Janae Brier

It can be kind of confusing talking to people about this pregnancy. Especially sharing with people who don’t know. ⁣
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In January 2013 + I found out we were pregnant after trying to conceive for about a year. We were shocked + so excited. And then, nothing prepares for you having a miscarriage. At 9 weeks we experienced the loss of losing our first baby. It was so confusing + heartbreaking.⁣
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Fast forward to three months later when we got pregnant with our rainbow 🌈 girl Jessa Lynn. I remember the doctor telling me to choose joy, to choose to avoid the consuming fear of loss + to enjoy every second of the journey. She crassly told me that one day this baby too would die, + that I would never not having something to worry about. But I could choose to be fully present + fully excited in the moment. 😳⁣
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Then surprise baby #3 was due August 2016. He was such a glimmer of hope for our family as we had just experienced a house fire + lost it all... at least we had thought we “lost it all”. I won’t go into detail on this post but we lost that baby at 23.5 weeks. I delivered Jace Daniel on 4/19/16👼🏻⁣
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6 months later we got pregnant with Jalen, our second rainbow 🌈 baby. Prayers were answered on 9/15/17 when Jalen David made his debut. He has been our miracle baby + absolute JOY. ⁣
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So fast forward to now ... I’m about 17 weeks pregnant w/ this sweet baby. All the feels emerging as we look back at our past + wait with anticipation for our future. ⁣
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You can see why when someone says, “how many kids do you have?” I don’t know what to say. They all had heartbeats. They are were crafted by the Creator’s hands. They all are loved + cherished + a gift. ⁣
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So I’m making it social media official, we are expecting Brier Baby #5 this August + we are over the moon excited ❤️

My forever Valentine’s ❤️

𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐲 ❤️❤️❤️⁣
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𝘗𝘳𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩 + 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭, 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘺, 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥, 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴. ⁣
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𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐧, 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐒𝐨𝐧, 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬, 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐢𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐇𝐢𝐦 + 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞. ⁣
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The most beautiful love story of all time, + you my friend, are a part of it. ⁣
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No matter what the world says, that’s 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞. ⁣
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Regardless of what your day entails, this truth remains. You are loved, cherished, chosen, seen + known by our Heavenly Father + by Jesus who rescued you from death. ⁣
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𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐃 𝐌𝐘 𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐑 𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐃 + 𝐍𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐀𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐄 ❤️

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Today I was reading Enough by Sharon Jaynes + opened up to chapter 8... “𝐈’𝐦 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐫𝐞”. ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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I sat with tears streaming down my face reading the truth about failure + how God used people who failed to do His work all the time. ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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The words I read were salve for a wounded soul. If you struggle with failing, read the highlights below from the chapter. I pray your heart is stirred + that truth would heal + replace the lies that keep us small + afraid to try. ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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🔘Henry Ford failed + went bankrupt five times before he finally succeeded. ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
🔘Babe Ruth set the home run record (714), but he also once held the record for the most strikeouts (1330). ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
🔘One basketball player missed 9000 shots in his career. Twenty-six times he was trusted to take the game’s winning shot + missed. His name is Michael Jordan. He said, “I’ve failed over + over again in my life. And that’s why I succeed.”⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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These people refused to believe they were a failure simply bc they had failed.⁣
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▪️My sin is never greater than God’s grace. ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
▪️Failure is never final + never fatal. ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
▪️We don’t have to let our failure define us. ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
▪️We don’t have to let our failure confine us. ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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Failure is a part of life. Everyone has failures, just different ones. The real tragedy is getting stuck there. ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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Condemnation makes broad, sweeping generalizations about our character + identity. ⁣⁣⁣
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Conviction’s purpose is to conform you to the image of Christ. Condemnation’s purpose is to contain you + rename you. ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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When you slap a label on your identity other than who God says your are, the enemy takes a victory lap around your heart. —Learn from your mistakes + accept God’s forgiveness + then move on. ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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⁣⁣▶️𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬. ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
⁣⁣⁣▶️𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐮𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐧𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥.

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Today we celebrate my mom’s birthday 🎉 She is one of the kindest, most beautiful, generous, hardworking, loving people I know. ⁣
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She loves her family fiercely + is one of the “funnest” Nama’s around. Justin, the kids + I are so blessed to be loved by her❤️⁣
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Wishing we were celebrating in person. Love you mom. You’re the best.

@ Chandler, Arizona

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CHEERS TO 40🎉⁣
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Today we got to “redo” Justin’s big birthday celebration with our sweet friends at ⛳️
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It was a kids-free day date + it was marvelous. We enjoyed good food, quality time + the gift of community with people who love us so well. ⁣
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When you find people who love you like family, hold onto them for dear life. ⁣
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Days like today reminded me how important it is for us to have fun together as a couple, to go on dates without the kids + to treasure friendships that fill your tank. ⁣
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God intended us to do life together, in community with others. It’s so easy to isolate or become fixated on the kids, but there is so much more that we were created for. Marriage. Friendship. Relationship. ⁣
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Thank you Matt + for sharing your lives + family with us. Your friendship is like gold to us. ⁣
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And huge shoutout to Grammy + Papa for watching ALL the kids so we could do this. So unbelievably grateful 🙌🏻 And thank you + for the birthday gift for ❤️

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𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐬 + 𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬. ⁣⁣
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𝐁𝐚𝐛𝐲 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟏 🎉

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𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐦?⁣
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𝘐 𝘥𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦. Especially juggling working from home + keeping the house clean, making sure I shave my legs + pluck my chin hairs, keeping gas in the car, helping with homework + making sure the kids feel loved + seen. Oh... let’s not forget about being a good wife, friend, daughter + leader. Oh, and I need to like myself + work on growing + evolving. ⁣
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𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞. ⁣
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Yesterday I sat + watched the kids ride bikes in our front yard + couldn’t help but feel incredibly grateful. 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐨 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐦 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐤𝐢𝐝𝐬. 𝐓𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭. 𝐓𝐨 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲, 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐧 + 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬. ⁣
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They will not grow up remembering how clean our house was. But, they will remember the joy, the love, and the presence. ⁣
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So as I start a new day I will remind myself to be 𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐈𝐎𝐔𝐒 to myself. To take one moment at a time. To enjoy every second. And to have fun. ⁣
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𝗪𝐞’𝐯𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐬 💪🏻⁣

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𝘔𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝟒𝟎 𝘺𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘢y 🎉⁣
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You guys, this man of mine is the most incredible husband + the most loving father. His sense of humor, wisdom, work ethic, ability to figure anything out, faith, servant’s heart, grit + perseverance are just a few things that I thank God for. ⁣
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I’m sorry the stomach flu distrusted our plans to celebrate but I’m beyond grateful we get to do life together + that we get to celebrate you everyday. ⁣
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You are the love of my life + I hope you know how loved you are by me, the kids + so many others. ⁣
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Cheers to another great year! 🎉

“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.”
‭‭John‬ ‭3:16-17‬ ‭NIV‬‬