I already feel like time is speeding along! I was and am very grateful for the “good days” I had last week. Unfortunately this week has been a bit harder for me. I think my hormones are just being a little fickle. Starting Monday morning I’ve been quite a bit more tired each day, especially…Continue Reading “Pregnancy Update // 16 Weeks”
It’s surreal to be here again, anticipating new life and embracing all the pregnancy and baby things once again. Some unique facts about this pregnancy: This was a planned pregnancy. We had been praying about it for a number of years and trying for a few months before we found out we were expecting. This…Continue Reading “Pregnancy Update // 15 Weeks”
Pregnancy Announcement – Baby #4! Back in January we announced our 4th pregnancy and now that I’m finally coming out of the fog of the first trimester, I wanted to document it here. Having another baby has been a subject of prayer over the last few years and now God had brought us to this…Continue Reading “One More to Adore!”
I still can’t believe my baby is 4 years old!!! I think back to that first birthday, with a unicorn cake and all that rose gold. Little did I know just how much she would end up loving the color pink. She was already so adorable and full of personality! Since then she just amazes…Continue Reading “Mermaid Party – Remi’s 4th Birthday Celebration”
I won’t say much here. Partly because I don’t need to sink into nostalgia today. Lol! I’ll simply link to my sweet girl’s birth story and her newborn photos and post some cute pictures. The main focus of her birthday this year was a cake. It began a couple months before her birthday. She came…Continue Reading “Remi turns 3”
The Picking I’m a sucker for an experience. Offer me a chance to haul my brood to pick cherries from a tree during the golden hour and I will jump at the chance! Thanks to the generosity of a friend from church, we were given that chance! It was just as lovely as it sounds….Continue Reading “Cherry Picking and Finger Licking”
You might remember that I made a year in the life film for our family, featuring adventures from our life in 2016. It has remained one of the most cherished projects I have ever undertaken (undertook?). My nostalgia is quite satisfied by these films. I’m ever so happy I took the time to do this…Continue Reading “Tarchala Family – Year in the Life Film 2018”
Ready for a boring story about my basement? A few years ago I was on the hunt for a simple citrus juicer. I reached out to my mom about their old juicer they had since replaced with something new. They could no longer locate the older juicer so they offered me a manual juicer that…Continue Reading “When Life Gives you a Lemon Juicer”
So here we are. My third baby’s first birthday party. What feelings do I have about this? Well, all of them. The whirlwind of motherhood is spinning exponentially faster with each new addition. The years are blips and their sweet faces morph in warp speed until you’re staring at a toddler who seems minutes away…Continue Reading “Remi’s First Birthday Party!”
It’s true, I’ve only been at this parenting thing for six and a half years, so I’m pretty certain there are future moments that will top this list. But for now, we have officially experienced the toughest parenting milestone for me yet. Losing a tooth. Miles lost his first (and soon after, his second) tooth…Continue Reading “The Mother of all Milestones”