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 I’m training for a marathon. You knew that, right? Yep. October 24th, I’ll be cruising along 26.2 miles from New York to Canada along Niagara Falls. I’m excited. I started running this past January and I was very clueless about it. Luckily for me, my local running club is filled with seasoned, well-read, veteran [...]
Filed under: The Running, Three Things You Should Know on July 29th, 2010 | 5 Comments »
My kids… … can be … … a little goofy. Turns out it runs in the family. This post is a contribution to Wordless Wednesday.
Filed under: Wordless Wednesday on July 28th, 2010 | 13 Comments »
I went gluten-free in February of this year. (2010 for those archeological types reading this from the distant future). And if you’ve been suffering from long-term constipation, you may want to give the gluten-free lifestyle a try as well. I went from June 2009 to February 2010 trying every high-fiber supplement, powder, cereal, and granola [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on July 27th, 2010 | 3 Comments »
And it’s not even August, yet! I am so on top of things. Probably shouldn’t be starting with my favorite picture. The rest is just going to seem so drab after this. But yeah, he’s mobile. Oh, boy, is he. (His favorite past time is climbing. He can get up onto, and off of, the [...]
Filed under: Meet-and-Greet-Mondays on July 26th, 2010 | 5 Comments »
When my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer, I did a little research. Some of that research was to see what the probability was of myself also getting the disease later in life. Three things I learned surprised me, but also comforted me. You can reduce your risk of breast cancer by breastfeeding, no matter [...]
Filed under: The Breastfeeding, The Natural Stuff on July 22nd, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Olivia drew Daddy a picture for his birthday. It was a picture of him. And me. And heart between us. Her description was this: It’s Daddy and Mommy and heart between them because they love each other. When Daddy got home, we showed it to him. And before Olivia could explain it, Benjamin jumped in [...]
Filed under: The Benjamin on July 16th, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I’ve been asked quite frequently which babywearing device is my favorite. But truthfully, it depends on the occasion. On some occasions, my favorite is the Moby wrap. If I am wearing a baby for a long period of time, I prefer the Moby. If I am wearing a newborn, I prefer the Moby. If I [...]
Filed under: The Attachment Parenting, The Babywearing, The Reviews on July 14th, 2010 | 17 Comments »
Hey you! I’m open! A creative shot in H-O-R-S-E. (No one made it.) (I love it when they use my baby as a prop.) One gorgeous cheerleader. And her sister/dog sitter. (Also gorgeous.) (Both her and the dog.) (But her moreso than the dog.) Catch o’ the day. Hmm. They must be watching something amazing. [...]
Filed under: Meet-and-Greet-Mondays, Pictures on July 13th, 2010 | 4 Comments »
I don’t know exactly when my life changed. I don’t know when I lost control. When the stress started mounting. When I started yelling more. Loving less. I woke up one morning and didn’t like my life anymore. The children were fighting, screaming, crying, clinging, smothering. I couldn’t demand obedience. Not even if I screamed. [...]
Filed under: Motherhood, The God on July 8th, 2010 | 13 Comments »
