New Blog

The new blog is done and 'Mommy's First Year' is now live! 

Swing on by to www.mommysfirstyear.com and check things out :) 

Like I mentioned in my previous post, updates on Baby Christian and life as a mommy will now be posted to my new blog, 'Mommy's First Year'. Continue to follow 'Mommy in the Making' for all my pregnancy related posts and posts on preparing for baby! 

Be sure to 'Like' the new blog on facebook! 

Hope to see you at 'Mommy's First Year'! 

And if you haven't taken my survey yet, I would love your feedback! Check it out here...

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Now is your chance! I would love to get your feedback on 'Mommy in the Making!' There are only 10 questions and I would greatly appreciate your input! Click the link below to get started. 

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Change

If you've been following along, you may have noticed that several posts have disappeared. 

Well, don't worry! They aren't gone! They have just relocated. More info to come soon :) 

Over the last few weeks (well, 5 1/2 to be exact), I have been thinking about what it really means to be a mommy. 

When is someone fully "made" a mommy? 

I think of myself always as a work in progress. My little boy is growing and changing every day. What he likes today isn't always what he likes and what will work tomorrow. Since Christian is always changing, I have to always be changing as his mommy too. So I think that I will always be a "mommy in the making". 

"Mommyhood", however, is fully here! From carrying that sweet little boy in my belly for 41 weeks to caring for him here in our home, I have been "mommy" for almost a year now! 

The focus of this blog has been on pregnancy and preparing for life with our sweet little bundle of joy! 

That life has now arrived and so change is coming here at 'Mommy in the Making'! 

I will continue to post here at 'Mommy in the Making' on topics regarding pregnancy and preparing for life with baby, but for updates on Christian, "mommy life", and various baby related topics, I will be posting at another blog! My sweet hubby is working on the final touches as we speak! 

STAY TUNED!  

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A Very Inspiring Blogger Award!

Wow! 

I can't believe I have been given a Very Inspiring Blogger Award from Erica over at Something Like a Fairytale!

I just checked, and my first blog post was on Saturday, July 24, 2010 back when my blog was titled "Balancing Bethel and Believing in the Best". Back when nobody even knew my blog existed. Back when I was blogging only for me. 

Since then, things have really changed! This blog has grown with me through many seasons of life and has withheld the transitions. From being a blog about balance during my hectic season of life as a student in seminary to what it is now at "Mommy in the Making" as I'm living a dream come true! 

It's only been in the past few months that I have even been regularly blogging. I still blog a lot for myself, but hope that others can find something helpful in my thoughts too! I feel so honored to have been given this award!! 

So the rules are...

1) Display award logo on blog 

2) Link back to the person who gave you the award

3) State 7 things about yourself 

4) Nominate 15 other bloggers for this award and link back to them too

5) Leave a comment on each of the nominated blogs letting them know they have been nominated

7 Things About Me! 

1) If this is your first time stopping by, you probably don't know I'm going to be a mama! Only 22 days until his due date!!! 

2) We are having a honeymoon baby! Hubby and I were married on August 18, 2012 and found out we were expecting exactly 4 weeks later! 

3) I grew up in a really small town in Wisconsin...can you say "moo"? If your family didn't farm, you probably knew at least a handful that did. My graduating high school class had 31 students. Now I live in the suburbs in Minnesota where I can easily go out and not see anyone I know all day long...soooo not possible in good ole Cornell, WI. 

4) My faith is really important to me. I believe Jesus died for my sins and it is because of Him that I can live abundantly and eternally. My hubby and I are really involved at our church, Hosanna! and lead a couples small group at our house on Thursday nights. 

5) Hubby and I are already "parents" to an almost 2 year old Jack Russell Terrier...Baxter! 

6) I stopped working when I was 15 weeks pregnant due to terrible morning sickness and a stressful job.  I'm going to be a stay at home mommy now in less than a month! Can't wait to be with our little boy 24/7...and hopefully get some me time sometimes too! 

7) I met my hubby on match.com when I wasn't really even looking to date...You can read more about this here. 

Also Nominated for the Very Inspiring Blogger Award...

A Kup of Katie 

The Chronicles of Ruthie Hart

The New Momma 

One Girl, One Beautiful Life

I've Had the Time of My Life

Mommy Justine 

God's Little Grace

Learning to be a Wife 

Life as a Wife and Mama

Proverbs 31 Girl 

Baby Making Machine

Jenni from the Blog 

First Time Mom and Dad 

Pursuit of Pink

The Adventure of Parenthood 

Posts from all of these blogs can never come often enough! I love hearing their thoughts and perspectives on life, faith, family, and parenting! Check them out :) Maybe you will be inspired by them too!

A BIG THANK YOU again to Something Like A Fairytale!!! I definitely would have nominated you too if you hadn't already nominated me! 

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Bloglovin'

By now it's probably pretty old news...Google Reader is going bye bye this summer. 

For me, this was super sad news! This is how I follow all of my favorite blogs! 

Have no fear. A few of the blogs that I follow have recommended Bloglovin' and I have taken their advice. And I love it! You may have noticed that at the end of each of my posts, there is a button to follow Mommy in the Making with Bloglovin'. 

If you are looking for a fun and easy way to follow your favorite blogs, I highly recommend you check this out! Just click the button below and it will help you add 'Mommy in the Making' and get your free account set up if you don't already have one.

Another plus...if you were previously using Google Reader, it will transfer all of your stuff over! 

Even better...there is, of course, an app for that! Just search Bloglovin' in the app store and you will instantly have all of your favorite blogs available to read right from your phone whenever you want! I love that! 

Bloglovin' also allows you to easily sort your blogs and organize them...maybe by topic, by your favorites, however you want! 

Hope you love Bloglovin' and follow Mommy in the Making there! 

 

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Becoming Dot Com

For those of you who have been following me for awhile, you may be linked to me through my old domain - www.chandi23.blogspot.com. But I now have my own domain and have become a dot com! If the page doesn't seem to be showing everything correctly, you can start following me at www.mommyinthemakingmn.com. Everything is the same, but its my own page. Thanks for joining us on this journey!