It's time for another post in the Build 'Em Up series with Kelly, Erin, and Courtney. This week the topic is, The Joy of Playing With Your Kids. I love this topic and I am looking forward to gathering encouragement from each of your posts, too.   When I was pregnant with Braylen, I had visions of tea parties and baby dolls. When she was born and I watched her tiny body sleeping soundly through the day, I was simultaneously struck with a conflicting need for her to remain this small forever and for her to quickly get to a point of interaction with me. Slowly, day-by-day, I watched as she went from a sleepy newborn to a baby who put everything in her mouth to a toddler with an … [Read more...]

I am so excited to join Kelly, Erin and Courtney this morning to bring you Build 'Em Up. Today we are talking about Bringing Faith To Life.  I remember looking at Braylen, before her weight was even registering a double-digit reading on the scale, and feeling an overwhelming sense of responbility. I remember the emotions washing over me like a flood, and I almost felt the need to say, wait, I'm not quite ready. When I talk about responsibility, I don't mean the changes that it would bring to our social life or my sleep. When I talk about responsibility, I mean the responsibility of raising a child, of teaching her to be kind, to have a good heart, to love … [Read more...]