Just before or after my birthday I like to reflect on the year that has just passed. If I were to sum up the last year I would definitely say it’s been a good year – a year of Gods goodness and seeing God’s victory in our lives. A year ago the lion was not sleeping which meant we were also not sleeping. It had gotten to the point where our pediatrician had offered to give us a sedative to break any bad sleeping habits. The lion had water behind his ear, which we treated first and it helped BUT […]

Urban dictionary defines tribe as “a group of friends that would do anything for each other, at just about any time. Friends that have been together for a decade or a day, but are loyal, loving, honest, and fun-loving. The Tribe consists of people that you expect to grow old together with, and by sharing amazing experiences, these are people on whom you will collect all the best dirt on throughout your life. “ I love this definition because it is so true about the amazing group of people I do life with. Over the past two years as a new mom I have really […]

This past week has been a rough week – well the past month has been rough but I think this past week took the cake. The baby lion had a mad fever, (mad as in 39.9 degrees). This meant that no one was sleeping, which wasn’t anything different than our new normal. We transitioned him from the cot to the “big boy bed”. This meant he could climb out of bed, run into our room and call out “MOMMY” at random intervals during the night. We decided on the 1000 walks approach for sleep training him and keeping him in […]