Saturday Throwback: New Babies!

Welcome to Saturday Throwback!  Feel free to link up a post with an old picture and story or just a story or even just tell your story in the comments!  Keep it clean, kids!

There have been so many babies being born around me!  I had to reflect back to the births of my precious little ones!  Buggy's labor was rough.  Scrunch was a breeze!

I can't believe how much life has changed since having these precious babies. What did we do without them?  Ah - I love them so much it hurts!






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5 Weeks to Be a Better Housewife

For those of you who are offended by that title, please see my comments at the end of the post!

Oh the learning curve!  It's been quite a transition to go from being a wife working outside the home sans kids to being a stay at home mom of two.

I've been struggling to get it all together and keep it that way.  Life happens.  Plans fall apart.  House is a mess.  It's an amazing roller coaster!

Over the next five weeks, I am striving to apply some of the awesome counsel from friends, books, and most importantly, God.  Will you join me?  Let's help each other grow as wives and mothers!

Each Monday will bring a new topic complete with scripture, tasks, and discussion questions.  Lets support each other.  Leave comments.  Reply to one another.  Visit the Rediscovering Domesticity community on BlogFrog (look in the sidebar for the link).  Ask questions.  Leave your insights for others.  I challenge you to step out and make some connections.  If you've never commented before, jump in and comment! 

Remember the old saying, "You only get out what you put in?"  That applies here!

Why "5 Weeks to Be a Better Housewife?"

• Being a housewife/mother is a noble calling/profession
• Being a housewife/mother means being a master of many trades rather than an expert in just one
• Being a housewife/mother is a non-stop full time job
• Being a housewife/mother requires support
• Being a housewife/mother isn't all about chores!
• This series is in no way putting down those who are employed or not married (we can all glean tips to improve our lives)

What do YOU hope to glean from this series?  Let me know in the comments or in the community!

Gratituesday: Sleeping Through the Night!

I love my boys. With all. my. heart.  It amazes me how much I love them.  It physically HURTS sometimes.  I didn't believe my mom when she told me growing up what it was like.  I believe her now!

As much as I love them, this two-under-two thing is hard. They don't sleep at the same time. The aren't happy at the same time. They create more laundry than I ever dreamed possible.

The hardest thing is the sleep.

Or lack thereof.

Buggy hasn't slept through the night since his brother was born.  It took him 15 months to figure it out in the first place. I am praying it doesn't take him another 15 months to get back in that groove!

Scrunch/Bullfrog/Baby (still working on a nickname - whatdya think?) is now 3 months old.  He's a whopping 15 pounds!  That's HUGE. Especially considering he was under 6 pounds at birth.  He's done the normal baby thing of eating every 2-3 hours around the clock.

Until this week.

We have had THREE NIGHTS in a ROW where he has slept from 9pm until at least 3:45 am.  This morning he slept until 5:30!  Wow!  It would have been much sweeter if Buggy slept through as well, but this tired mama will take anything she can get!  Now if only he'd nap during the day.....

How are your kids with sleep?  Have you struggled with non-sleepers?  How did YOU cope?

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