Eighteen Months

A year and a half ago, Jonathan Michael was born. The moment I laid eyes on him for the first time, it was instant love. Labor was already forgotten and all I could think about was the unbelievability that the baby I had been carrying for 39 weeks was finally in my arms. And that we […]

Five Years

“Heavenly Father, just as your Son blessed the wedding feast at Cana in Galilee with His presence, so now bless your children here who seek your favor. Look down upon them as their lives are about to be joined. We pray that you will weld these two hearts together and seal them with the bow […]

A Day in the Life

When Jonathan was almost 8 months old, I posted the first A Day in the Life. These posts chronicle Jonathan’s day, every hour on the hour, while he’s awake. I think it will be fun to be able to look back on these posts and see how his days change as he grows older. 7:00am […]

Thankful Thursday

There is a lot of pain and sadness in this world. Kind of a downer way to start a post about thankfulness, right? But it’s true. People that I know have been dealing with some really hard things in their lives lately; I almost feel insensitive to be acknowledging all of the ways my life […]

Thankful Thursday

So I missed a week… but I’m actually posting this on a Thursday, so that cancels each other out, right? Good, I’m glad you agree. There’s a saying: In this case it’s more like the days are long but the weeks/months/years are short. Time seems to be flying by, though the days seem to be […]

Thankful Thursday

This week I am thankful for: 1. Working at a school. If one must have a job, a school is a pretty nice place to work for getting extra days off. I definitely enjoyed an extra day off with my sweet baby due to conferences and Presidents’ Day, too. 2. Having a baby with such […]

Thankful Thursday

This week I am thankful for: 1. Actually remembering to write this on Thursday this week! 2. Getting some gorgeous shots of my handsome boy in his 12 month photos 3. And one with his incredibly handsome daddy 4. Jonathan’s new dancing skills. I absolutely love watching him dance […]