On April 19, Andrew was baptized! I’m not sure if I blogged about the other boys’ baptisms, but one reason it’s been on my mind to write about it this time is that Andrew’s baptism has b...
https://dailybricks.wordpress.com/2015/05/03/the-sign-of-the-covenant/
Andrew has been such an easy addition to our family! I wasn’t worried about the transition from 3 to 4 children at all because the boys have always seemed to carry a “the more the merrier” ...
https://dailybricks.wordpress.com/2015/05/03/andrews-first-3-months/
That day when you resisted being held close. That day when you gave up and relaxed against my chest. That day when we baked bread together, mixing, kneading, rising, forming. That day when your M...
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet was without sin. Let us then approach the...
https://dailybricks.wordpress.com/2015/03/01/welcome-andrew-a-birth-story/
I gave birth to Andrew 11 days ago. I continue to marvel at how God delivered Him and me through a beautiful labor I didn’t know was possible. God’s love and mercy and His very presence w...
https://dailybricks.wordpress.com/2015/01/27/worship-in-the-baby-blues/
When I was pregnant with Peter, I decided that this hymn would be Peter’s hymn. When he came home from the hospital, we began singing or humming this to him before every nap and every bedtime...
I’ve never had to think so much about obedience as in the last year. My brain and my body hurt from thinking about obedience. I talk about obedience all day long. And I am exhausted. We are rai...
https://dailybricks.wordpress.com/2014/04/25/the-sacrifice-of-obedience/
Today as I was browsing Facebook after putting the last naptime fighter down, I ran across this article entitled “I’m Done Making My Kid’s Childhood Magical.” Immediately I was drawn in, ...
https://dailybricks.wordpress.com/2014/04/01/what-is-your-main-pursuit-in-motherhood/
Yesterday morning. It started with a great breakfast and from there spiraled down quickly. The two-year-olds have become obsessed with “medicine” since we’ve been sick. I told the one s...
https://dailybricks.wordpress.com/2014/01/18/dont-bear-it-alone-he-has-entered-our-mess/
I wish I could say that I have survived the great “potty-cold-a-thon” of 2014, but alas, I’m still in the middle of it. I decided on Dec. 31 to potty train Mark and Tim beginning Jan. 1. ...
https://dailybricks.wordpress.com/2014/01/12/what-is-your-greatest-need/