by Annie | Aug 18, 2024 | Kids!, On the Home Front
It’s official: 25 days is the longest it has taken for us to name a baby. BUT! It hasn’t been for lack of trying! Somewhere in that first hazy hour after birth, the midwife asked if the baby had a name. Filled with relief that birth was over, we laughed blithely and...
by Annie | Jul 8, 2024 | Kids!, On the Home Front
This pregnancy has flown by. Or rather, life has flown by and we have been carried along with it. And while technically we have four weeks left until our “due date,” there were a few hours this last weekend when we thought this baby was on its way so now...
by Annie | Jan 3, 2019 | On the Home Front
It’s a good thing we don’t take stock in omens and such because if we did, it doesn’t look good for 2019. Five of us rang in the New Year by tossing our cookies without the added fun of the alcohol beforehand. Children that belong to me, that last...
by Annie | May 31, 2018 | Kids!, On the Home Front
One of the wild things about having had children over the last decade and a half (holy cats, that makes me feel old) is how much things have changed between our first baby and our last. And I’m not even talking about us – no that’s a whole other...
by Annie | May 7, 2018 | On the Home Front, Speaking of me. . .
During this pregnancy, I have carried the weight of feeling lonely and alone. Not through anyone’s fault or anything in particular. No, it’s just been the sore spot the enemy has chosen to pick at. Then. Then the Lord shows up with abundance and shouts so...
by Annie | Sep 1, 2017 | On the Home Front
There are some things that if we do them, I know what will inevitably follow. Like if we bathe all of the girls, the husband will inevitably make pancakes for breakfast the next morning. Or pick up donuts. Sugar adds hold to hairstyles I tell myself. If we put clean...
