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A New Life Begun
My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and…
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My Facebook Friends (and other life decisions)
A late-night comedian/talk show host named Jimmy Kimmel declared November 17, 2010 to be “National Unfriend Day…” which is “…a new holiday he hopes will inspire Facebook users to unfriend the social networking…
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Recovery Update ~ 4 weeks
Today Ezra is 4 weeks old! He has grown immensely in the last month and is changing and acting more grown up every day…it’s astonishing! It took him about 2 1/2 weeks, but…
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Ezra Kurt…the significance
It was very important to both Russ and I that our child’s name be a name that not only did we both like, but also something that had significance to us, and a…
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Birth Announcement and Recovery Update
Ezra was born September 7th, 10:32 PM. He weighed 9 lbs 13 oz and was 21 1/2 inches long. When I ended up delivering Ezra by cesarean (that is a long story in…
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40 week update and pictures!
Well, it seems that Squirt has decided to surprise everyone and stay in mommy’s tummy a bit longer! We really thought we would have our baby by now, but I guess Squirt wants…
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37 weeks!
My baby is now “full-term”…which means I’m pretty much living in “any day now” mode. I think that the last month of pregnancy is definitely the most difficult, especially in this heat! I…
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Songs for Military Members and Military Wives
This is a list of songs that I listened to over and over while my husband was deployed and came to be pretty special to me. Music is great therapy when you are…
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Getting Closer!!!!! {36 weeks pregnancy update}
Well, baby is almost here!! I’ll be 36 weeks this coming week, and it appears that Squirt really wants to come out!!! Baby is dropping lower every day, and I’ve been having a…
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Deployment and pregnancy (a lot in common)
I laid in bed the other night struggling to find a comfortable position in which to sleep. Amongst all of the tossing and turning I was struck with the realization that “I’ve done…
