Monthly Archives: January 2014

Surviving the One Nap Stage

Posted on January 14, 2014 by Christie

Some of you read the title of this post and probably said, “How about surviving the NO nap stage!” If you are a mom with more than one kid, you may be really laughing at this. Well, I’m not there yet. … Continue reading →

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365 Days of Blessings: Days 103-105

Posted on January 13, 2014 by Christie

  Day 103 (Saturday) Saturday my family was blessed to celebrate my nephews birthday. The party was at a local gym where the kids could run around and play basketball. The facilities also had a little indoor play place – … Continue reading →

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Apple Crumb Cake

Posted on January 12, 2014 by Christie

  Today I thought I’d share with you my favorite apple coffee cake recipe. Several years ago I stumbled across it online and quickly wrote out the recipe. One day I went to make the recipe again and I could … Continue reading →

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365 Days of Blessings: Day 102

Posted on January 10, 2014 by Christie

Can you believe that I just bought diapers for the first time in eleven months? I’d like to tell you that I have a super-child that was fully potty trained before turning one, but that isn’t the case. So how … Continue reading →

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365 Days of Blessings: Days 99-101

Posted on January 9, 2014 by Christie

Have you ever longed for the simple life? The ones where you wouldn’t have to worry about a busted computer or broken phone. The days when you didn’t have to worry about paying $100+ for a license plate sticker, plus … Continue reading →

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31 Days of Praying For Your Husband (Part 2)

Posted on January 8, 2014 by Christie

   Today begins Week 2 of the 31 Day challenge of “Praying for Your Husband”. If you missed Week 1, that’s okay. You may find the first week’s prayers and scriptures passages here. Once again, I created a FREE Printable for … Continue reading →

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Lessons from Motherhood

Posted on January 7, 2014 by Christie

When my husband and I first heard that a birth family had chosen us to parent their baby, and as the days drew closer to his birth, we received a lot of parenting advice from people. Countless times we heard … Continue reading →

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365 Days of Blessings: Days 93-98

Posted on January 6, 2014 by Christie

  Day 93 – New Years Day I am grateful for a church open for prayer meeting. What a better way to ring in the New Year than meeting with other believers and praying? Day 94 Since we’ve had a … Continue reading →

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Praying for our Waiting Adoptive Family

Posted on January 6, 2014 by Christie

Recently I shared where we are at in our adoption process. This journey is long and is proving to be discouraging. I admit, I thought the second adoption would be easier than the first. I thought we would just be updating our … Continue reading →

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What’s for Dinner…? Week 9

Posted on January 3, 2014 by Christie

 Well friends, I don’t know about you but this next week I think I am just going to hibernate. When I look at the weather and see a “high” of -11 (yes, that’s right negative eleven), I think it’s a … Continue reading →

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