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  • Start Here!
    • Hi, I’m Aprille…
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    • 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
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    • 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
  • Pregnancy & Birth
    • 31 Days of Preparing for VBAC {An Introduction}
  • Homeschooling
    • Homeschooling special needs: a story of transformation
    • ADHD Homeschooling: Hacks, Tricks, and Tips for Making It Work
  • Preschool Years
    • Home preschool resources for the tired, non-creative, busy mom
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    • DMDD: Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder – Our “Missing Piece”
    • 31 Days of Supporting the Special Needs Family
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  • Home
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  • Start Here!
    • Hi, I’m Aprille…
    • Contact Me!
    • 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}
  • Homeschooling
    • Homeschooling special needs: a story of transformation
    • ADHD Homeschooling: Hacks, Tricks, and Tips for Making It Work
  • Preschool Years
    • Home preschool resources for the tired, non-creative, busy mom
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    • DMDD: Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder – Our “Missing Piece”
    • 31 Days of Supporting the Special Needs Family
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  • Little Brother,  Pregnancy & Birth

    17 Weeks Bumpdate

    / March 20, 2015 / 1 Comment

    This pregnancy is definitely going by more quickly than Ezra’s did. Things are continuing to go very smoothly. As far as symptoms, I’m dealing with mild Braxton Hicks and round ligament pain, headaches…

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  • Ezra,  Motherhood

    The one where being the fun mom bites me in the butt

    / March 12, 2015 / 5 Comments

    Alternately titled The one where I perform surgery on a vacuum cleaner or Aprille and her no-good, terrible, very-bad, horrible, awful idea or Never let your 4-year-old play with packing peanuts no matter how fun it seems.…

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  • Ezra,  Little Brother,  Motherhood,  Pregnancy & Birth,  Special Needs Parenting

    Fear {on parenting a high needs child when planning for the next one}

    / February 27, 2015 / 11 Comments

    Special needs moms: How do you do this? How do you get past the fear and enjoy the thought of having another child? How do you go on to parent another child when…

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  • Miscellaneous,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Pregnancy & Birth,  What I Learned

    What I learned in February 2015

    / February 27, 2015 / 8 Comments

    1. Apparently, pregnancy carpal tunnel syndrome is a thing. I thing I have. It comes and goes but when it comes, it comes  – and I feel like I must have slept with…

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    Beauty in the Mess,  Birthdays,  Pregnancy & Birth

    Beauty in the Mess ~ Edition 02.25.15

    / February 25, 2015 / 0 Comments

    I’m beginning to love February about as much as I love January…which isn’t all that much. In the last week and a half, we have had one holiday, three snow days, and three…

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  • Little Brother,  Pregnancy & Birth

    11 Week Bumpdate

    / February 5, 2015 / 6 Comments

    I’m currently 11 weeks along in this pregnancy, so it’s time for a bumpdate! Baby is growing (obviously). There’s been no hiding this child for the last few weeks. I’ve been feeling baby…

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  • Miscellaneous,  Pregnancy & Birth

    What I learned in January 2015

    / January 31, 2015 / 2 Comments

    Linking up today with Emily Freeman over at Chatting at the Sky sharing a little bit of January happenings and what I’ve learned this month. Also, because blogging was on my to-do list…

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  • Family,  Motherhood,  Pregnancy & Birth

    New Year, New Life

    / December 31, 2014 / 14 Comments

    ‘Twas the Sunday before Christmas and we went to the park as a family, where we gave Ezra a sign and asked him to read it. He sounded out the first word pretty…

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  • Motherhood,  Pregnancy & Birth,  Special Needs Parenting

    Encouragement for the Pregnant Special Needs Mom

    / October 15, 2014 / 8 Comments

    And that power will pull you through the difficult times when you are carrying life inside you and carrying a special one in your arms.

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  • Motherhood,  Pregnancy & Birth

    Imprints on my heart {a post about pregnancy and early miscarriage}

    / June 18, 2014 / 8 Comments

    I'm thankful for the word pregnant on an EPT. Because that was mine, and no one can ever take it away from me.

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