That 4-Month Sleep Regression
…and 3 things every first time mom should know As a first-time mom, you do so much reading and googling. Looking up every little thing is just a right of passage into motherhood in this day and age. Is this normal? Is my baby peeing enough? The list just goes...
A Look Back on Our Wedding Day
Do you ever look back on your wedding day? The excitement, the tears, and the love? A couple of weeks ago my husband and I celebrated our second year of marriage. It came so quickly, I feel...
The 4th Trimester: What’s not talked about
The 4th trimester. I had never given much thought to it you know. There’s a lot of information out there about pregnancy and birth but not much on postpartum. I was so excited for when my baby would come. Huge bonus I would not be pregnant anymore. I wrote a brief...
5 Favorite Children’s Books
Our favorite 5 children’s books and why we chose to start reading to Malachi at such a young age. ***This post contains affiliate links. Clicking these links and making purchases provides a small compensation to me to help me keep writing and maintaining...
Malachi’s 3 Months Old
My baby is 3 months old. Some days I can’t even believe. I look at him sleeping or laughing with his dad and I just can’t believe he is growing this fast. Waiting for him to get here felt like forever, the first couple weeks felt like a long time too (I think sleep...
Pregnancy, Labor and Essential Oils
Surviving Pregnancy and Labor with Essential Oils Pregnancy, Labor and Essential Oils – greatest thing ever. I’m sure by this point lots of you have heard lots about essential oil, either from friends or coming across them at markets (if you do that kind of...
Essentials for Camping with a Baby
Growing up family vacations was my favorite. Making memories, discovering the world with mom and dad by our sides (cheesy, I know). Most kids as they grow up don’t enjoy family vacations as much because who wants to hang out with mom and dad. Other families...
A Prayer for my Son
Dear Lord, Thank you for the precious gift of being this little boy’s mom. I thank you for creating him and choosing me to be his mom. I thank you for helping me to grow and nurture him before he his was born and now that he is born that you help me to continue to do...
The Struggle of Being Still
How I struggle to be still and what I plan to do about it. Do you struggle with finding time with God? Struggle to turn off all the to-do lists and things you can’t stop thinking about that need to be done? Do you struggle to be still? Can you tell when you haven’t...About Me
I’m Crystal, the voice behind this blog. I am a wife and a mom to be, and love being a part of ministry, specifically children’s ministry and youth. I’m new to this stage of life and I want to share with others who are courageously navigating motherhood, marriage and ministry. I’m always up for learning, I dab in essential oils, DIY crafts and journals, healthy living and taking care of my family, while trying to find some time for me.