To Heaven and Back

It's been pointed out to me more than once today that next week everything will be different.  Oh, how I long for different!  I've b...

Three years ago today, I had no idea what was coming.  I wasn't feeling all that well, but I was 39 weeks pregnant, and honestly, no one...

Seriously. I ran out of newborn diapers (I literally can praise God for the fact that I've got friends who've provided us with two...

But I have two babies on my hands.  They're not twins, but they might as well be! I'm busy with pumping, feeding the baby, cleanin...

As I sit quietly in the hospital room with Jenna and our newborn son, I am reminded of God's faithfulness and miracle-working power. Thr...

Visited Dr. Nason today. Dilated to 2. Last week was a 1. Progress, just not enough. 37 weeks tomorrow! Praising God for that!

A lot can happen in a really short amount of time. Let me give you the short end of this very fast story. On Daniel's birthday, Tuesd...

Maybe you haven't noticed it, but I can't help but stare every time I see it...   It's that little gadget on the top right sid...

I've got to be honest, most of my friends including myself are just now having babies. So far, I've not had to throw any showers as...

There are 10 tiny fingers and 10 precious toes I have come to adore in the past 7 weeks. I have watched them as they held tightly onto my h...

Daniel Benjamin arrived April 20, 2009, at 3:53 p.m. He weighed 8.8 pounds and measured 21 and a half inches! He's adorable, of course...

Have you ever been so set on something that you were willing to fight for it? Have you ever gotten to the point that you knew you were so r...

Be anxious for nothing... Philippians 4:6 I can remember counting down the days until my sixteenth birthday; I could not wait to FINALLY see...

Oh, how I wish you were with me today. As I worried over myself with the aches and pains of pregnancy, I didn't think of you today as I...

There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. 1 John 4:18 The amount of love I hold for a child who is not yet born is sometime...

Sweet boy, I have dreamed of you. I have both seen your face and heard your cries in my sleep. I have imagined how you might smell and wha...

I'll admit that my feelings get upset when people mention how big I am to have 12 weeks left of pregnancy. I'll even tell you that ...

Like the cars I have driven and places I have traveled, it seems like things are really different this year. When I look back at where I wa...

Twenty-six years ago this week, my mother had little idea that I was breech. She went for her last appointment with the doctor before havin...

I'm getting anxious. Really anxious. I worry over every quiet moment when I cannot feel this baby moving, and I worry when he is... I...