I’ll be very honest. Being an at-home mom can sometimes be the most boring job on earth. It really can. It’s very difficult to work towards something day after day knowing that you won’t see the fruits of your labors for years to come. I have bad days where I just don’t want to do it. Any of it. The cleaning, the playing, the entertaining, the cooking, any of it. And so there are days where my house looks scary and my kiddo entertains himself. I hope that I’m not doing severe damage to him by having these days. I know the house will survive. I can only hope that he does. Continue reading
Waiting sucks…
Waiting sucks. Waiting for anything is hard, but waiting for a baby? It’s particularly rough. Anyone who has waited for a pink line on a pregnancy test or waited for that call in an adoption understands how nerve-wracking it can be. Continue reading
January 31, 2012 · 5:55 pm
Talking to Children About Adoption
Two big announcements before this post- first, I’m an aunt! My sister in law and brother in law {Travis’s brother} welcomed a baby girl this morning. She’s precious and perfectly healthy and we’re so thrilled to welcome her into our family. And secondly, I’ve added a new feature to my blog. It’s an Amazon bookstore full of hand-picked goodies approved by me.
The books I mention in today’s post are available for purchase in my amazon store, along with many other resources about Attachment Parenting, general parenting, raising kiddos in a Christian home, fun arts and crafts with your kids, Hyperemesis resources, and much more. All purchases made on Amazon {even for items not in my store} contribute a tiny portion to my blog. I’d love it if you could shop from my Amazon store when you’re browsing Amazon and help keep Love Makes a Family going strong! There’s a link to the store to the right of the main blog page. Continue reading
Filed under Adoption General, Adoption Questions, Parenting
Back From a Blogging Break
I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and a happy new year! It feels good to be back! I hit my one year anniversary over here on WordPress and decided around the holidays to take a small break from blogging. Continue reading
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20 Ways to Give Back This Christmas
Every year at Christmas, our family looks for ways to practice generosity and selfless service. This year though, there have been so many causes on my heart that our budget simply can’t reach out to them all. We always donate to a local toy drive in our little town, as well as the Salvation Army Christmas Angel program. This year I’ve wanted to do so much more. I decided instead to share with all of you the wonderful ways I’ve discovered to reach out to those in need this year. Continue reading
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The Most Amazing Hot Cocoa Recipe Ever
…Prepare to have the most delicious mouth-watering hot chocolate ever to hit your mug. Swiss Miss got nothin’ on my recipe. Yes, it’s mine. But it snowed today in our neck of the woods and Travis had a late start due to a school delay, and the world looks beautiful, so I’m in a generous mood. I’ll share. Continue reading
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A Fair Trade Christmas
Today marks the first day of Advent. In Christian churches, this is a time celebrated between the last Sunday of November and Christmas Eve. The focus of this time is the anticipation of the second coming of Christ and reflection upon his first coming at Christmas. Some church denominations focus on the confession and repentance of sins at this time of year while others reflect joyfully on the initial arrival of our Lord and Savior. However your church celebrates, let me wish you a joyful Advent season. Continue reading
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Holiday Prep Day 4- Let’s Give Thanks This Year
I’ve gradually been getting sick for a couple of days and am staying in bed today trying to get better before the big turkey day, but today I just had to post a special entry.
Thanksgiving is not about the food or the clean home, although all of those things make us feel warm inside and add to wonderful memories with our loved ones. Thanksgiving is truly about giving thanks to God for the blessings in our lives and giving thanks to those around us who make our lives so special. Continue reading
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Holiday Prep Day 7- Commence the Detail Clean
In my book, there is ‘clean’ and then there is ‘detail clean.’ Detail clean is something that happens twice a year at our house- Thanksgiving and Christmas. This is that magical time of year when I actually dust the tops of the ceiling fan blades, clean the couch cushions {instead of just flipping them over}, seek out the cobwebs that lurk in our bedroom, and vacuum the rooms no one would ever really go into anyway {it’s safe to assume at this point that I was implying those rooms are never vacuumed otherwise}. Continue reading
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Holiday Prep Day 8- SHOP!
I LOVE shopping for Thanksgiving food. Shoes? Hate shoe shopping. Clothes? Nope. But shopping for the goodies to grace our table on Thanksgiving day? I love it! We just got in from our big Turkeyday haul, and it just gets me so excited for next Thursday to arrive. I can’t wait. Continue reading
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Love Makes A Family {by mommyponders} 