Last week Joshua slept for longer than ten minutes without Mama’s arms around him. I then found these little ladies snoozing peacefully in their beds. Neither of these rarest of occasions has repeated itself, making the photographic evidence even more precious.
For the first six weeks of his life he probably spent at least 23 hours of every day next to me, in my arms or in the Moby. Then at six weeks old he caught the same deep chest cough that most of the family had and it was an intense few days. But we…
These days I haven’t been eating or preparing any elaborate meals. Many of my breakfasts look like the above picture and sometimes they are prepared entirely by our five-year-old as I look on from my perch in the nursing chair. These days I spend hours every day sitting, feeding, burping, and snuggling this little lady….
Annabelle declared a couple of weeks ago that Hannah had taken over Mama’s life. She is a funny one, that oldest daughter of ours, and not too far from the truth. She wasn’t complaining but rather stating what seemed an obvious fact to her. At six-years-old this is the first baby she’s been a bigger…
I went to town all by myself yesterday. As any mother of young children knows, this was no small moment for me. Rarely do I walk outside, work in the garden, or even go to the bathroom by myself. (Is that TMI? I grew up with two brothers and have four small children; I’m afraid…
We live in about 300 square feet, these three children, husband, baby belly, and I. Most of you already know that, but there it is, in case you didn’t. It is a makeshift cabin built by my husband which is attached to the small camper we moved into when we first arrived on the land…
We took a little break from being in the garden this week. We cut down the beans last week and have continued to bring in dried pods, but for some reason we just could not work up to getting back in there to plant the fall garden. Looking at our forecast that might be for…
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absolutely beautiful! I love your post cards 🙂
Such precious little ladies and a precious little man….
So sweet! 🙂
Ohhhh just melts my heart! I miss babies – sigh
I always take pictures when my oldest falls asleep. 😉 So rare!! Congratulations on your sweet baby!