A (Super)Bowl of ice cream is just as good

It’s the week of the Super Bowl, and this year, it’s in my city of Indianapolis, less than 5 miles away from my front door. It’s all anyone can talk about, if you live in the Circle City. Since I’m a bucket list kind of girl, anytime I get a chance to do something out [...]

Day by Day, Hour by Hour, Child by Child

It was last year around this time, that I was sitting in a writing session at the Blissdom Conference in Nashville, and I learned about a book called Bird by Bird, by Anne Lamott. While the theme of the book is based on becoming a better writer, there are also tons of little nuggets of [...]

Paul, you were born on a cold and windy night…

(those were the words jokingly spoken by Michael, as he quickly rounded the corner, driving us to the hospital) The story of how Paul came into the world: 2:00 pm: My due date was the 10th, and I had a routine 40 week doctors appointment schedule for the afternoon of the 12th. Since I was [...]

Welcoming, Paul Richard

Paul Richard Elling January 13th, 2012 at 2:38 am. 7 pounds, 8 ounces. 20 -1/2 inches. ************************* I’m happy to announce that in the wee hours of the night this past Friday, Michael and I welcomed our 4th child and second son, Paul Richard, into [...]

I’m Still Standing (yeah yeah yeah)

I don’t suffer from pregnancy related insomnia this time around nearly as bad as I did when I was pregnant with Gage. I highly contribute it to drinking this little magnesium cocktail (which you can buy on amazon, or any health food store), every night about an hour before I go to bed. (And it’s [...]

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