Diabetes and Pregnancy: What I Have Learned

My name is AnnieLaurie and I have Gestational Diabetes. Before you say I am making a big deal out of something a lot of people get (18% of pregnant women), let me just say that it *IS* a big deal and can cause serious complications for mom and baby. What isn’t a big deal, honestly,…

The Nine-Month Myth

Before I was pregnant, I thought that a woman carried her baby in her womb for 9 months.  When I saw pregnant ladies I knew I would ask them how many “months” they were.  Since I have become “great with child” this year I have realized that 9 months is a big fat lie. Women…

The Truth About Baby Names

Unsurprisingly, I’ve been doing alot of thinking about baby names lately.  We find out the sex of our baby on Thursday this week.  We have talked a little about names, but we decided to hold off on it until we knew if the baby was a boy or a girl, largely because we couldn’t agree…

Going All In = Major Life Changes!

Last month I wrote about going “all in” with God. This month I want to tell you what going “all in” has looked like for us over the last several weeks. The week of my birthday, two life changing things happened in the Walters household. Brian, my seminary graduate husband, was offered a job in…

This Year I Am Going ALL IN

Today is my birthday.  Today I am 34 years old.  I really don’t feel 34.  I feel somewhere between 28 and 30, honestly.  But alas, one cannot change one’s age or turn back the wheels of time, so I am willingly settling into my mid thirties today with quiet confidence that this is going to…