Every day for the past, oh, three weeks, Pumpkin Doodle has asked at least once a day, “Mom, is the baby still in your tummy?” One day last week, she followed up with, “Maybe God knows that we want him – oops, him or her – to come live with us!”
I’m sure there are people [...]

Seriously, if I could find a way to skip the next 3 weeks or so, I’d do it in a heartbeat. I’m sure there are character lessons in trusting God and realizing I can’t control everything to be learned in this period of uncertainty as I wonder whether I’m carrying a healthy baby or just [...]

Well, I’ve been avoiding writing this post for the last week because I have so many thoughts that I’m just not sure how to put into words.
Last week, we found out I’m pregnant again. I am in total denial at this point because I’m just not sure I can handle another miscarriage right now, and [...]

Although I avoided thinking about it too much at first, we did finally decide to name our baby Sam. It’s still hard for me to grasp that I have these three tiny souls waiting for me in Heaven that I’ll never get to hold or rock, and seeing a pregnant woman still takes my breath [...]

It’s kind of ironic that just 10 days ago I was assuring you that this wasn’t going to become a pregnancy journal, and now I’m assuring you that it’s not going to become a miscarriage journal either. However, I do have some random thoughts to get out of my head so that we can get [...]

I’m so sad to tell you that today I miscarried once again. I am experiencing too many emotions to put into words right now, but I did want to share this with you:

I told God earlier this week that I would praise Him regardless of what happened with this baby, and while I never imagined [...]

I’ve been thinking about these posts since we put our Christmas tree up almost a month ago, but I figured I better wait until most people had their trees up as well! I’d love to share some of my favorite Christmas ornaments with you, and I hope you’ll do the same. Just post on your [...]