Jason and I were recently asked to give the reflection at our church’s annual Marian Lessons and Carols service. Our task: talk about what we expected pre-baby versus what we got one year later. [HA!] We doubt they expected us to be so blunt and irreverent toward parenthood, but we believe retrospective truth is better… Read More ONE and carrot cupcakes
We gathered in the snow. It was one of those random early October snowfalls. The kind that rolled in overnight and begged everyone to cancel their Sunday plans and stay inside, away from the winter that had disrupted their autumn. The fact that we still made the effort speaks volumes given the context. But such… Read More harvest fest and chai cookies
You might as well put a revolving door on our house, because we have been visitor CENTRAL this Spring. It’s taken us some time to recover and reflect on our social season, but despite our exhaustion, our overall sentiment is: please come back. We can’t even begin to explain how much it meant to have… Read More revolving doors and stuffed dates
Anticipation. It’s that feeling you get when you know a package is on its way. Or when you peek over the precipice of a particularly steep ski run. Or those pre-trip jitters that keep you from sleeping before your flight the next morning. Or when some of your favorite people in the world are slated… Read More anticipation and posole
To all of the parents who had children before I did, I’m sorry. I’m sorry I wasn’t excited for your baby shower. I’m sorry I didn’t offer to watch your kiddo or vacuum your floors in those first few months. I’m sorry I barged in on you unannounced expecting everything to be the same. I’m… Read More meal trains and peanut noodles
It’s been two months since our lives were changed forever. Lilia Rebekah Frels arrived on October 24th at 7:15pm, after 48 hours of emotional and exhausting labor. She was 8 lbs, 12 oz of “juicy and cheeky” goodness upon her debut and was a sure favorite of the hospital staff for her angelic face and… Read More lilia and lentils
