• During nap time... we drink wine. 🍷😜 ♥︎ Except when it’s nap time and she’s not sleeping. So you drink more wine. 🤣 Zoom in to see little Elle’s eyes WIDE open. 🙈😳🤣 ♥︎ Who has tips for getting an infant to sleep caauuuseeee Eloise loves sleep but has an aversion to actually getting herself there. 🤣🙈 📷 by @evierupp #ARomanRomance
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    During nap time... we drink wine. 🍷😜 ♥︎ Except when it’s nap time and she’s not sleeping. So you drink more wine. 🤣 Zoom in to see little Elle’s eyes WIDE open. 🙈😳🤣 ♥︎ Who has tips for getting an infant to sleep caauuuseeee Eloise loves sleep but has an aversion to actually getting herself there. 🤣🙈 📷 by @evierupp #ARomanRomance
  • Drink milk. Pass out. Repeat. 🍼😴 ♥︎ Okay real talk: the past few days have been pretty rough. My post c section recovery was going so well and then last week I started feeling an intense pain on one part of my incision. Pain meds weren’t helping so we went back to the ER leaving Eloise at home with Andrew’s mom + sis. We were at the hospital all night getting ultrasounds and CT scans to see what was wrong. It was awful being away from Elle for an entire night when she’s still this young. 😭 ♥︎ Good news: nothing is wrong. They couldn’t find anything out of the ordinary. No infection. No internal tears. Nothing. Which is comforting to know while also being so so frustrating because I’m like, “Then why am I all of the sudden in excruciating pain?” The doctors just chalked it up to me not taking enough of my pain meds. 🙄😭 Which I hope they’re right. It’s just so weird to me that my recovery was normal for 2 weeks and then all of the sudden it hurts like hell. (Any other c section moms experience this???) Either way the last few days have been spent completely in bed because it hurts too much to move. ♥︎ The literal only thing I can do is feed her because I have to. And it’s such a discouraging feeling not being able to fully take care of my little one. Andrew has been such a rock and support these past few weeks though. ♥︎ I promise once I feel better I’ll get around to sharing our birth story on the blog. But honestly this is exactly why I initially chose a home birth. To avoid literally what I’m going through. 😭 But I know God is faithful and He’s with me, even when I feel weak. He’s been teaching me so much over the last few weeks. I’m learning to rely on Him 100% and trust Him when things are hard and they don’t make sense. If you guys could please be praying for my incision to heal quickly + fully and the pain to go away we would be so thankful. ❤️ ♥︎ If you feel discouraged or are going through a hard time too... know that God’s got you. He’s with you in the valley. His strength covers you when you feel like you can’t do anything. He will never ever leave you. ❤️ Rest in that, friend. #EloiseJoy
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    Drink milk. Pass out. Repeat. 🍼😴 ♥︎ Okay real talk: the past few days have been pretty rough. My post c section recovery was going so well and then last week I started feeling an intense pain on one part of my incision. Pain meds weren’t helping so we went back to the ER leaving Eloise at home with Andrew’s mom + sis. We were at the hospital all night getting ultrasounds and CT scans to see what was wrong. It was awful being away from Elle for an entire night when she’s still this young. 😭 ♥︎ Good news: nothing is wrong. They couldn’t find anything out of the ordinary. No infection. No internal tears. Nothing. Which is comforting to know while also being so so frustrating because I’m like, “Then why am I all of the sudden in excruciating pain?” The doctors just chalked it up to me not taking enough of my pain meds. 🙄😭 Which I hope they’re right. It’s just so weird to me that my recovery was normal for 2 weeks and then all of the sudden it hurts like hell. (Any other c section moms experience this???) Either way the last few days have been spent completely in bed because it hurts too much to move. ♥︎ The literal only thing I can do is feed her because I have to. And it’s such a discouraging feeling not being able to fully take care of my little one. Andrew has been such a rock and support these past few weeks though. ♥︎ I promise once I feel better I’ll get around to sharing our birth story on the blog. But honestly this is exactly why I initially chose a home birth. To avoid literally what I’m going through. 😭 But I know God is faithful and He’s with me, even when I feel weak. He’s been teaching me so much over the last few weeks. I’m learning to rely on Him 100% and trust Him when things are hard and they don’t make sense. If you guys could please be praying for my incision to heal quickly + fully and the pain to go away we would be so thankful. ❤️ ♥︎ If you feel discouraged or are going through a hard time too... know that God’s got you. He’s with you in the valley. His strength covers you when you feel like you can’t do anything. He will never ever leave you. ❤️ Rest in that, friend. #EloiseJoy
  • Next time you feel down in the dumps about your follower count and how you wish you had more.... I want you to google what a crowd of that size (your follower count) looks like. It will shock you. It certainly did for me. I went to the University of Kansas so I’m familiar with KU’s basketball arena, Allen Fieldhouse. When you’re in there during a game with a crowd at full capacity, the energy is palpable. It’s overwhelmingly big. The other day I googled how many seats Allen Fieldhouse held + the answer is 16.3k. I literally had to sit down and process the fact that my follower count could fill Allen Fieldhouse.... TWICE. 😳🤯 Now you’re probably sitting there thinking, “Yeah cool Lindsey. I only have 300 followers.” Yes, it’s a smaller crowd. But go ahead and google ‘crowd of 300’ and then imagine standing in front of all those people talking to them like you do in your stories or saying what you say in a caption. I don’t care if you have 50 followers or 500k, a crowd is a crowd. And imagining real people behind that number helps to humble you big time. It’s so so easy to forget that the little number next to our name isn’t just a figurative number but actual real life beating hearts and eyes that are on you. So my question for you... is what are you doing with those eyes? How are you serving them? What are you giving them that’s valuable? If you stood up in front of a crowd the size of your follower count right now, what would you say? Because friend, a platform is a platform no matter how many eyes are watching. You have the power to make someone’s day better or worse by what you post on this app. Even if only one person sees what you post. Are you taking that responsibility seriously? We gotta stop viewing the followers we already have as chump change while we constantly search the sidewalks for more pennies. Can I get an amen?! Think of your follower count as a crowd of real life people cause - uhhh - that’s what they are. And then show up and SERVE them. Love them. Connect with them. I promise you’ll see growth once you start doing that. P.S. Who just googled their follower count and had their mind blown? 🙋🏼‍♀️🤯
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    Next time you feel down in the dumps about your follower count and how you wish you had more.... I want you to google what a crowd of that size (your follower count) looks like. It will shock you. It certainly did for me. I went to the University of Kansas so I’m familiar with KU’s basketball arena, Allen Fieldhouse. When you’re in there during a game with a crowd at full capacity, the energy is palpable. It’s overwhelmingly big. The other day I googled how many seats Allen Fieldhouse held + the answer is 16.3k. I literally had to sit down and process the fact that my follower count could fill Allen Fieldhouse.... TWICE. 😳🤯 Now you’re probably sitting there thinking, “Yeah cool Lindsey. I only have 300 followers.” Yes, it’s a smaller crowd. But go ahead and google ‘crowd of 300’ and then imagine standing in front of all those people talking to them like you do in your stories or saying what you say in a caption. I don’t care if you have 50 followers or 500k, a crowd is a crowd. And imagining real people behind that number helps to humble you big time. It’s so so easy to forget that the little number next to our name isn’t just a figurative number but actual real life beating hearts and eyes that are on you. So my question for you... is what are you doing with those eyes? How are you serving them? What are you giving them that’s valuable? If you stood up in front of a crowd the size of your follower count right now, what would you say? Because friend, a platform is a platform no matter how many eyes are watching. You have the power to make someone’s day better or worse by what you post on this app. Even if only one person sees what you post. Are you taking that responsibility seriously? We gotta stop viewing the followers we already have as chump change while we constantly search the sidewalks for more pennies. Can I get an amen?! Think of your follower count as a crowd of real life people cause - uhhh - that’s what they are. And then show up and SERVE them. Love them. Connect with them. I promise you’ll see growth once you start doing that. P.S. Who just googled their follower count and had their mind blown? 🙋🏼‍♀️🤯
  • Our lil love bug is 2 weeks old now + her fave thing to do is to drink milk like a champ. She’s already surpassed her birth weight + enjoys making funny faces at us in her spare time. I’m afraid she got Andrew’s genes with that one. 🤣 ♥︎ Swipe to see the many magical faces of Eloise. You’re welcome. 😜👶🏼 #EloiseJoy
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    Our lil love bug is 2 weeks old now + her fave thing to do is to drink milk like a champ. She’s already surpassed her birth weight + enjoys making funny faces at us in her spare time. I’m afraid she got Andrew’s genes with that one. 🤣 ♥︎ Swipe to see the many magical faces of Eloise. You’re welcome. 😜👶🏼 #EloiseJoy