faith, a whisk and mascara

I do believe it's been QUITE some time since I blogged...Oops. Being a new momma has occupied a little bit of time. Sweet Caroline was born September 25, 2013 at 9:44 pm after a little less than 4 hours (praise JESUS-He knew that's all I could handle!) of labor. Caroline was 6 pounds even, 19 3/4 inches long and completely beautiful. I'm still in awe looking back at that day. I worked that day until around 1:00, then headed to my doctor to see if I was anywhere near giving birth yet (considering I was already 5 days past my due date). According to my dr, I had't progressed any in FOUR WEEKS....I cried the entire drive home thinking I'd never ever have this baby. When I got home I felt so defeated. I decided I just was NOT going to cook dinner so I ordered a pizza and prayed my husband would be home in time to answer the door when it got to my house so I didn't have to get up. Pitiful. We started eating and about 2 bites in, my stomach started to hu

I realize it's been 7 months since my last post. Oops. I think the holidays got in the way.  First Thanksgiving rolled around, I did one crafty thing, ate and that was over...woo.  Isn't it precious? I made just a week or so before turkey day, so it didn't grace my door for long. Sad.  Of course, after Thanksgiving, everyone is in a mad rush to do Christmasy things. Shopping, crafting, wrapping, cooking, baking, socializing, etc. I tried really hard to cram it all in. Here is a small portion of our December:       It was actually a very nice Christmas season. We got lots of family and friend time. And I made some precious memories with my sweet niece and nephew. Of all the blessings that happened over this past Christmas, we had no idea we'd be blessed even more in January. That's right. God apparently sees us as fit parents. Our little nugget will be joining our family in September. We're excited and nervous all at the sa