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In by Madison MayberrySeptember 6, 2018

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The sweetest little bedroom for Collins is coming

The sweetest little bedroom for Collins is coming together! We have a few things left to do down the road (new window, and new trim) and I couldn’t love it more. It’s a mix of old items (all the furniture is vintage!) and a few new items. It’s soft + sweet and perfectly Collins.
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#kidsbedroom #girlsbedroom #renovation #homedesign #vintagefinds

Tulip Festival fun!

Tulip Festival fun!

I’ve never really been a lipstick gal, but man a

I’ve never really been a lipstick gal, but man are these new lipstick colors I reviewed in today’s LIVE just SO fun! I would never have grabbed this color for myself but I’m glad I gave it a try because - how FUN right?! Check out all 14 shades in stories today!

Our sunshine girl turned six! We couldn’t love y

Our sunshine girl turned six! We couldn’t love you more, Collins! You bring such joy to our family and care so deeply. We are beyond thankful for who God made you to be!

These two “middles” sure will keep me on my to

These two “middles” sure will keep me on my toes but man are they fun and sweet and all the good things, too.

I had the cutest date today before I got to go wit

I had the cutest date today before I got to go with Truett to preschool. Raising a little gentleman is such a joy! Starting him young on learning skills to be a young man who respects and cares for the women in his life. I reminded him of the importance of holding the door open for his date, and asking his date what she wanted to order, and finally how to pay with my credit card. 😄 He’s already such a loving, fun, and courteous little three year old and if I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a dozen times - he is going to make one amazing husband some day!

Hollace is ONE! Be prepared for an abundance of ph

Hollace is ONE! Be prepared for an abundance of photos and over sharing soon, but I always love documenting my kiddos birthday cakes so I can look back and remember. Our little “Hollace Bear” is one so a bear themed cake seemed appropriate and I love how it turned out!
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#birthdaycake #firstbirthday #birthdaycakeideas #cake #cakesmash

Almost one year of knowing you, sweet boy. If I’

Almost one year of knowing you, sweet boy. If I’m honest, what some of you probably picked up in subtle ways following me over the years was this…. The years following Truett’s birth, heart surgery, eye surgery and Truett’s general lack of emotional responsiveness the first six months after he was born were years where I carried significant anxiety and PTSD. Coupled with COVID, and all that it brought into life as we know it, and it wasn’t a season where I was anywhere close to thriving. All the while, I was praying over the idea of having another baby. I sought out doctors for advice (both Ainsley and Truett had significant scary health issues at birth) I sought out the advice of Godly friends, I prayed. I didn’t hear anything. I prayed and waited some more. God met me in the waiting. He didn’t give me an answer in the way I was looking for, but His quiet voice was clear in time…. “You won’t find your answer in science. The doctors won’t be able to give you certainty that you’re seeking. But I didn’t give you a spirit of fear, and making a choice in fear is not what I want for you.”
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I felt a strong sense that God wasn’t saying yes OR no. That he wasn’t saying it would be wrong to stop with three but that He was most certainly leaving the door open for me to step forward with a fourth.
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But even after I got pregnant (and subsequently lost that next baby at 10 weeks) and then pregnant again, it wasn’t as if the fear was erased. I walked with deep fear each day of my pregnancy with Hollace - sometimes teeth chattering and tears streaming down my face - continually turning over each new fear to God. Daily. Sometimes hourly.
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If you’re in a season of waiting. A season of fear and anxiety, or a season of loss, my hope is to encourage you to remember that the One who made you knows you intimately and wants you to pour out your heart to him in whatever valley you are waking through. He is faithful in His plan, His timing, and His ways. ❤️
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“Lord, hear my prayer, listen to my cry for mercy; in Your faithfulness and righteousness come to my relief.“ Psalm 143:1

Just willing spring weather to come in Iowa by dre

Just willing spring weather to come in Iowa by dressing for spring. Hands down my favorite jeans + top these days as warmer weather (hopefully) approaches. Linking them both in stories today!

Twinning with my my not so little girl today. This

Twinning with my my not so little girl today. This one was gifted the gift of a tender spirit, a kind heart and big feelings. It’s a gift to parent a child with big feelings and emotions - I’m an adult with big feelings 😅 and when she has a hard moment, like this morning before church - filled with BIG feelings, tears and some screaming, after she has calmed down, I pull her close and we sit together and I remind her….
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You never need to fear or be ashamed of your big feelings. God made you with a tender heart and your emotions are a gift. But your emotions are also not who you are - they are just a part of you - and we can move through those hard feelings together and process all you’re feeling. I love you. I’m proud of you. I love the way God made you. And I’m glad I can be a safe place for you to feel what you need to feel.
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Four kids in, and each one is WILDLY different than the other. It’s sometimes challenging to know what each kiddo needs, how they are best connected with and communicated to, how to teach and reach their hearts. But man, when you have a moment where you find that sweet spot, it’s a good good gift as a parent.

Nearly one year with this one and he is just as sw

Nearly one year with this one and he is just as sweet as he was the day he was born.

Took this crew to the first of many park trips for

Took this crew to the first of many park trips for the spring/summer. As I was walking around the playground, baby on my hip while trying to supervise a three year old climbing dangerous things, I thought about how this is my last summer of being truly “in it” with little people At the park in this way. For the last eight years I’ve felt very “in it” juggling babies and toddlers and slightly bigger little people. It’s been such a sweet and all-hands-on-deck season of being a mom of multiple little people. A season that’s slipping through my fingertips faster than I can imagine.
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Lately, I’ve seen sweet younger moms walking with babies and toddlers and I ache for the sweet simplicity of those (often boring yet oh so draining) days where we had no where to be and full days at home ahead of us. The leisurely way we could approach our days. And the desire to sign up for anything we could so I would have at least a couple reasons to break up the monotony of our days at home. 😂😅
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I still have my hands full. This summer I will still have a baby on my hip while I chase after a 3, 5 and 8 year old. My plate will be FULL. But my “young mom” days are behind me, something I’ve realized more and more as my littlest is approaching his first birthday and my others are growing rapidly. My days of having them all at home, with no where to be and nothing to do, are long gone, too.
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So on we go, embracing what IS and trying not to cry too often about what is behind us. Leaning heavily on the fact that moms ahead of me have promised the stage we are entering is OH SO SWEET, too. ❤️

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