Things sure do work differently out in this part of the country. I’ve mentioned this many times here on the blog. The close mindedness ranges from legalizing midwives and domestic partnerships to gay rights and now even sexual orientation ordinances. This cartoon illustrates it perfectly: It may be butt ugly and hot as an oven...

Being a transplant to the Midwest has sure made for some new experiences. After three years there are still things we’ll encounter that just throw us for a loop now and then. You know, like sweet tea being given automatically in restaurants or the automatic “So which church do you attend?” conversation starter. During the...

I am following the trend of other bloggers and starting up a Friday Phone Dump here on the blog. It gives an interesting look at how the week shaped up, without so many words (cause face it who has time for those?). Really though, it is fun for me to see how the week has...

It’s taken five weeks thanks to the crappy video editing program and the general demands of parenting a newborn but I am relived to say… The Live Streamed Birth Video Archive is Live You can view it here, in three parts… Initially I had just hoped to have the archived live stream footage saved immediately...

The photo pretty much sums things up doesn’t it? Seriously, though. We are doing well, tired but that is nothing earth-shattering right? Adalyn is 3 weeks old and throwing us for a loop poop wise. I shall not bore you with poop details. Ask if you want to know and I’ll bore away though. Everly...

Thank goodness my toddler is sort of a clean freak! These newborn days are sure leaving mama tired, not as tired as the first time around but still quite exhausted. You know, feeds every three hours or so with much cuddling and soothing needed before anyone can go back to sleep will leave anyone tired....

Three years ago next month we went apple picking. We were new to Evansville and were excited to partake in u-pick apple fun. We planned to score several pounds of apples and head home to preserve them cause preserving is something we enjoy. When we got to the orchard I realized I was feeling off....

When you have a new baby you will no doubt be inundated with the well meaning people saying they’d like to offer you a hand. Some really mean it, others are just saying it to be polite. If you are like me you refuse the offer out of the sake of politeness because who really...

It is not easy to up and leave in the middle of your season harvest after putting in all the hard work and anxiously awaiting the payoff. We are fixing to abandon the garden now and turn our focus to the upcoming birth of Baby Sister. It isn’t as bad as it could be considering...

Waking with major cramps and a lower backache will send most pregnant women in to a tizzy, especially if they’ve had a baby and back labor before. On Friday of last week, it was basically a mild version of early labor pain when I woke. Tailbone pressure with the contractions, lower backache and my typical...