Motherhood, Uncategorized

What your baby really wants for Christmas

This past week, Grandma has been putting together a list of items to get my son for Christmas. It goes like this: Shoe laces. Buckets. Brooms. Magnets. Tupperware containers. Brightly colored toys are right up at the top of her list of items not to get him. We bought him rainbow colored blocks, bright animal magnets, and a giant blue ball, but he’s hardly interested. Why on earth would he want thetell me the rest!

Marriage

Dating my husband again

Up until this week, my husband and I have been on a grand total of four dates since my son was born. One was last Thanksgiving during a visit up to Ohio. One was because a sweet friend offered. One was for our anniversary and the other was for my birthday. On top of the lack of dates we’ve had, we’ve also had to rush home to put the babytell me the rest!

Military, Uncategorized

Our surprise early goodbye

The minutes are ticking away until he leaves again. Again. Didn’t he just get home? Yesterday afternoon, after two weeks of much needed vacation as a family, my husband called one of his buddies to ask what time they needed to be in at work the next morning. Less than a minute into the conversation, I heard a change in his voice. “Monday?” he asked, groaning. My stomach dropped. Sometimes, my husbandtell me the rest!

Young Living

Frolicking in the Lavender fields: Young Living’s International Grand Convention 2017

I’ll be honest, I didn’t even consider going to Convention until I heard Carrie Underwood would be performing. Sure, it would be a great experience but I didn’t want to spend the money and what on earth was I going to do with my 13 month old while I was gone, anyway? Then I found out Carrie would be performing and I told my husband that for the first time,tell me the rest!