way I never anticipated. I never thought that hours after you were born that you'd be flying away from me in a helicopter. Sam--I felt so...
• When it's the Same, but Different
  on Feb 16, 2016 in Heart life luke meeting motherhood motherhood samuel
  The second Luke came screaming into the world, my world as I knew it silently slipped away. It took me a bit to navigate my new role and to mesh Nicole + motherhood. Honestly, it wasn't always a pretty process as my independent-self learned how to ne...
• Let's Get Sentimental and Mushy--Refreshed + Updated
  on Feb 8, 2016 in free printable Heart life
  Valentine's Day is in just a few days, so I thought it was time to share the Let's Get Sentimental and Mushy worksheets again.I took some time to freshen them up and add a few new things--like this printable (for free!), a coupon code to the shop, an...
• Welcome to the World, Samuel Lincoln
  on Jan 29, 2016 in baby Heart life samuel
  On January 14th, 2016, Samuel Lincoln came sunny-side up into the world.He was born at 12:56 pm, weighed 7 lbs 14 oz, and was 21 inches long. Unlike his brother, he was born with head full of dark hair and a less intense entrance.However, just minute...
• Baby, Baby, Baby
  on Jan 4, 2016 in baby Heart life
  Right now, we are in full-on waiting-for-baby mode. After the last bits of Christmas were tucked away, we went head first into baby preparations (mostly because we had done absolutely nothing before Christmas!)Clothes to wash, breathing rhythms to pr...
• On the Last Day of 2015
  on Dec 31, 2015 in Heart life
  Usually, I write up a few fancy posts to wrap up the year--and share the highlights, etc, from the year.Like this. But this year...I'm pregnant, and due in two weeks, and feeling a little stretched thin trying to get those "last few things in" b...
• Dear Luke,
  on Dec 21, 2015 in Heart life luke motherhood
  Right now, I can hear you snoring away in your room--sleeping cozily on your new big boy bed. You were so pumped when we brought in your new bed, but then, you got nervous about actually sleeping on it (well, nervous is a nice way of putting it!) You...
• #GIVINGTUESDAY
  on Nov 30, 2015 in christmas shop
  This year, I'm starting out the Christmas festivities in the shop by participating in #givingtuesday.From now until Tuesday at midnight, 50% of each purchase will be donated to Children of the Promise in Haiti.You might remember that I had a chance t...

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