http://www.thenaturalmommy.com The Cloth Diapering, Babywearing, Breastfeeding Mommy Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:00:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It doesn't hurt like a fresh wound. It's bothersome like a scab. It was a fresh wound on Monday. It was real. And I cried. But now it's more like a scab. It gets brushed. Like when I slid into bed last Wednesday night and remembered how I ... http://www.thenaturalmommy.com/2008/07/18/how-i-feel/ Irony: an outcome of events contrary to what was, or might have been, expected. Coincidence: a striking occurrence of two or more events at one time apparently by mere chance. Providence: God, esp. when conceived as omnisciently directing the universe and the affairs of humankind with wise benevolence. ************ We agreed: ... http://www.thenaturalmommy.com/2008/07/18/the-night-before/ Not on Wednesday, when I knew something was going wrong. Not on Thursday, my day in waiting. Not on Friday, when the blood tests showed the future. A bit on Saturday, the contractions hurt so badly. Not on Sunday, the day after it was over. I cried on Monday. Alone in the ultrasound room, looking at ... http://www.thenaturalmommy.com/2008/07/14/when-i-cried/ I held out hope when the bleeding started. I reassured myself when I made the appointment. I smiled comfortably while I wrapped the sheet around me and climbed up on the table. But when the small talk faded into silence, I knew. There was no labeling of baby parts. There was no recording ... http://www.thenaturalmommy.com/2008/07/10/when-i-knew/ So this is what the Fourth of July looked like at our house: Benjamin:  Didn't sleep well due to his fever, so Josh offered to take him so I could get a bit more sleep.  When I finally rolled out of bed, I was looking forward to my usual open-armed-running-hug I ... http://www.thenaturalmommy.com/2008/07/08/do-they-have-to-be-so-literal/ Well, Olivia's yelling at me to "COME ON MOMMY, LET'S BUILD A HOUSE REALLY QUICK!!!" so I better make this as brief as possible. We went to the park on the 3rd to celebrate Olivia's third birthday with Josh's family, who had come up for the occasion. Josh's dad promptly got himself ... http://www.thenaturalmommy.com/2008/07/07/meet-and-greet-monday-25/ I've decided to drop the "themed" and "organized" approach to the Recipe Swap for this week. Perhaps this shall be the new norm, and every now and then we'll have a theme. Your thoughts? I found a new recipe last week for chicken pot pie; it was my first ... http://www.thenaturalmommy.com/2008/07/03/recipe-swap-chicken-pot-pie/ Clean out your couch! (Reminiscent of the "Bring out your dead!", Monte Python-style.) I actually DO clean out the couch cushions at least on a monthly basis. So keep that in mind when you behold the following: That's right, we've got one foam bath toy (the road sign) one letter B one crayon one pencil one headband one ... http://www.thenaturalmommy.com/2008/07/02/couch-cushion-clutter/ I walked into a hospital like this: and then out with this: Approximately 6 months later (give or take), I'm staring into the deep brown eyes of a beautiful blonde child who prefers to pick out her OWN shoes and do her OWN hair, thankyouverymuch, and I'm not quite sure how we ... http://www.thenaturalmommy.com/2008/07/02/three-years-ago-today/ Even so that he deemed it appropriate to bless me with MY VERY FAVORITE COMFORT FOOD in the midst of a THERE'S-NOTHING-IN-THE-HOUSE-I-WANT-TO-EAT drought.  Observe what I was able to obtain for a grand total of NEGATIVE $1.10 at my CVS run tonight: Ignore the Kashi cereal and diabetes testing kit.  Please focus on the ... http://www.thenaturalmommy.com/2008/07/02/my-lord-god-is-gracious/