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Since we put the baby seat in the van I’ve NOT had dozens of heart stopping moments as I’ve seen it and thought, “Oh no, we left the baby in the car” only to realize “I’M STILL PREGNANT”. No worries about leaving the baby anywhere. Being 9 months pregnant and leaning over to pick…
Since I have less than a week left in this pregnancy I figured this post was appropriate. Please feel free to share your tips as well. It seems that the end of pregnancy is always a struggle for me. I’ve been blessed in that I don’t have any of the common complications that many women…
Birth Story #1 Birth Story #2 Can you believe that I’m actually getting another birth story written? For men and children readers: I went into labor early on the morning of our fourth wedding anniversary and much later that day our baby was born, our first boy whom we named Matthew. Both baby and mother…
This is the ultrasound picture of our little one when she was 18 weeks gestation. Do you see what we saw? Only 12 more days until we meet face to face. We can’t wait!! (psst, there is only one baby. )
**My husband says that posting this post on a “Not Me Monday” is like opening up the paper to the comic section and finding the obituaries. So I apologize to those who were visiting for a chuckle.** Last week when I posted my updated ‘To-do’ list of things to accomplish before the baby arrives. I…
If you’ve read Raising Olives for long, you probably know that if I can remember what happened during the week I have plenty of fodder for a “Not Me” post. Last week was no different. But rather than visiting RO and giggling at our family, you were treated to a day of silence. It all…
Continued… Since this is a birth story, here is a simpler version for my male readers and for any children who may read Raising Olives. Because of the events that occurred in the first part of this story, Mark and I scheduled an induction, several hours later we had our second daughter, a healthy, screaming…
The birth of our second child is two stories intertwined. Often we don’t see God’s providence and mercies to us, but then every once in a while we get a glimpse, we see how intricately our stories are woven with the stories of others and how it all works together to make a beautiful…
This is the birth story of our first child. Since this is a birth story, I decided to do a simpler version for my male readers and for any children who may read Raising Olives. For men and children readers: I went into labor and a very long time later our baby was born, a…
I realize that I haven’t posted much about this pregnancy and there are a few reasons for that. One is that my pregnancies are fairly typical. I generally experience between 16-24 weeks of morning sickness and exhaustion followed by a time of relative energy and then head into the last trimester with the normal discomforts…
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