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My husband Mark and I live in the southeast U.S. with our lovely daughters, Amelia and Florence. We also share our lives with a lab(ish) goofball of a dog named Shelby.
Lately I have felt twinges of sadness when I am out running errands and I see all of the Baby’s First Christmas paraphernalia. Please understand that I am not in any way upset about the fact that Amelia was here last Christmas. Not at all! I know that God’s timing is perfect, and that Amelia [...]
Today I received the most wonderful email from Amelia’s Uncle Paul. Paul and his good friend Jill wore purple yesterday for Prematurity Awareness Day! Paul wrote “I’m anxious for Amelia to realize someday how super rad she is and how proud I am of her. Maybe these pictures will help her know [that] not only [...]
This morning while I was feeding Amelia breakfast I told Mark that today is Prematurity Awareness Day. I also told him that we were supposed to wear purple today to help Fight for Preemies. Mark went back to our room and came out wearing one of MY purple shirts, as he did not have one [...]
Friday was quite an eventful day . . . Amelia’s 4th and 5th teeth (left central incisor and right lateral incisor) teeth popped through! My poor dear was having a rough time with them, that’s for sure. By breakfast I knew they would make their appearance within hours – Amelia would take a bite a [...]
Cloudberries! This picture was taken when my brother Erik was studying abroad at Øytun folkehøgskole in Alta, Norway.
While I was trying to organize all of her books, Amelia searched through the piles and picked out her favorite! About the bruise on her forehead . . . she did it to herself yesterday morning while we thought she was napping peacefully in her crib. It doesn’t seem to bother her, though – she [...]