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While I wait, again.
Some thoughts from what God is teaching me right now.❤️ I hope it encourages and blesses you. Happy Friday!🍒 “While I Wait” by Lincoln Brewster Xoxo, Fellow mamma, Shantel 🫶🏻
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Better than a hallelujah
This week was hard for me. Things added up on my plate, my mind, my heart. I found myself crying out to Jesus for help many days, and feeling frustrated I couldn’t handle life with grace. I heard this song on the radio yesterday that I haven’t heard in over a decade. It broke…
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The End of a Season. A Reflection of Nursing and the Bond with my Babies.🤍
“Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, yet I will not forget you.”Isaiah 49:15 ESV If you have a nursing infant or have nursed, then (usually) you know the bond and emotional attachment you have between you and…
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Anxiousness – it’s last chapter.
You can’t go more than 2 feet out your door without encountering someone with anxiety today. It’s literally everywhere and a part of society like gum to the bottom of a shoe. As moms, it’s one of those things that hits hard after a newborn, in the postpartum phase. You think of way too…
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1 year with our Harrison Cooper
This year has flown past. Literally. With our first 2 babies, time didn’t seem to go quick as it has been. But with our 3rd, it’s felt like a freight train at full speed never stopping. I blinked and he was 1. I have a love hate thing with watching my babies grow. I’ve…
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“A Night in the Life”
I haven’t been too good with sharing updates in Harrison’s life as he’s growing. It’s true when moms talk about getting to their 3+ kids that you have to really hone in on your priorities because your time is limited. Overall tho, he’s been the easiest and most go with the flow child even…
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3 years of sissy, our Felicity-girl’s birthday.
Firstly, where did the last 3 years go, and how am I old enough to have another one of my kids turn 3?! Since becoming a family of 5 this last year I feel like our world spins even faster. Felicity turning 3 just feels odd since we brought her home what seems like…
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Family Vacation – St George, Utah. Guide for Young Families
I’ve gotten thru mooost of the unpacking and laundry from our trip, and so I’m sitting down justifying a minute to myself to share all about our trip this last week. We had so much fun and it honestly felt so surreal taking our first, just us, family vacation with our five-some. Where did…
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Life changes. The Good, The Bad, and POTS
Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, it’s what I was diagnosed with last week after doing testing and lab work. Honestly, I’m not even too upset about it, though there’s no cure. But thankfully, it’s not a life threatening condition, just something I will have to adjust life around for the foreseeable future. The good part?…
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Harrison’s lip + tongue tie.
Been a bit of a whirlwind this past month. We’re finally getting back into a new norm after the holidays, and doing a little better at managing things. 😄 So here’s the scoop on little bubs ties. At Harrison’s 2 month checkup in December, I found out he was very slow at gaining weight.…