My Life

What I Can See With My Lamp
I’ve got some heavy news to share today. It’s been unfolding for three weeks now, and I’m finally ready to write about it. Fall has already been such a busy season. I’ve mentioned before how [...]
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 [...]

Mini Van!? Help!

By Natalie|2015-09-24T09:29:38+00:00September 24, 2015|Categories: My Life, Simple Living|Tags: baby #4, cars, family, four kids, minivan, toyota, vehicle|

What is significant about September 24th? For me it's that my due date is November 24th and that means 2 months from now I will more than likely be holding my baby girl. So things are starting to get real [...]

Breakthrough!

By Natalie|2015-09-21T10:48:27+00:00September 21, 2015|Categories: My Life|

I have a major announcement that has been years in the making. Today is a big day for our family and it makes me so happy to get to share this with all of you. I know that most of [...]

My #1 Son

By Natalie|2015-09-04T00:02:00+00:00September 4, 2015|Categories: Motherhood, My Life|Tags: 8, birthday, milestones, Z|

There really isn't anything significant about turning 8 and yet somehow Z is changing so much all of the sudden! It really snuck up on me, but I first noticed it when I did my run down of asking [...]

Thoughts From My 7 Year Old

By Natalie|2015-09-03T14:17:01+00:00September 3, 2015|Categories: Family, My Life, Uncategorized|Tags: 7 year old, birthday, look back and laugh, Z|

Tomorrow Z turns 8. This will be the last time I do a post about the funny things he said through the year. He's getting so mature I don't want to embarrass him when he is in 3rd grade and [...]

Living in Holland (Thoughts From a Special Needs Mom)

By Natalie|2023-06-12T06:26:27+00:00August 31, 2015|Categories: Cochlear Implants, Hearing Loss, Motherhood, My Life, Our Hearing Loss Journey, Parenting Tips, Special Needs, Uncategorized|Tags: cochlear implants, deaf, diagnosis, disability, hearing loss, holland, implants, motherhood, special needs, stages|

If you have a child diagnosed with some form of special needs then you have probably come across the "Welcome To Holland" essay by Emily Perl Kingsley. Basically it compares the shock of finding out your child has a disability to [...]

First Week of School 2015

By Natalie|2015-08-21T20:39:56+00:00August 21, 2015|Categories: Lifestyle, My Life, Schooling, Uncategorized|

I have felt really optimistic about this first week of school until it all came crashing down today. J has had to take over car pooling/kid watching due to me having a fever and barely being able to breath or [...]

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