Category Archives: Parenting

As I was thinking about the approach of Mother’s Day this year, I wondered to myself: When Elias is grown, what do I hope he thinks about me as a mother? What do I hope he remembers? What would he … Continue reading →

I have a clean kitchen. It’s one of the things that sort of magically happened after Elias was born. I started doing laundry regularly…I vacuum (almost) every day….I keep a clean kitchen. I mean…it isn’t “magical.” I do the work, … Continue reading →

I am excited to announce that we finally seem to be coming to a stage where Elias will sit on my lap and listen to me reading him a book! Those of you who have followed this blog know that … Continue reading →

I’ve been trying to live more intentionally. As a mother, a Christian, a wife, but mostly just as a person. I’ve been trying to notice the little things. I’ve been trying to stop and just live life in the moment…not … Continue reading →

Today Elias and I went to the Play Boutique for the monthly meeting for the North Beaverton MOMS club. I joined about a month ago, and I’ve been meeting some other moms in the area. Play Boutique let the club … Continue reading →

I want to remember the little things. Of course I want to remember all the milestones for Elias such as when he started walking…or his first word…things like that. But I want to remember the little things too. I want … Continue reading →

Parenting is teamwork. I could go on and on praising my wonderful husband, and how good it is to have a partner like him in raising our child. He changes diapers and helps with chores and plays with our son. … Continue reading →

Sometimes I put Elias in his room to play so that I can shower. We have a baby gate that goes across his doorway so that he stays in the “safe zone.” No cats, no breakables or chokeables…you get the … Continue reading →

Before my son was born, I had a lot of ideas about how things would go. I can go back now and just laugh at myself. Oh how naive I was! But I really did have hopes about how things … Continue reading →