Dec 23. We continued our Christmas adventures by heading to Chicago around 11am ET. We ate lunch in the parking garage at Millennial Park and then walked around. We were amazed and grateful it was a sunny warm day (50F) without any wind. Emily preferred to walk around without any specific destination which we did for…
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Our Little Christmas
I feel like I have officially entered motherhood with all of my little Christmas projects this year. It was so fun to spend my evenings/nights sewing, prototyping, and constructing Emily’s gifts (especially while Andrew was on campus). I watched hallmark movies and had a marvelous time. I made a play mat that cinches up and…
Grateful for Andrew
Holy cow this week. Last night Andrew and I sat at our kitchen table completely exhausted and utterly amazed at all that we did and know that only with miracles are we still alive. I honestly don’t know half of what Andrew did this week. He was up until 3 am twice and only went…
Moments
Emily loves putting on her (and our) winter apparel. Andrew helped her out with his gloves and she loved waving her arms around in them. She reminds us of a penguin/hockey player with them on. I had to run an errand without Emily so Andrew came home and spent some time with her and made…
Christmas Joys
This year I have been surprised by how powerful the little things we are doing as a family this Christmas season have been in helping us remember Jesus Christ. I made a scripture advent book about the life of Christ last year. I’ve been trying(!) to remember to read the scripture to Emily each day…
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DIY Floating Shelves
With my sticky note list system and lots of measuring I decided that 30 inch floating shelves would work perfectly downstairs in between the kitchen and living room area. After lots of trips to Home Depot, Lowes, and many hours online, I learned that shelves just don’t come 2.5 feet long. Then I tried to…
Thanksgiving
Our Thanksgiving adventures began on Tuesday at 3:30 when Emily and I picked up Andrew with our loaded car, ready to head to Iowa. We made one stop halfway through at subway for a quick diaper check and then we were good to go. We made great time and Emily was a trooper. At 6:00…