I'm a mother of three, five and under. I'm a wife to a perpetual student. (Seriously, just graduate already - I mean, "I support you, honey.") I'm a child to the only Father who can claim to be Perfect, and I study under Him daily in hopes of learning from the Best.
I believe in breastfeeding, natural childbirthing, cloth-diapering, co-sleeping, baby-wearing, and attachment parenting.
Compared to the bottle-feeding, Pampers-wearing, crib-sleeping, day-caring world around me, I thought maybe that qualified me as a Natural Mommy.
SO SORRY ABOUT NOT POSTING THIS YESTERDAY! My internet was down for 24 HOURS. I was so sad. So here it is: Your very own car-back-massager-thingy! All you have to do to be entered in the contest is to tell me in the comments that you want my car-back-massager-thingy! Only one comment per person, duplicates [...]
Filed under: Giveaway on July 24th, 2007 | 60 Comments »
‘Cause that’s the way I operate. I have decided to participate in the Dog Days of Summer Bloggy Giveaway! Friday, July 27, I will be giving away something. Something very exciting! Something that has only been used a handful of times! Something that I was planning on FreeCycling, but this is a way cooler way [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on July 22nd, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I can now say “no” and “boog”. Translation: “Nose” and “booger”.
Filed under: Uncategorized on July 20th, 2007 | No Comments »
Prior to yesterday, I had never heard of Monk & Neagle. And when I did for the first time, I thought maybe they were a children’s group, like The Wiggles. But the blog said “Free CD” so I clicked the link anyway, because I have children, and they like free stuff, too. To my surprise [...]
Filed under: Frugal Fridays on July 20th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I rolled over. Yup, all by myself! I AM THE MAN! So proud… Must brag… So excited! What’s next? Crawling? SO ready for that. That’s what I would say if I end up with The Mommy’s personality. Let’s try The Daddy’s… Finally! I have accomplished my goal! 360 degrees of mobility at my fingertips! I [...]
Filed under: The Benjamin on July 19th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Click here for the original post and options presented there and in the comments that follow. In response to Paul’s comment that dashes don’t tend to work well in website names, I give you these new options: BethAndBabies.comThis one comes from Ashley and is a play off the original “Bethibaby.”Downside: Josh feels excluded. I tried [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on July 19th, 2007 | 4 Comments »
So I was playing outside on the balcony with my new tea set and water (my favoritest toy of all because of its mess potential). The balcony floor boards were all wet – I don’t know how that happened. I came inside to get a refill (somehow my water disappeared the more I poured it). [...]
Filed under: The Funnies, The Olivia on July 19th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I think I’ve outgrown “Bethibaby”. And, personally, I’m sick of the look of this template and nothing else Blogger offers makes me happy. So I’m looking into buying (leasing, renting, whatever) my own domain name and using WordPress and Ashley to make my blog more personalized, original, and attractive. Bethibaby.com is not an option. Like [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on July 18th, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Now, grilled cheese is usually one of the quicker and easier lunch meals, but it’s just not quick or easy enough for me. So this is what I do: I grill it in advance. My toddler only eats half a sandwich at a time. So I make two full sandwiches (as much as my griddle [...]
Filed under: Works For Me on July 18th, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Olivia had her two year check-up last week. She’s 28 pounds (rough guestimate; she was jumping on the scale) and 33 inches tall (again, not exact; hard to measure a moving object). According to those measurements, she is in the 50th percentile – as she has been all her life. Then the doctor asked me [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on July 18th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
