Honest and raw chronicle of the life of a mom who has loved and lost children (yes plural). Our second son died at six days old and our fourth son was diagnosed with multiple anomalies while in the womb and died thirty five minutes after birth. We have since had another baby girl who was diagnosed with yet ANOTHER rare disease, Epidermolysis Bullosa. She is thriving and beating all the odds. We are learning to praise God on the mountain tops and also in the valleys.
I am a stay at home mom. It is the most challenging and yet most rewarding job I have had. Until becoming a mom, I had never really felt CALLED to do anything and now am overwhelmed with gratitude that I get to spend my days with my amazing kids!
I started the blog when I was pregnant with my son Asher. He was our FOURTH son and we were devastated to find out at our 19 week ultrasound that he had many abnormalities and would likely not be able to live long outside of the womb. I started my blog as a kind of therapy for me. It has been my outlet for the happy, the sad and all the inbetween. I have found such community through my blog. I am constantly amazed at the outpouring of love and support I have received from complete “strangers”. I have developed deep friendships and continue to be blessed by those who continue to read.
I started in November of 2008, just after finding out our baby boy would not live.
It really varies. Some days 500 some days 1000. It has seen as many as 50,000 in a day. Average I would say is aroun 1200.
No. I have really struggled with this. I have been approached about some opportunities and have been torn about what to do with the blog as it really is sacred to me.
Most of my readers are moms, many of whom have lost children themselves, but also many who have not and have commented that my blog makes them hold their children just a little tighter.
I am finding it harder and harder to make time for blogging as our baby gets mobile! 
I try to blog about an hour every other day.
I sometimes ask myself this question. I mean why do HUNDREDS of people subscribe? I am certainly not any more spectacular than anyone else, but I have been handed some extraordinary circumstances and have seen the Hand of God move in our lives in a very real way. I hope people subscribe just because I am easy to relate to. I am trying hard to live the life God intended and yet despite my efforts, I still screw up just like everyone! Plus I do really have AMAZING kids!
Just be real and stay true to what you believe. There will always be people out there looking to stir up drama, I have found it best just not to buy into it. My blog and readers have really challenged me. I am learning more than ever that it is okay that not everyone agrees with me! It makes life more fun!
This blog can be visited at http://www.babybolte.blogspot.com