Quantcast
Channel: While You Were Napping
Browsing latest articles
Browse All 72 View Live

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Mother of Action: A Little Update

do you remember back in june when i decided to become a mother of action? even in the midst of a busy season, i want my parenting to be intentional. here's a little update on how it is all going:1....

View Article



Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

instajuly

this is what we were up to in july... at least according to instagram (you can find me 'grammin' @beccaeliasen)^^^ july is a big big month for us! in the span of one week, we celebrate tovi's birthday,...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

engagement

this is a season of real-deal parenting, you guys. back when i was a little baby mama, i could leave cruz to his own devises, and he would bop around outside. whether he was playing basketball, chasing...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

what {we} wore on wednesday

good morning, friends! tovi has been off at soccer training camp about a million hours a day. it's getting grim around here, i'm going to be honest. i have been spoiled like nothing else by having a...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

potty training and the gospel

we've been potty training for the last week, and i have to tell you, potty training is my parenting krytonite. it is hard. work. it has required a laser-like focus on cruz, which has left little time...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

messy and beautiful

one of the wisest lessons i learned in college was that the human heart is capable of holding all the feelings at the same time. "if a heart is rightly disposed, sorrow and joy must have a place in...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

where i stop and you begin

london is three and a half months old, and she's reaching that darling stage when you can catch her eye just right and everything changes. her whole face lights up with joy, she smiles so big, and even...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

writer's block

i think this is only my second blog post in september. it's silly, really, because a lot of fun has been going on. a lot of work and busy-ness, potting training certainly, but also a lot of fun. even...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

at its root

and this is mothering at its root. it is softly whispering, "i will rock you all night long" at ten pm, and still meaning it at four. it is bulb syringes, soaked through burp cloths, exhausted prayers,...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

lemon festival

our little town sometimes get a bad rap. we're right next door to a world-famous gorgeous town, and somehow, there's a line between us and them that sometimes feels a little embarrassing to admit. ok,...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

glad submission

at our new church we are studying the book of ephesians verse by verse. there is so much life-giving goodness in ephesians; some of my favorite verses in the Bible come from this book, including cruz's...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

happy birthday, cruz man

dear cruz,today you are three, and i don't even know, kid. there it is-- kid! you are all kinds of grown up and even though you're still my baby, you're not my baby. even in the last few weeks, your...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

meant to be a mom

practically a minute ago when i was pregnant with cruz, i heard two comments that really shaped my pregnancy and parenting. neither of these comments were directed at me and probably were never thought...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

what we wore on wednesday

some days you write relevatory blog posts... and some days you just want everyone in cute outfits. ladies, ammiright?^^ cruz decided that it was a "green day." green dino jams, green undies, green...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

a day in the life

as a blog reader, i love day-in-the-life posts. it's partly voyeuristic, like peeking into someone's purse or medicine cabinet. growing up as the daughter of a sociologist, i'm well-versed in the art...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

halloween just got a little bit cooler

listen, i've just never been a halloween person. i grew up in the pacific northwest where our halloweens consistently occurred in the rain. there's an awesome costume under all this rain gear kind of...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

instatober

here's what we were up to in october... at least according to instagram...xoxo/becca^^ lolo and i took a bunch of selfies. after our first all-nighter//embracing fall style//wearing chevron  (cruz: why...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

this way to butterflies.

as part of intentionally parenting with wild freedom, i am trying to say yes. yes to extra trick-or-treating. yes to hanging out with our neighbors. yes to spur of the moment play dates. on saturday my...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

instavember

a little snapshot of what we were up to in november... at least according to instagram...^^ this november was one of the most glorious months we've had in the last ten years. seriously. the weather was...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

what we wore on wednesday

 ^^ today's post was a little more spur of the moment than usual, but the light in lolo's room was so soft and white and then kids were being darling playing on the bed. and not to be that mom...but...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

arrowgirl

in the summer of 2012 we lost a sweet little baby, and while that was hard and unexpected, i was pregnant again quickly, and that helped to take away some of the sting of our loss. with all of my...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

sleepless

i hope that in heaven there will be a time when mary, mother of jesus, gently taps all the moms on our shoulders and pulls us away to a special room where she tells us about the times that jesus kept...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

a twitterature linkup: what i've been reading lately

today i'm linking up with modern mrs. darcy's monthly twitterature. these are my short reviews of recent reads. allegiant: i wish this wasn't the final chapter in the divergent series. i think veronica...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

when your twitter gets a little out of control...

sometimes we don’t know we’re deep into a hole. we can look around at our surroundings and think, “this is fine, this is fine. i’m not in deep. i can get out at any time.” and it’s only when this thing...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

#2014makeitwork

on new year's day, after watching the parade and a hasty lunch, tovi and i threw the kids and the dog into the car and we drove up to the bay area. we're here to visit family and tovi will be scouting...

View Article

Browsing latest articles
Browse All 72 View Live




Latest Images