Ezra
Ezra was born into our family in the fall of 2010. He's expressive, precocious, loving, cute, a big talker, and all-boy. He loves trains, cars, airplanes, and anything else that moves and makes noises. These posts are his story.
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Learning to Treasure the Little Childhood Moments
Since Russ went back to Afghanistan after RnR, I’ve really been struggling. Struggling with what? Well, just…everything. I think that 90% of the time I feel utterly exhausted and overwhelmed. There’s a song…
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Date Day with Mommy!
"Sometimes, when I am feeling like I need to escape the kids, I find that really what I need is just the opposite! What I need is to CONNECT with my children -…
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Better Days
Not long after I wrote my post about Losin it!, I started having better days. Things tend to work that way… First, God sent me my “Mommy’s Helper,” A young lady in my…
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Thoughts about motherhood on my first Mother’s Day as a new mom
This is my third Mother’s Day. My first Mother’s Day, I celebrated a life in the arms of Jesus, and mourned the loss of our first little one.
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Ezra’s (Cesarean) Birth Story
“Let labor begin on it’s own…” (Lamaze Healthy Birth Practice #1) On the evening of September 6, 2010, this was the one thing I was trying to repeat over and over to myself.…
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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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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…
