My Life

Dreams, Goals, and Habits
It's here! It's here! A shiny new year full of possibilities. Call me an optimist but I love New Year's Day. I have a lot of dreams and ambitions for 2025 so I am going to narrow it down to 10 things.
This is Me
I remember when I was 22. It feels ridiculously too recent. Surely 10 years have not flown by! It’s just not possible. I am still as youthful, relevant, and spunky as ever right? Sometimes I [...]
My Loud Dishwasher
Most of my adult life I have been washing dishes by hand. I know it shocking that there are people in AMERICA in the 21st century that do not have dishwashers, but it's true! I [...]

Awaiting the ABR… Again

By Natalie|2023-06-12T06:29:15+00:00December 16, 2015|Categories: Babies, Hearing Loss, My Life, Our Hearing Loss Journey, Pregnancy & Birth|Tags: ABR, babies, baby, baby #4, christmas, connexin 26, deaf, development, hearing loss, milestones, motherhood|

Elle is now 5 weeks old. She had her one month check up this week and is now 10 pounds 22 inches. The Doctor has been extremely impressed by her growth. Here is a side by side from her first [...]

The Haircuts

By Natalie|2015-12-10T14:44:43+00:00December 10, 2015|Categories: My Life|

I wanted to do a full blown photoshoot of SJ and I with our new haircuts, but I don't see it happening anytime soon. It gets dark so early and we're all busy with the Holidays and what not. Anyway, [...]

Elle’s Birth Story

By Natalie|2016-03-22T19:44:41+00:00November 15, 2015|Categories: My Life, Natural Living, Pregnancy & Birth|Tags: baby number 4, birth, Elle, unassisted birth, van|

When I planned to have my baby at a birthing center that was an hour from our house I got a lot of different reactions from concerned people thinking that would be too far of a drive. However, this was [...]

She’s Here

By Natalie|2015-11-13T22:16:02+00:00November 13, 2015|Categories: Babies, My Life, Pregnancy & Birth|

The review I posted Wednesday was already written and scheduled, other than that I haven't blogged at all since Monday November 9th when I announced baby Elle's name. The reason for this is because I had baby Elle on Monday night. [...]

Super Amazing Wonderful Praise Report

By Natalie|2015-10-29T13:41:42+00:00October 29, 2015|Categories: My Life|

This is the picture that was on the website. We got a van. That's the big news. I know it may not sound exciting, but it is. We are still pinching ourselves disbelief and it's just crazy how it [...]

What I’m Reading

By Natalie|2015-10-20T23:05:02+00:00October 20, 2015|Categories: My Life|Tags: audio books, books, girl on a train, kiss, reading, secrets of an organized mom, ted dekker|

My library trips have slowed down quite a bit since school started, but I still have instant access to ebooks and audio books so I've been mostly sticking with that. By the way, a little update that I briefly mentioned [...]

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