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...

Or… How to create a custom template file for single post pages. It happen to me, I got the dreaded email from a BlogHer team member about a sponsored post that violated the agreement. Doh!! I am a violator, but not intentionally. I violated because I am an idiot basically....

Being a homesteading family means there is no shortage of outdoor time in our day to day life, I couldn’t live without it either. Actually, in the winter months we go insane not being able to get outdoors for fresh air. Ever since our daughter came in to this world...

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...

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...

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...

Yesterday marked the conclusion of Adalyn’s first week of life. We are back home and getting back to the family routine with Nathan back to work. Adalyn is becoming more and more of a presence in the house as her newborn, likely jaundice induced sleepiness wears off. Just yesterday morning...

Okay, so it’s not a totally “wordless” post… I am long winded. Here are the girls just a day after Adalyn’s birth. Everly is quite the proud sister, she lovingly looks after Adalyn and is surprisingly very good about giving her space and not squishing her. Now if Adalyn would...

Five days ago my labor started, actually it was more like six days ago but I didn’t have much real progress on that first day. Adalyn is now four days old and we are seeming to kind of already be in a nice groove. It is really odd and unexpected...

Baby Adalyn is finally here. Some of you may have witnessed her birth live here in the blog August 29th-30th. If you missed it recorded video of the birth is still to come (at the above link) as it requires some uploading effort and brain power that we’ve not mustered...