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The Joubert Den

The Joubert Den

A lifestyle blog about marriage, fashion, beauty, travel, and faith.

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Hi! Welcome to our blog — The Joubert (Joe-BEAR) Den. We are Cristian & Sonja, a newlywed couple navigating married life while adventuring along the way. Here we share bits and pieces of our every day lives, travel, fashion and our faith. Stay a while!

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“Marriage is a journey, not a destination.” “Marriage is a journey, not a destination.” Cristian and I do not have a perfect marriage. Yes, we have this amazing love story…shouldn’t that mean our marriage is always happy, amazing, and great? Hell no. Because that’s not how life works. Parenting, finances, physical and mental health, careers, etc. etc. can make having a “happy” marriage really, really hard. But one thing our love story will always do for us is remind us how important we are to each other. And our marriage! It’s important too, to remember that marriage will always require work of some kind. Sometimes, that work might not be hard at all, and you might actually enjoy putting it in! But other times, it will take all that you have mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. That’s when it’s key to know that you’re not working towards a destination — and that you definitely didn’t reach it just by getting married. You’re on a journey together…as cheesy as it may sound. And I’m glad that I’ve got this guy by my side for ours! Even if it took him 5 years and an apology letter 😉 What do you think? What else is important for married couples (and those looking to get married!) to remember?
Please stay a mama’s boy forever, ok Superman? 🧡🧡🧡 #motherhoodismagic
I can’t BELIEVE how many new faces we have here I can’t BELIEVE how many new faces we have here because of our love story reel going viral. (4.5 MILLION views what in the world?!) I never, ever expected that. THANK YOU for being here! Just figured we should introduce ourselves a bit better! So! ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Hello! We are the Jouberts! (Pronounced Joe-BEARs 🐻) Sonja, Cristian, Jemma (3), and Jett (just turned 1 a month ago)! ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Our 5th wedding anniversary is in November. We can’t believe it’s been that long already! We got married in 2016 after he sent me an apology letter for ending our relationship without any explanation 5 years previous. We’ve both learned so much about forgiveness, growth/change, commitment, and love since then. Cheesy I know, but we’ve made each other’s dreams come true. ✨⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Cristian has been in the US Air Force ✈️🇺🇸 for 2 years now and is on TDY for some training for a new job that will take us to South Carolina at the end of December. It’s hard to be apart but we both know it will be worth it! ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ A bit more about us:⁣⁣ Sonja likes: photography, writing/blogging (I’m a former journalist now turned stay at home mama!) binge watching, and making Jemma and Jett laugh. ⁣⁣ Cristian likes: travel/culture (he speaks four languages!) food, lifting weights, quoting movies, and experiencing new things with the family. ⁣⁣ Jemma likes: anything pink/purple, princesses (but also very into tractors 🚜 right now lol), ice cream, and being a big sister.⁣⁣ Jett likes: mama. That’s it. Just kidding! 😉 Climbing onto anything and everything, eating (he’s his dada’s son!), watching everything Jemma does, and talking to Cristian on FaceTime. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ We hope you’ll stick around!⁣ 📷: @jadeschulzphoto
I couldn’t let #WorldBreastfeedingWeek 🤱 pass I couldn’t let #WorldBreastfeedingWeek 🤱 pass without sharing this sweet photo! Look at how tiny my little buddo was! ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ We are almost done with our breastfeeding journey and it’s sooo bittersweet. We’ve been through a big one — pumping so much at the beginning since he was premature (which caused an oversupply), a milk blister (can you say OUCH?!), nursing strikes, mastitis that put me in the hospital for two nights, and supply issues here at the end. But it’s also been so beautiful — I’ve been able to confidently nurse in public (the beach, the car, park, airplane, etc!), and I’m so proud of the work he and I did together. ⁣⁣ ⁣ What you can’t see in this pic is that I was also using the @elvie Curve! It’s a manual, silicone breast pump that you can stick inside your bra. I know, pure genius. No more worrying about baby kicking one off! Swipe ➡️ to get a closer look! A pump like this can definitely be helpful with combating supply issues or simply collecting a little extra milk to store away. ⁣ ⁣ Fellow nursing mamas, tell me! What were/are both the most magical and most difficult parts of your breastfeeding journey? Let’s lift and support each other up! ⁣#LiveYourBreastLife #MyElvie #elvie #gifted
This HAM is ONE today!! 🎉🎉🎉 And no, I’m This HAM is ONE today!! 🎉🎉🎉 And no, I’m not ok with it 😢😉 He’s our little Superman and I can’t imagine my life without him. ⁣ Here’s a little 1 year update on Jetters:⁣ 🧡 He can wave, give high fives, clap, and is starting to point! ⁣ 🧡 He’s OBSESSED with eating. We call him crusher because of the way he eats…I’ll let you think about what that means 😂 His favorite food is blueberries! ⁣ 🧡 He can stand! Not for very long…still working on the balancing but the walking is not far away! ⁣ 🧡 He can climb up on both of our couches (And basically everything else he can think of haha)⁣ 🧡 Not really talking yet but will say mama when he’s in his high chair and wants more food 😂 and he has said dada a couple of times! ⁣ 🧡 Loves his sleep (just like his mama!) and is a great napper. Knock on wood! ⁣ 🧡 Has 6 teeth (four on top, two on bottom!) And his canines are coming soon 😳⁣ 🧡 It’s his daily quest to find the TV remote⁣ 🧡 Continues to amaze us. Sometimes it just baffles me that he was born at 35 weeks. He’s been hitting all of his milestones at appropriate times and just growing like crazy. Here’s to another year!
Can you believe it that this handsome devil turns Can you believe it that this handsome devil turns one in 10 days?! Because I can’t. (Swipe to see the cutest, yummiest sandy baby toes. 😍)
He left today. And I’m not okay 😭⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ But I will be. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ As he pulled out of the driveway and the kids and I sat on the sidewalk waving goodbye, my heart was sinking. Thoughts of how in the world I’m going to be able to do this clouded my mind. I also can’t help but think of everything he’s going to miss these next 5 months during this TDY. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Jett’s first birthday. His first steps (he’s sooo close!) His first real word besides “mama” (😏).⁣⁣ My birthday. ⁣⁣ Our 5th wedding anniversary. ⁣⁣ Jemma’s shenanigans, and her sweet kisses at night after she’s insisted on having at least two separate cups of water in her bed. ⁣⁣ Packing up and leaving our California home.⁣ ⁣⁣ This is going to be hard. We might be able to visit him, but it’s not a guarantee. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Despite all of this, there is some excitement. ⁣⁣ I’m excited to see us grow individually and in our relationship. I’m excited for the next adventure. This is just the in between, and it won’t last forever. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ We’ve got this.
I had to return my dream outdoor chair last week. I had to return my dream outdoor chair last week. ⁣ ⁣ I know, silly. But I had my eye on it for months at Target. It was one of those big, comfy rattan egg chairs. I had to have in stock notifications turned on for it on my phone, and finally snagged it — which made my stomach churn a bit because of how expensive it was — but it was an investment piece I knew would be better to buy here before our Hawaii move. I dreamt of sitting on it in our oasis of a backyard. ⁣ ⁣ But, we are a military family. Things can change quickly and unexpectedly, and Cristian did not pass the test he took almost two years training for, and wasn’t given a second chance at taking it (like we thought he would). So he got reclassed, and it’s as if he just graduated BMT all over again. It’s been beyond disheartening, but we’ve already learned some lessons from it. Mainly — that life moves on. And because life moves on, sometimes we are required to let go of things we really wanted. ⁣ ⁣ With Cristian’s job change, we lost our orders for Hawaii. After his training in Texas for 4-5 months, we’ll be heading to Shaw AFB in South Carolina. It’ll be December by the time we get there, and even though it won’t be frigid or anything like that when we get there, we decided that we needed the money instead of the chair right now, since we probably wouldn’t get much use out of it right when we get there. Maybe we can buy another next spring or summer. ⁣ ⁣ The chair has become symbolic to me, and represents the disappointment of not moving to Hawaii anymore and having to start over again. It represents the need to let go, move on, and be excited about new opportunities. The chair wasn’t even out of the box yet…I never got to sit on it or take cute pictures of my kids in it. But we aren’t *missing* anything because of that. We just have the prospect of maybe finding an ever better chair in the future. 😉
This little gal definitely calls the shots around This little gal definitely calls the shots around here 😂😅 ⁣ Little update: We are home from Utah now! And in even better news, she is 100% recovered from giardia! Thank God for antibiotics. Seriously. That was the most sick I’ve ever seen her. 0/10 recommend. My parents backyard in Heber City is watered with irrigation water and we’re pretty sure she caught giardia from playing in it (because of course she drank some 😩). But thankfully, Jett tested negative twice (another reason why I’m pretty positive it was from the water, because he didn’t play it in). And now that we’re home, he’s getting back to himself too. Happy about it! ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ………..⁣ #letthembelittleforever #girlscalltheshots #motherhoodismagic #sanfranciscolife #calimom #momsoftiktok #momsofgirls #momsofinsta #motherhoodisdarling #channelmum #channelmumvillage #toddlermomlife #tinyfeminist #momhumor #momlife❤️ #momlifeunfiltered #momlifeunplugged #momblogging #mamahoodinsquares #mamahoodcommunity
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