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Have I mentioned the snow here? It has snowed almost every day this last week and most days have stayed around freezing, which means the snow just keeps piling up. It is beautiful, but it means that every trip I take on foot (which is basically almost all of them
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I know many of you were probably wondering why I wrote a whole blog post about Will's Kindergarten experience and haven't mentioned anything on here yet about Elise's school. Part of the reason was that Will's was easier to write. Elise has
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Will's first day in German Kindergarten was yesterday. While he and I waited at the bus stop for Elise to be picked up, one of the German moms asked me what Kindergarten was in English. I explained that it is the same word in both languages. But despite
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I feel like I have so much to blog about lately, but unfortunately it would take forever to share every little detail of our lives these past few days. It's funny how a transition like this makes every detail of your lives feel worth sharing though, so if
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I have been meaning to write a post for quite some time now, but the last two weeks have been quite full and I never seemed to find the right time to sit and write. Plus, there was a part of me that wanted to remain numb to the fact
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On Thursday I had my second midwife appointment to check on the progress of the pregnancy. Everything looked normal and we got to hear the strong little heartbeat again. I am measuring right on track now. I took Elise with me this time and she took this picture of me
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I forgot to share this post last week, but better late than never. I attended my first midwife visit on Dec 6. I've been counting down for this for quite some time as it always feels a bit more real to me when a professional can confirm that
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Recently Seth and I had a conversation about the baby. He stated that he would like to be a baby again. When I asked why, he said it was so that he could crawl. I assured him that he could still crawl now if he wanted to, but it was
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We discovered just a few weeks ago that God apparently thinks we need a larger family. This little life, which according to the internet is just barely larger than a lentil right now, was such a surprise. I know though, that he/she will hold a special place in our
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Our trip was long and covered a lot of miles, so it is hard to summarize in one blog post. So, here are pictures with some details (if you click on them). If you want to hear more, you'll just have to ask me. We really had a
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This partnership development phase of our journey towards ministry has been full of lots of ups and downs. Some days we are encouraged and excited, other days we are depressed and worried. This post was written several weeks ago and I am just now getting it put up on here.
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Do you ever have those moments when you look at one of your children and they suddenly look so much bigger? I've been having those moments a lot lately when I look at Seth. Since he's my youngest, I think it surprises me when I notice