In the space of an hour tonight, the girls’ imaginative play included two hilarious and touching games.  The first was “Mass”, complete with Goldfish and water intincture for communion, the girls taking turns as priest, and a fantastic version of “Hosanna to Jesus the King” of Lucy’s own creation. When that was finished, Lucy announced that we were going […]

This is one of the best things I’ve seen come out of the government in a long time. http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/topics/breastfeeding/calltoactiontosupportbreastfeeding.pdf The Surgeon General has issued a “Call to Action in Support of Breast Feeding”, which (from my quick look) is pretty sweeping in its arguments for giving mothers more breast feeding support and in its suggestions […]

Somebody please disagree with me if this is not you experience. This is my request.  Please, please, do not tell me that “the only thing that matters is a healthy mom and a healthy baby.”  I’m not saying I don’t want a healthy baby, or that I would rather bleed to death, or that I […]

That is the day our C-section has been scheduled.  Apparently the placenta has not budged, and the risk of massive bleeding is too great if I go into labor, so we’re going in at about 38 weeks, which is actually longer than we probably could have hoped to wait if we had any other doctor. […]

I have to say I’ve been pretty overwhelmed by all the notes we’ve gotten saying that we are in people’s prayers.  Thank you all so much!!  No matter how things end up going, it has been a great blessing for me to know how many people care about me and our family. The ultra sound […]

These are the reasons we risk our lives and have children. Samantha: Want more pickle! Me: I know pickles taste good, but they won’t make you grow big and strong. Samantha: I strong enough! I had no answer for that.  Grandma just laughed. And then, Samantha, holding the “Bible Storybook“: This book heavy because lots […]

This is attempt number three for this post.  Craig’s computer has eaten it twice now.  But we had a doctor’s appointment last Monday (most of the delay is actually due to my laziness, not his computer, sadly) and here is the jist of things. The placenta is in between the baby and its way out, […]

Let’s make an attempt to work out exactly what happened on our little excursion to the hospital. I’ve been processing it for a couple of days now, but I’d like to get some of the details down “on paper” before they start to get too fuzzy. It was Wednesday morning, and I was taking a […]

Well, for those of you who may not have gotten Craig’s updates, we are in need of prayers – big time. Merry Christmas, by the way! The good news is, our little Oscar is very healthy, and I am very healthy, except for one little thing.  I had some bleeding in the shower on Wednesday […]

Homeschooling Journal: Visited the Farmer’s Market and Whole Foods.  The girls are getting to meet lots of new vegetables since Craig has decided we’re going to try to eat as “raw” as possible.  Yesterday I brought in the last bell peppers from the garden and each of the girls ate a whole one like an […]