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Continue reading →: 30 years old… 30 weeks pregnant… 30 things I am grateful for!Well, today marks 30 years in the books for me! The big 3-0. In some ways, 30 feels old, and in other ways, I feel my life, even at 30 is just beginning. I was feeling reflective today, so I wanted to write 30 things I am thankful for (in…
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Continue reading →: “Bumpdates:” weeks 28-29
I’m trying to post my “bumpdates” more often so that they’re not as long! Here are the last two weeks: Week 28: Baby boy is almost 15 inches long and weighs two and a quarter pounds. I’ve been using two different websites for my weekly fruit/vegetable size comparisons, and this…
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Continue reading →: Midwives vs. Hospitals: Our decision
I know that China and America are worlds apart (literally) but their views on birth couldn’t be more different. In China, most births happen by C-section. The doctors there are most comfortable performing this procedure; it is faster and more predictable and so this is how births usually go in…
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Continue reading →: “Bumpdates” weeks 23-27
Wow! I can’t believe I just finished my second trimester of being pregnant! Now we’re entering the home stretch and I am so excited to meet our little guy! Week 23: This week Jedidiah is the size of an eggplant- measuring about 11 inches long and weighing just over a…
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Continue reading →: Pregnancy and Chinese hospitals: Qingdao
When we first found out that we were pregnant, obviously we were ecstatic! But later, the reality of finding doctors in China set in. What does that look like? How do things work? What the heck do we do? How in the world will we communicate? Thankfully, like I’ve mentioned…
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Continue reading →: Snow and Ice and Everything Nice
After spending our morning at Siberian Tiger Park (read the post Lions, and Tigers and… Ligers?), we ate a late lunch and then prepared ourselves to head back out into the cold for what we considered the “main event.” The famous snow and ice festival that happens in Harbin, China…
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Continue reading →: Lions, and Tigers, and… Ligers? Harbin, China
For those of you who think you’re having blog post Deja Vu, this is actually a NEW post. You can read about our experience in Chiang Mai, touching and petting tigers at Tiger Kingdom (read the post Lion, and Tigers and Elephants in Chiang Mai! Part 1). With all these…
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Continue reading →: Sister, Sister!
I love being pregnant! (That might sound crazy to some, but I think it is awesome.) But what makes it even better is that I get the chance to be pregnant with two of my closest friends and sisters. That’s right, you heard me! Both sides of the family (the…
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Continue reading →: “Oceans”
This Sunday, back at my church in Texas (Revolution Church), we sang a song that has always moved me, but the timing of this particular song was significant. When we first moved to China just over two years ago, I knew that things weren’t always going to be easy, but…
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Continue reading →: A “Date” day with my parents
Shortly after arriving in Minnesota, and about half-way through the jet-lag, my parents asked if we would be free for a “date” day the first Tuesday we were home. It was about a week after we arrived (we got in on a Wednesday) and our days were pretty free, since…






