June 8, 2011
That was Samantha’s explanation. Now for the story.
I was next door at Bob and Mary Lou’s house, with Clare. I thought that Ben and Helen (Craig’s parents) were at the store, and Lucy and Samantha were swimming with Uncle Sean. When I came back, I found that Ben and Helen were back and Samantha was in trouble. Apparently after they had finished swimming, she had put on a pair of Nana’s shoes, which meant she was Nana, with all the rights and privileges accompanying that. So she unlocked the back door, went out and got herself a beer out of the mini-fridge by the pool, because, as she said, “I thirsty.” Read more...
June 8, 2011
For those of you we haven’t talked to in a while, this is our plan for the next several years. Why would we want to do this, you might wonder? Let’s just say we’re tired of spending $400 to fix our AC, and $300 for plumbing, and lining banker’s pockets with our mortgage interest, and wasting energy, water, building materials…it’s a long list. But go check it out:
http://www.earthbagbuilding.com/
The hope is, once we sell this house, to get some land probably in Livingston Parish (between N.O. and Baton Rouse) and get to building. If you know anyone looking to move to Marrero, let us know!
May 24, 2011
There isn’t all that much to say about Clare’s actual birth. It’s really the months leading up to it and the days following that make any kind of story at all. That said, be warned that this is really, really long.
When we found out we were pregnant again, we started looking for the next best thing to a home birth, because we didn’t think that there was a midwife nearby who would take us. So we looked into the new birthing center at Oschner in Baton Rouge, (actually, we looked at it before we found out we were pregnant…but who’s counting?) and it all looked pretty good. So we had a couple of appointments there, figuring that it was very close to Craig’s parents’ house, and only a tiny bit further from our house than we had to drive for Samantha’s birth. Read more...
May 19, 2011
I only have a couple of pictures, but here are some of the Christmas festivities. A couple of weeks ahead of time, Craig made a gingerbread house. It never did get decorated!
Christmas was two days after I got out of the hospital from the original bleeding episode, so no pics of me! But here are the girls, dressed and ready for mass.
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May 19, 2011
The mini-guitar has made a reappearance the last couple of days, and Samantha has been handling it well enough that I don’t have to fear too much for its safety now. Funny things that go with the guitar: Lucy used to call it a hot-tar, and the pick a pickle. Samantha has the pick right (although Craig now calls it a pickle…) but she says “but-tar”. It’s held Samantha’s attention better than anything else I can think of recently, and today she was strumming and making up songs. One included monsters, and I think she sang, “Monster, monster, don’t come get me!” Another repeated, “Grandpa died, Grandpa died, now in Heaven” over and over. I’m waiting to hear tomorrow’s songs… Read more...
May 14, 2011
So the pictures are a little late. But we made the cakes ourselves. Lucy wanted pink and purple and cake and cupcakes. So the guests could choose what they liked best, of course. : )
Papa Ben and Samantha (and Mary Lou’s famous Jello in the foreground.)
Uncle Sean with the Birthday Girl.
Mimi, B-Bob and Nana helped celebrate.
It takes a lot of concentration to blow out those candles!
Lucy got a little more help than she really wanted blowing out the candles.
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May 13, 2011
I hate this time of year. The termites are swarming, and a few always manage to make it into the house, which is gross in itself, but sends the girls into a panic. We’ll see if we sleep tonight.
May 13, 2011
I guess I’m supposed to keep up with these things, but I just realized the About page hasn’t been updated since I started this blog 2 1/2 years ago. So now it has. Tempus fugit!
May 13, 2011
You tell me. The last one was shortly after an extended screaming session last week. She laid in bed with me and Clare for a bit, then announced that she had to go potty, and when I got up (Clare had already napped and didn’t want to lay down any more) this is where I found her.
May 12, 2011
Let’s see how far I get with this – we’ve been too busy living to spend time writing about living lately! So here’s what I’ve got saved up…
According to my camera, this is from last June. But I think the date is wrong, and it was actually October. Either way, it’s been a while since I went through the pics on the camera!
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