Prairie Garden

Oh my goodness.  This calls for a good old list post. Eliah will be 4 weeks old tomorrow.  One month!  I am amazed. I am approx three-qua...

Yes . . . I am that busy.  No time to write, but take a look at some pictures.  In order of date, starting with a week ago last Sunday.  Bab...

Saying goodbye to Grandpa and Grandma So . . . here we are, two weeks postpartum.  Un-un-un-un.  My parents were here the second week a...

::: Eliah Len ::: It took us 5 days, the longest ever. His name is like a little sunburst in my mind -- I wake up saying it to mys...

  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...