Musings of a Brave China Doll

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Understood

It’s a BOY!
Grant will have a baby brother in September and I will officially be outnumbered! We are so excited we will have two little boys so close in age who will hopefully grow up to be best friends.
In other news, we’ve lived in California for over three months now. Although my view of it [...]

SURPRISE!

I have a riddle for you:
2
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2
Yes, sirree, I am pregnant with our second baby! I’ll have 2 under 2 for 6 weeks until Grant turns 2!
To say that it was a surprise would be a gross understatement. But a joyful surprise nonetheless!
So, I wasn’t exactly “planning” on having another baby the second I got here. [...]

Brighter Days

Each day we try to do something and get out. The weather is absolutely beautiful here. Last week, we had weather in the mid-70’s and this week it’s been in the 60’s. No humidity, blue skies and sunshine. These are a few of my favorite things!
Tuesday we went to Disneyland.  We also ventured out to [...]

We’re Here

The mountains outside our apartment.

Well, we’re here. We now reside in Burbank, CA 91501.
The last two weeks have been quite emotion-packed, faith-stretching and laden with change. More than I ever could have anticipated.
I feel like I’ve lived a lifetime in the last two plus weeks and that my life in Georgia was just a dream. [...]

California, here we come

Josh and the 26 ft Penske truck we rented along with a caravan of cars and family pulled out today.
The destination? Burbank, California.
I watched them pull out before dawn with tears in my eyes – the image and moment forever etched in my mind.
Everything is about to change. Everything. We’re ready to chase our dreams, [...]

30

Yours truly is officially 30. I was celebrated so sweetly by all of my friends and family. Josh set up a “birthday hotline” as a surprise to me and asked people to call in and give me birthday wishes. I was so overwhelmed — nearly to tears. Thank you so much for making me feel [...]

Happy First Birthday, Grant

My baby is 1. We survived the first year. All of us.
Nursing. Need I say more? Sleeping through the night. Not sleeping through the night. Reflux. Endless amounts of spit-up and laundry because of the reflux. Introducing solid food. Figuring out to give gripe water for gas and teething pain. Learning that teething tablets and [...]

Traditions

One of the traditions in our family is to wake up the birthday person with a muffin and the “birthday bear” and sing Happy Birthday. As you can tell, it makes even the youngest birthday boy feel special.
Traditions are fun to carry out and to start. What is a special tradition in your family?

First Birthday Party

Can it be true? Can it already be time to celebrate our baby’s first birthday? We had a Winnie the Pooh themed party and Grant’s favorite part was definitely the cake, followed closely by the new dump truck he received.

Fun Fall Afternoon

One recent afternoon we headed outside and took some pictures of the Autumn leaves and our sweet boy of course. I wanted to document our last Fall for awhile. I am going to miss the Georgia Autumns. Oh leaves, please don’t go…