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Sibling Spacing: What’s the Perfect Formula?
My sister and me at ages six months and four years old. I just want to start by saying we’re not quite ready for a second baby. I mean, I’m really not sure how people do it — pregnant a second time...
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Reenacting Old Family Photos
Last week Adelaide and I flew to Texas for a vacation and family reunion. She was super excited to fly in an airplane and see Papa Eugene, Grandma Ruth, Aunt Gina and her cousins. Although this was...
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Mother’s Day
My sister posted this image on Facebook earlier this week. If I had to guess, I’d say it was taken Mother’s Day 1984–exactly 30 years ago. I wish I could make out the writing on the letter I’m holding...
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Six!
Photo by Tammy Bradshaw Photography, November 2013 Today is our six-year wedding anniversary. For those following along at home (or new to this blog), you can review the posts I wrote for our five-year...
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With turning 3 comes great responsibility.
If you follow me on Instagram or Twitter (or have seen me recently) you’ve already heard the news, but our family is very excited to announce we are expecting a baby in early January, 2015. Adelaide is...
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Pregnancy Loss, a personal story
The following is a post I wrote last October 15th, shortly after discovering it was Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day. I wanted to publish this post then, but I chose not to. Part of me wanted...
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Pickle Ornament Christmas Tradition {25 Blogs of Christmas}
Christmas 2007 was my last Christmas as an unmarried person. Tim and I became engaged that summer and although we had already taken turns spending the holidays with each other’s family, we decided that...
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She’s here!!
Photo by Helen Horstmann-Allen I’d like to formally announce the birth of my second daughter, Juniper Love. June was born at 3:01 am on Tuesday, January 13. She was a surprising 9lbs 4oz and 20.5″...
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Exciting News!
When I first started this blog, I named it “Next Life Chapter” because I was starting the new chapter of motherhood. Plus, I liked that the blog could grow with me. There will always be a next chapter....
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Moving Day: One Year Later
Tim in front of our rowhome, right before we left for the airport, our van in the foreground Today is May 2–exactly one year ago today my husband and I woke up from a night spent sleeping on an air...
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