Author: Babies and Gentleman by Lisa Jines
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To my sweet boy, you are turning two
There are not enough words to describe how much love we have for you. You were the best surprise in the world when you were supposed to be impossible. When the Dr. told me “I’m sorry it will be very difficult for you to ever have children” the world crashed around me. The first time…
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Learning to Breathe- God ordained rest
This past week we spent back east visiting my family. After the ‘adventure’ of two small children on an airplane (that’s for another blog post ) we are happy to be home and all a bit jet-lagged. However, it was truly a restful vacation. We jokingly call my parents house the sleepy house because we…
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Go ahead, choose…
Life with the babies can be difficult at times, and that’s ok. Every day is different and some are better than others. Let’s start with this: you are doing the best you can. We all have days where we wish we could be more, do better and just be…well, MORE for our babies. It…
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Shake it up!
Ok, so I love nail polish. Like have a fond affinity for it, like a child to a teddy bear. I have been collecting and using nail polish sense I was about 12 years old. At that age, I thought it was a really good idea to have neon green and orange alternating nails.…
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To the second time first time mom.
What is this exactly? A mom who has two children in a relative succession. Irish-ish twins if you will. Raising two babies (15 months apart) is…work. It’s work. It’s also an adventure, it’s amazing, it’s a lot of love and grace, and it’s fun. And work. OK, total digression here- anyone who has twins or…
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The Love Chapter
I know some people roll their eyes at another Valentines Day every year, but how did it begin and what does the Bible have to say about love?
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Getting off the bottle- weening my toddler by 18 months
It’s been almost two months sense my 20-month old has been exclusively bottle free. I know ‘technically’ your child should be fully weaned by 12 months off their bottle…now that I know I’m not the only one who missed that boat. After listening to the wisdom of an amazing mother of 4, she said simply…
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A boy and his slime
Slime, some hate it, some love it. My boy loves it, and so I. Now that I’ve had a few days in between the great slime creation, I can write to you about how it was done, and most importantly did Big Brother have fun with it? After doing a bit of research on kid safe…
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Clinging to what is good
With everything going on in our country right now. I have felt a little lost, hurt and confused. There are plenty of people in our communities who are acting in the best ways they know how. Sometimes that may not be the way we would respond. It could be responding on social media, protests, community gatherings,…
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