tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4753193842106749410.post2610352576917938490..comments2024-03-27T04:15:43.507-05:00Comments on Blessed to Be: Life Lately & How We Do AdventStephanie @ Blessed to Behttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15432625948200484509noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4753193842106749410.post-27011760751035195932016-12-19T22:40:15.340-06:002016-12-19T22:40:15.340-06:00So happy for you! Love the stories and pictures! So happy for you! Love the stories and pictures! DM + AM https://www.blogger.com/profile/16375817644349023976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4753193842106749410.post-50138489282186707652016-12-18T09:14:14.113-06:002016-12-18T09:14:14.113-06:00Congratulations!! I love, love, LOVE the picture ...Congratulations!! I love, love, LOVE the picture of John Paul kissing your tummy! :)<br /><br />I'm sorry I've been away from reading blogs for so long, but I am really glad that yours was the first on my journey back into the blogosphere...<br /><br />My little boy was reading with me and we both agree that John Paul is the CUTEST "Luke" we have ever seen! :)<br /><br />Also, thank you SO much for the Advent and Christmas season thoughts. Ours is a mixed marriage and so this time of year can be especially challenging. (I feel like I am constantly re-inventing something.) As you prepare for the birth of your little one, please remember us... God willing, we will be a "FOREVER" family by early 2017.<br /><br />A blessed Advent to you... Alive in HOPE!https://www.blogger.com/profile/08541485079082672807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4753193842106749410.post-49427466747746801582016-12-10T18:36:22.023-06:002016-12-10T18:36:22.023-06:00LADY WE NEED TO CATCH UP!!! Although reading this,...LADY WE NEED TO CATCH UP!!! Although reading this, I feel like we kinda did, which is great :) loving these updates and LOVING THAT BUMP! We have vowed to do 3 presents per kiddo as well, holla holla on that choice! Simplify!!! Impressed by your Christmas music restraint...I am weak ;) Miss you and hope you're feeling well! xoxoMamaHolihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11246015208551792427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4753193842106749410.post-60079975963336150542016-12-10T12:59:34.384-06:002016-12-10T12:59:34.384-06:00I hope to do the St. Nick thing with Teresa becaus...I hope to do the St. Nick thing with Teresa because it is so awesome but this year it is pointless. She is too young....but by two-ish, and three..it will be a fun thing to do to add to the excitement of Advent. I love the Halloween costumes as well...we actually gave out candy this year. We usually go out to dinner. How exciting that your due date is fast approaching! Looking forward to seeing pics of your new little one.prayerfuljourneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15549430693172260600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4753193842106749410.post-90609639996515961052016-12-07T13:58:51.198-06:002016-12-07T13:58:51.198-06:0032 weeks already?! Wow! I was just thinking I hadn...32 weeks already?! Wow! I was just thinking I hadn't seen a blog post from you in a while :-) I re read The Birth Partner before Zelie came and found it even more helpful this time around, as I had a frame of reference from Maria's birth to what it was talking about, and it made me realize what could have made her birth go more smoothly. The breathing techniques (and practicing them ahead of time!!) were super helpful too. <br /><br />Your ideas for celebrating Advent/Christmas are almost identical to ours. We hope to do lights on the tree for St Lucy's day but I'm not sure if we will hold off on ornaments until Christmas Eve or do them on Gaudete Sunday (which wouldn't work this year as it's before St Lucy, but next year would only be a week before Christmas). Unfortunately none of that will happen this year because we leave on the 13th for my parents house which will be in full Christmas mode (and so we already did a small tree here because daddy isn't coming with us until almost Christmas). Next year... and we'll have to figure out how to explain to my side of the family why we aren't doing Santa Claus :-/Katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06914343351803930748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4753193842106749410.post-21120911587535320202016-12-07T09:13:32.383-06:002016-12-07T09:13:32.383-06:00Oh and PEANUT BUTTER LASAGNA!!! I need to try and ...Oh and PEANUT BUTTER LASAGNA!!! I need to try and find a way to make this nut free for JJ and I. I can use sunflower seed butter instead. Maybe this will be his Christmas dessert surprise...Kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670331855264293102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4753193842106749410.post-61741136204336352942016-12-07T09:06:05.091-06:002016-12-07T09:06:05.091-06:00Oh my goodness the Halloween costumes are priceles...Oh my goodness the Halloween costumes are priceless! I have never heard of the adults drinking while taking their kiddos trick or treating. Maybe it's a southern thing? I love all of your Advent and Christmas ideas. We try and do similar things accept we exchange gifts with extended family on Christmas Eve and Christmas but exchange gifts with each other on Jan. 6th the Feast of the Epiphany :) Congratulations to making it to 32 weeks! You get to meet your new baby soon!!! Kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670331855264293102noreply@blogger.com