Am I 6 weeks or 7?

week 6 or 7 (February 27, 2014) I am freezing!!! This weather is madness. Another TWO more weeks of this Polar Vortex. No more, please!!!! My commute in for a whole week has been well over an hour – the roads are so icy! Anyway, we’ve survived a horrible week of illness. Jackson came home with pneumonia and his first ear infection and had to get on his first round of antibiotics. I’ve been trying to avoid medication but this little man...

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Weekly Meal Plan for Busy Family

MEAL PLANNING As a busy mom, I have to meal plan to keep my family HEALTHY and to keep my head on straight. The two most important things, right? I kept meaning to keep track of recipes to make life easier, but I wasn't sure how to get started. I finally figured it out this weekend once we made the decision to move. I was forced to purge and clean. I knew I needed to clean my giant recipe box, (exploding) with torn out magazine recipes. Jackson...

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I Am Pregnant! - Round II - Week 5

Week 5 (February 19, 2014) All at Once OK. Wow. Everything happens at once, right? So we are now home owners and will be moving in May. WooHoo! AND I’m for sure pregnant. WHOA MAMA! Is this not crazy!?! Let’s just face two HUGE changes at once, right? That just seems to be how I roll these days. So now I’m worrying about baby since I have been so stressed out. Hope I’m not harming him or her with all this constant anxiety. I pray everything...

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Visiting Papa After Open-Heart Surgery

Great Trip Back Home Karl and I decided to make a quick trip to Illinois to visit my dad. We waited a few weeks after his open- heart surgery so we wouldn't overwhelm him. He was in the hospital for 5 days. The craziest part was I talked to him on the phone 24 hours after his surgery!!! I wasn't sure what to expect, but when I saw him, he looked like the guy I remember but skinnier and maybe a little jaundice. But he was also standing under...

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House Hunting Part II - OFFER MADE

We made an offer...now we wait...  Oh man. It’s so hard to focus! My head is spinning. I remind myself often to be MINDFUL. To focus on my breathing. I breathe in God and good and then breathe out anxiety and worries – things I have NO control over. Wasted SPACE in my brain. I've been waking up at 4:12 EVERY MORNING for the past two weeks.  Change is SO hard. SO HARD. And the longer I wait to make a CHANGE the harder it...

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Month in Review - 21.5 Months

Almost two years old! Where is the time going? After that first birthday, time FLIES. Not even kidding. This was the fastest year YET. I realized I have NO updates for Jackson's 21st month... So here we go! Weight: A whopping 26 lbs! Favorites: Jumping everywhere, bunnies, buses, trucks, loves reading books, LOVES his aunts and uncles and both Kacey dogs and grandparents (loves looking at their photos and pointing them out everyday), loves...

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