There is nothing quite like being sent home from the hospital with two newborns while you, yourself, are still in diapers. Even if you’ve had nine months to wrap your head around it, even if you’ve known you’d have twins since you were eight years old, even if your best friend’s neighbor’s cousin had twins … More Foolproof Ways to Prepare for Newborn Twins
When I was pregnant with my first, I prepared for motherhood as best I could. I read What to Expect the First Year. I researched all of the milestones I had to look forward to before my baby’s first birthday. I was prepared to track her development carefully, making sure to report any concerns to … More Learning to Parent Big Kids
Welcome back to another Sunday newsletter! It’s kind of crazy that it’s been twenty-nine weeks of these. Although this months, I made it a goal to write an article a day, I am sure that once my semester starts next week, these weekly newsletters might be all I write for awhile. And that’s okay! I … More Sunday #29: Nor Height, Nor Depth
This past Monday, it was like a switch flipped, and what feels like postpartum depression hit me like a freight train. It’s too early to tell if it’s truly postpartum depression (PPD), if it’s the hormonal crash from weaning, or something else. All I know is that it feels like I’m back in 2021, when … More 5 Postpartum Habits for When Life Gets Heavy
It is so hard to believe that this upcoming Monday, we will be at the six month mark with our twin girls… six months! An entire half a year! I know that I have said this before, but I swear it is going by so fast this time around, much faster than it did with … More Half a Year with Our Twin Girls
My husband and I welcomed our twin girls into our family on February 23rd, 2026. And then, we were officially a family of seven… I think. See, it’s a little more complicated when you’re a blended family. I’ve written numerous times about how tricky it can be to be a stepmom (read here, here, here, … More And Then There Were Seven…
School is out (for the kids, not for me — law school is eternal), the sun is shining, and summer is here. With the arrival of the Devil’s armpit to North Carolina comes the seemingly endless invites to barbecues, park play dates, pool parties, and birthday bashes. And I have declined almost all of them. I … More Why I Can’t “Just Bring the Twins!”
Several months ago, I had an idea: What if my husband and I took all five kids and the dog camping? My husband and I took just our puppy camping last summer. I had found out that I was pregnant only one day beforehand, and we spent the whole weekend excitedly planning and daydreaming our … More Our First Campout with Five Kids
By all accounts, today marks the end of our last week of the summer. Although my daughter’s first day of school was on Monday, we pulled her out of school on Friday and snuck away for a quick family adventure. But that was our final hoorah of the season, and the rest of our kids … More Sunday #28: “I Keep Losing Jesus!”
The first time I found out I was pregnant was just a few weeks shy of my twentieth birthday, and a few weeks after that, I’m pretty sure I met an angel. My then-husband and I had only been married for a little over four months, and we certainly hadn’t been expecting me to become … More The Angel in the Bathroom
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