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.
I didn’t un-bury my real camera until Texas. Sorry Nashville, Missouri, and Oklahoma. Pleases find it in your Bible Belt hearts to forgive me. This is Josh and his Opa playing a nice, quiet, uninterrupted game of pool. Seconds later… … the kids… … had taken over. I tried to take pictures of the natives. [...]
Filed under: Meet-and-Greet-Mondays on June 9th, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Going… Going… Gone. Laughing hysterically at the ducks. Extremely pleased that he is allowed to throw rocks. Oh, boys. :-) Tinkerbell turns for a smile while Peter Pan waits his turn behind Johnny Depp, er, I mean, an anonymous member of Captain Hook’s crew, who is holding an especially cuddly crocodile. Getting more independent. And [...]
Filed under: Meet-and-Greet-Mondays on March 2nd, 2011 | 7 Comments »
At some point in our 1/4 year stay in Illinois, I realized I hadn’t taken hardly any pictures of the kids. So, on the peak day for leaf color, we went out to our favorite state park and I took a gajillion pictures. Behold the over-doing of our family documentation! Pretty much as soon as [...]
Filed under: Meet-and-Greet-Mondays on February 15th, 2011 | 8 Comments »
Before the race. It was early. It was dark. It was cold. The person behind me is wearing a garbage bag. Fast forward 3 hours, 40 minutes, and a few seconds: Approaching the finish line, I knew I didn’t have a lot of time to spare. If I was going to qualify for Boston, I [...]
Filed under: Meet-and-Greet-Mondays on February 7th, 2011 | 2 Comments »
We like our orchards. Especially those with pumpkin patches. So, while in Illinois, we visited two. Olivia, winding her way through a gourd maze. All three kids developed very special and unique relationships with Grandpa during our three month stay at his house. It was fun to watch. Benjamin’s favorite part of the orchard. They [...]
Filed under: Meet-and-Greet-Mondays on January 31st, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Tinkerbell My mom picked out the pattern and fabric. But she wasn’t able to start it. So I took over. The wings were $0.50 at a garage sale last summer. The Crocodile Pieced together from Goodwill. Foam board for teeth and eyes from Hobby Lobby. Peter Pan I must have forgotten to take a picture [...]
Filed under: Meet-and-Greet-Mondays on October 30th, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Let me tell you about the Longest Day Ever. It started at 4:45a.m. central time. We rose, gathered children and luggage, and drove about 20 minutes to O’Hare Airport. Our flight was a little after 8. We thought we were good. However. Instead of our usual habit of Josh dropping me, the children, and the [...]
Filed under: Meet-and-Greet-Mondays on September 10th, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Some pictures from my cell phone lately: Able to destroy a dehumidifier with a single screwdriver. Able to leap onto desk lamps in a single bound. Able to Puppy Dog Look his way into coming home with toys when I just went in for groceries, children, GROCERIES!! He could give other babies lessons on that [...]
Filed under: Meet-and-Greet-Mondays on August 2nd, 2010 | No 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 »
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 »
