While I was huffing and puffing through my contractions, I didn’t necessarily enjoy having a camera in my face, especially because I had been laboring alone in the middle of the night by myself for HOURS!  But in hindsight, I’m glad we captured this moment…

I’ve been truly humbled by how good of a dad my husband has turned out to be. I was honestly nervous about what he would be like when Lincoln was born because I never pegged him to be the nurturing type. I’m so happy to…

Today gave me a glimmer of hope for the first time in two months that I could get my groove back. Just yesterday, Lincoln was super fussy all morning and all I could accomplish was drinking water. Today he surprised me by legitimately smiling at…

What I realized as a new mom is that other moms are your greatest resource…they’re better than Google! Tonight my friend Sandy dropped by, after she put her own kids to bed, with 10 quart containers of homemade soup! Then as she witnessed Lincoln crying…

One thing I wasn’t prepared for was something called “the witching hour.” This is when some newborns freak the heck out from around 5pm until midnight, when they’re otherwise a happy camper the rest of the day. Whenever people meet Lincoln they always say, “what…

We’ve officially been inducted into parenthood. On Sunday, we went out to lunch with friends after church and were caught in a dilemma. Lincoln had a really puffy diaper, but there was nowhere to change him in the restaurant’s bathroom. Joe wanted to wait until…