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.
Yesterday, I was a horrible Mommy. Yesterday, I had horrible children. And I was so mad at God about it, I didn’t speak to Him all day. He kept trying to talk to me. But I turned a cold shoulder. He can do all things, why wasn’t He making me a better Mommy? Why wasn’t [...]
Filed under: The God, The Mommy on January 27th, 2010 | 13 Comments »
I’ve figured something out about myself recently. I have an “all-or-nothing” attitude. And I’ve got it bad. When I blog, for example, it’s all or nothing. Either I blog everyday or I don’t blog ever. I show loyalty towards brands and stores in the same fashion. I’m very into Leapfrog and will trust (and want!) [...]
Filed under: The Mommy, The News on January 23rd, 2010 | 4 Comments »
As I lay here on the floor, a stuffed tiger at my right arm and a deserted castle by my right leg, a baby crawls over me. I don’t think I ever just laid on the floor with Olivia. I didn’t know what to do with a baby and was too proud to admit it. [...]
Filed under: Motherhood on January 13th, 2010 | 7 Comments »
When we added our third carseat, we got our first van. Josh’s family was kind enough to trade us their caravan for our sedan. We loved that van. Sure, those Missouri roads had long ago stolen all four hubcaps. And my two-year-old had not-so-long ago stolen the rear view mirror. (He’s no longer allowed to [...]
Filed under: The News on January 12th, 2010 | 9 Comments »
Congratulations to Mrs. Taft, Brandie, and Whitney! You have each been emailed because YOU WON! Thanks for playing! ————————————————————————– As much as I hate to give up my computer to anyone – ever – I do occasionally for my children. Because I love them. More than my computer. And they love to play on the [...]
Filed under: Frugal Fridays, Giveaway on January 8th, 2010 | 16 Comments »
Hey guys! Hey, hey, can I play? Guys? Can you hear me? HEY, I’M TALKIN’ TO YOU. That’s right. Movin’ in. Oooh, a castle? Awesome. I love playin’ with castles. Is that a Barbie, too? Aw, thanks Brother, I love you, too. Is it me, or is this castle moving? Sweet! Do I get the [...]
Filed under: Motherhood, The Benjamin, The Levi, The Olivia on January 6th, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Before we left for Grandma’s for the holidays, Josh was offered a job in San Diego. Pros: – It sounds like an awesome job. The guy said the retention rate is 99% and it’s a big company. Josh’ll be able to move around within the company to work on pretty much whatever he wants, so [...]
Filed under: The Daddy, The News on January 5th, 2010 | 10 Comments »
Yeah, there’s a baby on my lap. It’s the first day post-vacay. Josh went back to work today for the first time in two weeks. And, this being my third baby, I knew just want to expect. The older two had to be reintroduced to routine and rules. The youngest one had to be reintroduced [...]
Filed under: The News on January 4th, 2010 | 1 Comment »
