Heather’s Home Birth Story

We are TWELVE days away from Luke turning TWO years old! I can’t believe it. If you haven’t read his birth story, I wrote about it here and here. He was my home birth and I truly loved it so much! In honor of his birthday coming up, I wanted to share the story of […]

Ellie’s Birth Story

Here we are! Ellie is N I N E years old today! This story feels like forever ago and yet also still so fresh in my mind. Ellie’s birth changed me for the very first time in such a way that I never knew existed. I know it’s so cliche to say, but the sense […]

Elijah’s Birth Story

*Elijah turned 5 a few weeks ago and in that time I was in the process of moving all of the website over so here is the birth story from August 2013 in all it’s glory. I have writings on my FIRST blog website that goes into greater detail about our faith journey with Elijah […]

Learning to Love My Postpartum Body

Oh friends. I feel like I’ve been waiting to write this post since the day Luke was born. On March 30, 2017, I posted this photo with this caption: “Every birth changes you in unexpected ways. All 3 of mine have been vastly different in every aspect. These past few days I have actually rested […]

5 Things I Wish I Knew: Breast Feeding After Breast Reduction Surgery

Ahhh… Breastfeeding. Today, we are celebrating Luke turning ONE YEAR OLD (insert silent crying here. slow down, kids!) *I* am also celebrating something else today: ONE FULL YEAR of Exclusively Breastfeeding Luke!!! Now, for some women this may be no big deal but for me, it’s a HUGE deal. I grew up with a larger […]

Luke’s Birth Continued…

What a whirlwind day having Luke was! He is MORE than everything we could’ve ever dreamed our third baby could be. He is absolute perfection in our eyes! We got to sit in the tub for a few moments looking at his sweet face and soaking in all the goodness before we decided to move […]

Our Precious March Surprise!

This story is so near and dear to my heart. I wrote about Luke’s birth nearly one year ago today! Time flies. I will share my first two births this year with all of you as well but for now… let’s start with baby #3: March 27, 2017 started out much the same as every […]

Fan the flame.

` Well hello friends! Welcome to my little writing space! It sure does take some time to be able to sit down with my own thoughts long enough to write my first post. This has been stirring in me for quite some time and I am hoping I can share who I am, where I’ve […]