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After 4 boys, Baby Number 5 is a …
Surprise Baby #5 After having 4 boys in about 5.5 years, we thought we were done. I was pregnant and or breastfeeding for almost 8 years straight. I have a heart condition, have had 3 c sections, the last two boys resulted in me having post-partum hypertension and our lives are very busy and full having moved on to the…
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Dude Perfect Birthday Party
Dude Perfect Birthday Party Games- after searching a lot on google and piecing together some different things I found, here’s a one stop shop to plan a fun birthday party in your backyard for upper elementary-young middle school aged boys. First, the decorations: I kept it pretty simple. I used my silhouette to cut out a dp logo and glued…
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Ford’s One Year Old Little Blue Truck Party
We can hardly believe it’s been a year since Ford joined our family! We have enjoyed celebrating each of our boys with a book themed first birthday party (Very Hungry Caterpillar, Wild One: Where the Wild Things Are, Curious George) so to keep the tradition alive, we chose the Little Blue Truck, a book we’ve loved reading to all of…
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7 Easy Dump Crockpot Freezer Meals
We’ve been preparing for our 4th little man to be here in a week or so, and finally got around to making time to do freezer meals. I always leave them towards the end of my to-do list because while very nice to have (my future self always thanks me), they aren’t a necessity. With the other 3, I used…
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Five Things I’d tell myself Five Years In (and Three Kids Later)
Our oldest son turns five in a couple of days, and I can hardly believe it. In some ways it feels like just yesterday I was cradling him on my chest and in others it feels like life time ago. Tonight I lingered a little while at bedtime, watching him sleep trying to turn back time, imagining his little infant…
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Weight Watcher Tips from a Busy Mama of 3
I’m not stranger to Weight Watchers (now rebranded WW). I first “joined” or I should say pseudo-joined in 2000 when I was 14 years old. That’s a whole other story for another day that led to a decade long battle with food. For the last several years, God has brought huge freedom in the area of self-image and bondage to food.…
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Trash or Toy? : 8 Life Lessons from Toy Story 4 that will Increase your Joy
We were so excited to take the boys to see Toy Story 4. They have enjoyed watching the first Toy Story for a while now, and couldn’t wait to see their favorites, Woody and Buzz, on the big screen. We haven’t taken the boys to many movies yet, and as parents we want to be mindful of we put…
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C’s 2 Year Old Finding Nemo Birthday
Caleb will be 5 in a couple of months. As I look through these pictures, my heart aches only the way a mother’s can. How did I not know this was a thing until I was a mom- the pain of wanting to hold on and let go at the same time? D was 6 months and still waking up…
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Our Children are Not Problems to Solve- They are People to Love
I was picking toys off of the living room floor and the thought came, almost audible- “Your children are not problems to solve, Ashley. They are people, made in my image to love.” I’m not sure if it was the Lord speaking or a phrase I read somewhere, but I heard it and I haven’t stopped thinking about it…
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Which Float is Right for My Baby or Toddler? And How to Fight Fear Around the Water
We’ve had babies ages 0-4 in the water the last four summers. Needless to say, we’ve tried quite a bit of floats on the market and have had a range of young non-swimming children in the water. Here are our go-tos. Of course, like most baby products, every one has their favorites and what one person may swear by another…
