~The Story of Us~

Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly, and listen to others, even the dull and ignorant, they, too, have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they [...]

While I appreciate that I may be more of an Attachment Parent than some, I really need everyone to understand something. Please take note of this regardless of our relationship, friend, family, acquaintance, you name it; and take it in the spirit it is given, with love and respect for those relationships. “We cloth diaper [...]

Oh yeah, not much time (or energy) to spare on a full update. But, Doc was overall fairly pleased with my appointment. The biggest exception being he wants me to see yet another Doctor about my back before evaluating when he wants me to stop working. Have an appointment on Tuesday. Yay…another doctor ::eyeroll:: In [...]

::sigh:: I really wish the Registries would put some sort of hint on the shipments we get to indicate who we should thank for stuff. So, if you sent the car seat. Thank you, we love it, and appreciate it very much. It would thrill me if you could shoot me an email or something [...]

I am very excited to be a part of March for Babies, please support my participation by making a donation. Why March for Babies? Because the March of Dimes champions the needs of moms and babies in our community and across the nation. The money we raise for March for Babies will help: – support [...]

Pregnancy Date:  16w6d (17Weeks tomorrow!) Feeling:  Anxious*, Worried**,excited (yay movement!), Back: Better than expected after long weekend.  *I am very anxious to tell Brennan about it being a Boy on Wednesday! Hope we can keep from discussing it while at the appointment so we can just show him on the ultrasound video. I’ll leave it up to [...]

Pregnancy Date:  16w0days! As you can see, LOTS of stuff going on!  Feeling:  physically: lots of round ligament pain, especially at night and incredibly sleepy; Emotionally:  anxious, excited; Back: knot between my shoulders (5) and achy low back (4) Well, I was going to update, but now I can’t remember what I wanted to write about. Stupid pregnancy brain [...]

Pregnancy Date:  15w3days Feeling:  Entire back is very achy and I’m all crampy  now, too. My uterus seems to be unhappy w/ my sneezing and has decided to seize up and will  not let go O.o owie! Seriously, its as hard as a rock! When you take on a pregnancy with the spine of a 60 year old, its [...]

(Christmas and New Years 2008) Well, we worked really hard to wait to tell the family until Christmas. Scott worked up this LOVELY card with pictures of us and B to share the news. The picture of us was taken the night we found out, can you tell? LOL Brennan picked his Joe Cool Big Brother [...]