This post contains affiliate links at no cost to you. Thank you for supporting The Joubert Den! Your baby’s blessing day is one of the first milestones you’ll experience as a new parent. It’s exciting to present your baby to the church and congregation. It can also be exciting to figure out what your baby… Read More
Our beautiful Jemma Jolie Joubert was born via home birth on Thursday, April 26th at 9:41 am after only about five hours of active labor. (You can watch the censored version of our birth video above!) However, it all started that Tuesday night when I met my midwife in the parking lot to our local… Read More
This post is sponsored by Basic Invite. All opinions are my own. Pregnancy is full of not-so-fun things like swelling, morning sickness, uncomfortable sleep, and glucose tests. This means you totally deserve to have fun with things like shopping for baby clothes and planning a baby shower (or even better — having someone else plan… Read More
If you’re expecting a baby soon, you know that a lot of the focus has been on the baby and you as the mama. Things like planning for birth, setting up the nursery, going to baby showers, etc. This can sometimes overwhelm dad. To make him feel special and ready for the birth, make him… Read More
Dear baby girl, Where do I start? All week long I’ve been having false labor pains, and I go to bed each night hoping that night or the next day is when I’ll finally get to meet you earthside. Your dad and I can’t stop thinking about you. About what (or should I say who)… Read More
I had the cutest woodland themed baby shower for my little girl last weekend, and I thought it would be fun to share some details! My mom and little sister did most of the work, but I helped with the decor… I couldn’t help myself! It was all DIY, and so much fun and easy… Read More
It’s a dilemma all of us pregnant women face: What kind of maternity jeans to get? Two Types of Maternity Jeans The two main maternity jeans types are ones with a crossover (or what I like to call “over the belly/bump”) panel, or ones with insert/side panels. To me, they both have their benefits. However,… Read More
The 3rd trimester of pregnancy is when things get uncomfortable, as your body is nearing its limits for how much growing and stretching it can do. It’s so amazing, isn’t it? Despite all my 3rd trimester aches and pains (and the raging hormones, I might add) I’ve been shocked at what my body can do.… Read More
This LDS General Conference is the last one Cristian and I have together just the two of us. Next time it rolls around, we’ll have a 5 month old to share it with. That’s such a crazy thought! Watching conference together is such a special experience, I thought it’d be fun to put together some… Read More
Marriage has come with plenty of challenges for us lately. Moving states in my 3rd trimester to live with my parents being a big one. Making that decision together was also a big challenge for us and our marriage. We had to listen to each other and work together in ways we never had. And… Read More
