Prairie Garden

  8 lbs 3 oz :: 22 inches long :: one hour old Born at home at 2:13 AM on 5.31.13 He is the exact same weight (but an inch longer) th...

I've had contractions all day long, 15 minutes apart during the day, 10 minutes apart in the evening hours.  I went to bed like normal a...

Updates do not include a baby on the outside of my womb.  Or any rumblings therein. They do include:  A concerning lack of nesting insti...

Two things. First off, sick kids.  Yes.  Un-un-un-un. Truen played outside for most of the afternoon on Sunday alongside Blaine as he we...

Nothing has changed other than the baby dropping last week. I'm still feeling fine, just fine.  It actually makes me a little worried,...

I walked out of the bedroom yesterday morning and realized that my belly had sunk down an inch or two.  The babe dropped in the night, givin...

Un-un-un-un.  My mind is boggled. We have the baby's due date (this coming Saturday, May 25th ) marked on our school calendar.  What a...

After two days of fierce wind, it is now 90 degrees F outside.  Un-un-un-un.  I put on a dress this morning (a thrifted number I wore while ...

Post title: The Phantom of the Living Room Picture caption: It was the start of something beautiful. Love it: Awkward Family Photos

I just looked at the calendar this morning and realized that we are approx. 2.5 weeks away from birth.  Zoinks!  I'm 37.5 weeks .  That ...

"Did you know that a 'dude' is a horse's butt-hair...?  Dada told me." ::: Diego ::: at breakfast this morning.  I ...

  A fine game of "chesst" with Diego. (We found the missing rook just this morning.) Two bandits in carefully crafted c...

  Squeeee!  Aren't they adorable?? On Sunday we spent most of the day in the garden. Blaine planted while I took notes or got wat...

This week we had two snowstorms.  No joke.  But yesterday it was in the 40s F in mid-afternoon and today I do believe it is in the mid-60s. ...

    This past weekend, we brought home -- 7 chicks, 3 ducklings, 2 goslings The sweetest little babies ever. The goslings a...

Yesterday it snowed all day and blew fiercely from the north.   Today we are blanketed with thick, heavy snow -- but the su...

  We went from this    and this (at my parents' house in WA).   To this   and this (at home in MN). We had perfec...

  The little stream on the west side of my parents' property -- The boys have been in seventh heaven exploring it, building littl...

One thing I've really noticed with this pregnancy is how refreshing a good night's sleep is for the body.  It is transformative.  By...

Diego and his bug terrarium. This collection includes: flies, spiders, asian beetles & box elder bugs He puts in wet cottonballs ...