Going Over Our Birth Options Again

I had pretty much decided how this birth would go.  Josh was against homebirth since we’re about half an hour from the hospital.  I didn’t really want to drive over an hour to a birthing center or hospital that would allow me to use a midwife.  So I was...

She MUST Be Potty-Trained…

… If she’s already started teaching her 22 month old brother how to do it. I was making dinner.  Tuna noodle casserole.  From scratch.  It is a time-sensitive recipe with much stirring or else there will be much scalding. I heard Olivia taking on a rather...

The Kiss of Frustration

Have you ever had a day so filled with whining you just want to scream?  The crying, the stealing of toys, the clinging to your legs when you really don’t have a hand to hold them.  (And I would have put him in the sling if he had decided he wanted to be held...

Where am I

I’m missing from this blog.  I visit occasionally to show you pictures and give you updates.  But my heart and soul are gone from this place. I’ve been thinking recently, trying to figure out why.  Here’s what I came up with: I had a very busy...

Purposeful Mothering: Suffocated by Fear, Doubt, and OCD

Yesterday I had the opportunity to talk with real! live! mothers!  Face to face, even!  We talked about our little ones’ acheivements, and our life as mothers in general. And as I bragged on my babies’ devout desire to help me do dishes, and my dream to...