Cooking, or should I say, mushing your own baby food is a cinch. Now that I’m working part-time, I need to save cents and dollars wherever I can. To get started, all you need is a steamer, blender/food processor, and ice cube trays. For this first-time baby food maker, steamed carrots was definitely a wise … Continue reading
Kaitlyn (left) and Ava loved playing in their new kiddie pool in the back yard. Ava in her bumbo in the back yard. Kaitlyn (left) and Ava have been sitting up for about 2 weeks now. Here’s a video clip of Ava’s first big situp. Here is Kaitlyn with her great grand father Paw-Paw (my … Continue reading
rasp·ber·ry (raz-ber-ee). noun. a derisive or contemptuous sound made by vibrating the extended tongue and the lips while exhaling. Recently, my clever Kaitlyn discovered her ability to blow raspberries. Her favorite time to perform? Lunch. The Problem. Her fun and amusement while eating causes a big mess, on her and me. So, how do I … Continue reading
Our bundles of joy Kaitlyn and Ava are 6 months this week. How fast and furious this precious time flies. Both recognize their names and are already eating baby food. Very quickly, we have watched their little personalities emerge. Kaitlyn, our firstborn by one minute, is an independent self-starter. She wakes up every morning around … Continue reading
In order to be a good parent, you must be a student of the God’s Word, the Bible. I came across this thought provoking post today, “Why Bible Study Doesn’t Transform Us.” My favorite quote,” All Scripture is God-breathed and profitable. All of it. Women, it’s time to move beyond Esther, Ruth, and Proverbs 31 to … Continue reading
The challenge of parenthood is teaching me to trust in God rather than myself. Paul wrote to the Corinthians about the affliction he was burdened with in Asia. It was so excessive, that he despaired even of life. I can now understand, when plagued with lack of sleep and sickly crying babies, how parents can … Continue reading
Do you have have a bible study to recommend that helped you as a new mom? I’ve been working through the L3 journal, but my soul longs for something to help me during this stressful season of sleepless nights. Leave a comment on a bible study that spoke to you. Be sure to list the … Continue reading
Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outerman is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day. For momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison, while we look not at the things which are seen, but at things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.
2 Cor 4:16-18 NASB. I’m learning the truth of what every mom warned me about, “motherhood is tough.” But, I am confident that it’s all worth it, and the Lord will make me stronger through it all. For this I am thankful.
I started back to work this Monday. Thankfully, it’s only part-time. Here’s a photo of what I left at home this morning. Oh, how hard it was to leave.
Here is a blog post from Code Name: Mama for ideas to serve your friends with a newborn baby in their life. My favorites are providing frozen meals, help around the house, and offer to run errands. 20 Ways to Help Parents of Newborns
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