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    • Legalism and Grace: How I Left the IFB Movement and Chose Grace
    • Grace: How a Recovering Legalist Moves Forward in Faith
    • Online Writing Portfolio
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    • Our Love Story
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    • Our final military deployment homecoming: finally together forever!
    • Homecoming 2009
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    • 31 Days of Preparing for VBAC {An Introduction}
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    • ADHD Homeschooling: Hacks, Tricks, and Tips for Making It Work
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  • Start Here!
    • Hi, I’m Aprille…
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    • The Story Behind the Header
    • Blog’s Mission Statement
    • Blog Series
    • Top Ten Posts of All Time
    • Legalism and Grace: How I Left the IFB Movement and Chose Grace
    • Grace: How a Recovering Legalist Moves Forward in Faith
    • Online Writing Portfolio
  • Marriage
    • Our Love Story
  • Faith
  • Motherhood
    • Mothering Through Fatigue Blog Series
    • 20 Posts to Encourage Young New Moms
  • Military & Veteran Life
    • Encouragement and Resources for the Military Wife
    • Our final military deployment homecoming: finally together forever!
    • Homecoming 2009
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    • 31 Days of Preparing for VBAC {An Introduction}
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  • Little Brother,  Pregnancy & Birth

    Little Brother’s Birth Story {the long version with pictures and video}

    / October 2, 2015 / 14 Comments

    Little Brother arrived Thursday, September 3rd, 2015 at 5:58PM. He weighed in at 10 lb 1 oz, 22 inches long. I went past my “due date.” This was not all that concerning to…

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  • Health, Wellness, & Self Care,  Little Brother,  Motherhood,  Pregnancy & Birth

    31 Days of Preparing for VBAC {An Introduction}

    / October 1, 2015 / 13 Comments

    I started preparing for VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean) pretty much from the moment I brought Ezra (my first child) home for the hospital. His birth was scary, traumatic, and disappointing. I knew…

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  • YOUNG NEW MOMS
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    20 posts to encourage young new moms {from 3 years of first-time mothering}

    / September 14, 2013 / 3 Comments

    What I do here at Beautiful in His Time is remind moms that life is messy, they aren't alone in the mess, and God can make that mess beautiful - even when it's…

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  • Ezra,  Health, Wellness, & Self Care,  Pregnancy & Birth

    Ezra’s (Cesarean) Birth Story

    / February 27, 2011 / 34 Comments

    “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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  • Ezra,  Health, Wellness, & Self Care,  Motherhood

    Birth Announcement and Recovery Update

    / September 17, 2010 / 12 Comments

    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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  • Ezra,  Pregnancy & Birth

    75% {30 weeks pregnancy update}

    / June 26, 2010 / 0 Comments

    This past Wednesday I reached the 30 week mark of my pregnancy, which now means I’m 75% done!! Only 10 more weeks to go til my due date!

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  • Ezra,  Family,  Health, Wellness, & Self Care,  Pregnancy & Birth

    Pregnancy Update ~ 28 weeks

    / June 9, 2010 / 0 Comments

    It’s been about six weeks since our last update so I figured I should share how our baby is doing. Nothing really has changed except that the baby is growing rapidly and developing…

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