Fight the itch, save a life

All pregnant women get itchy, right? It's normal. Your belly is stretching, stretch marks inevitably make their appearance, and you're generally uncomfortable. But what if it's not normal? What if it's actually a life-threatening itch? With Lucy and Catalina, I had a rare condition called Intrahepatic Cholestastis of Pregnancy, a liver condition that can be …

Last year at this time: Sovereign grace behind the scenes

The babies will be 11 months old this weekend, and the closer their birthday gets, the more I have flashbacks to this time last year, my last (huge!) month of pregnancy and the girls' birth. And a funny thing has been happening-- such a thing of grace. The babies' birth wasn't exactly a sweet and …

Some Days You Just Need Netflix

I did it: I let the babies watch TV. It was 7p.m -- bedtime-- and Catalina was wailing in the boppy while Lucy, in nothing but a diaper, cried in the bouncer. A bath was getting cold, no bottle was ready and neither baby was bathed or in her pajamas. The swing didn't calm them, …

24 weeks: Big belly, big girls

​I can sum up week 24 in one week: HUGE. I saw a Baby Center forum post this morning titled "I feel like a heifer." I laughed, because I can completely identify. Since when did my reflection take up the whole mirror? From the time I had a real baby bump through 23 weeks, I …

20-week scan and pink tutus

There's been a lot of excitement around here lately, and as a result, I haven't posted week-by-week updates like I meant to. The biggest update, of course, is our 20-week anatomy scan. The word is in: Girls! We were so thankful to see two healthy, active girls on the ultrasound monitor. Our doctor said they …