I do believe last I talked with you all about birthing choices, we were set on driving over an hour to get to a hospital so natural-birth-friendly that they had birthing tubs and doulas on staff.
And it was a great hospital. They answered all the questions right. Had everything I’d ever want in [...]
Filed under: Pregnancy, The Mommy, The Natural Childbirth, The News on March 31st, 2009 | 21 Comments »
Well it’s official. He’s not the baby. He’s TWO WHOLE YEARS OLD. A toddler.
But if you ask him what his name is, he’ll still tell you, “Baby.”
So, anyway, I had to make the toddler a cake. I’ve never really put much effort into birthday cakes before. I figure as long as they have sugar, the [...]
Filed under: Meet-and-Greet-Mondays on March 30th, 2009 | 14 Comments »
Since we moved out here to the middle-of-nowhere to avoid expensive city-rent, we’ve encountered some things we weren’t expecting.
Like the orange water. Country water out here is H-A-R-D. So we bought a water softener.
Like the moldy walls. The trees here are old and dense. And we live in a valley. [...]
Filed under: The Ramblings on March 24th, 2009 | 16 Comments »
The weather was nice this past week!
So we planned a trip to the zoo with Auntie Sassa and Auntie Shannie. Then, of course, it got cold.
(I’m still learning the various settings on my camera and have difficulty going back and forth between inside and outside shots, can ya tell?)
We saw monkeys:
And lions:
And fish:
And sea [...]
Filed under: Meet-and-Greet-Mondays on March 23rd, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Making chex mix in the oven is a practice in patience. And, surprisingly, one my children handled quite well. This is their reward:
Then it was back to dance class on Saturday. We were anxious to see if Olivia would be more comfortable this time. We had even made her a DVD [...]
Filed under: Meet-and-Greet-Mondays on March 16th, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I started this post on February 23. At least I can tell you it’s STILL happening!
During the past two nights, we’ve experienced something strange. For the first time in almost two years (23 months to be exact), no child has disturbed our slumber.
I KNOW, RIGHT?!
It feels pretty good.
So, how did we do it? How did [...]
Filed under: Motherhood, Recipe Swap '08, The Benjamin, The Milestones on March 12th, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Two weeks ago, Olivia’s dance class started! Want to see pictures from it? Okay:
Yeah, we missed it.
We thought it started at 10:30. It started at 10. So we were told to come back on Thursday. “Oh, good,” we thought, “She can come back on Thursday, have her first dance class, [...]
Filed under: Meet-and-Greet-Mondays on March 9th, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Somewhere along the way, Olivia collected some store-bought baby doll diapers for her dolls. They were clearly modeled after disposable diapers. They were made of the cheapest plastic, and the closures were pieces of tape, which ripped the cheap plastic when you attempted to open the diaper.
But we kept the cheap, ripped diapers [...]
Filed under: The Craftiness on March 3rd, 2009 | 12 Comments »
The problem with velcro diapers:
First, the handy laundry tabs go bad, then the velcro tabs get loose in the wash and collect all kinds of lint and hair. Then they go in the dryer and the tabs start curling, like this:
Which is only half because of the dryer, really, and half because of all [...]
Filed under: The Cloth Diapering, The Craftiness on March 2nd, 2009 | 27 Comments »
The Natural Mommy got a makeover at MOPS last week. Wanna see what I look like with makeup? And trying my best to resemble one of those pretty ladies on the cover of a magazine?
But, also, I’d like you to notice the little red dot on my cheek, to the left of my nose [...]
Filed under: Frugal Fridays, Meet-and-Greet-Mondays on March 2nd, 2009 | 3 Comments »
