Life Lately And we wait. And wait some more. And STILL WAIT EVEN MORE. We have been in the waiting game on the job front for almost a month now. We are supposed to get good news this week…but we will see. On the bright side, we are going to look at houses! (For real…

Life Lately Happy April! I hope you had a wonderful, celebratory, peaceful Easter octave. I got a little cold on Easter that has lingered for several days now, but we nevertheless found ways to celebrate this happy season. My favorite was the Emmaus walk we took together on Monday. We learned that recreating the disciples’…

Life Lately What a week. Potty training combined with every member of the family getting sick one after the other = resuscitation required. I have been putting off potty training because from what I have learned from other people, you basically can’t leave the house for several days so that your toddler has a chance…

When it comes to shopping, I am both particular and incredibly indecisive. This can make gift shopping painful, especially when there is a deadline! For the past several months, I committed to not overthink my purchases. I can’t afford to spend days and days looking for the absolute ‘best’ option. When it came to Easter…

Life Lately Control the controllable. That is one of my favorite mottos and comes in handy when we are facing more uncertainty in life. We can’t control when Stephen finds a job (although he did have an interview this past week!). We can’t control the exact timing of when we move. BUT we can start…

I attribute meeting Stephen to the intercession of Saint Joseph. In my early twenties, I began the practice of praying to him in front of his statue after every Mass. Back then, I attended Mass multiple times a week if not daily—so we saw each other quite a bit. My prayer was always something along…

Life Lately Happy Monday! March is flying by. We spent last weekend out of town again for a job conference that Stephen wanted to attend. It took a turn for the worst Saturday morning when we sat down for coffee and I realized I did NOT feel well. At first, I thought I was just…

Today feels like Spring. It is almost 70 degrees outside and sunny—bless. Life Lately So many thoughts. Henry is getting so big! He’s starting on solids. The hope is that this will help with the middle-of-the-night feeding which has still been happening since November! Monica had no issues sleeping through the night since day one…

I realize it’s been a while since I’ve written anything. This has been partially because Stephen has been gone since October and I’ve been traveling for most of that time, so my schedule is a little out of wack and when I get down time I usually find that I feel too tired to write.…

I’ve talked a little bit on social media about how, as Stephen gears up for his next deployment, his work schedule has been extremely demanding. The poor kid has been working 12+ hour days regularly and sleeping on the boat (which means about a half night’s sleep for him or less) twice a week. This…