Category Archives: Family

Our Cloth Diaper Experience

I am loving cloth diapers. We have been using them for about 5 days and my little guy looks so good in them. Thankfully from the beginning, I’ve known a few ladies that were already using or planning on using … Continue reading

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Cries and Smiles

I haven’t been very faithful to blogging but if you had this face to entertain every hour of every day, you wouldn’t have time either.. For the first few weeks, our lives were filled with indistinguishable cries. I didn’t know … Continue reading

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Tinkles and Poops

Today: Saturday, February 19th, 2011 Firsts: Projectile poop on the nursery wall. Urinated on during feeding time. Lessons learned: Make sure baby is done before opening the diaper all the way. Boy parts pointed DOWN when diapering baby boys.

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Breast Feeding: Learning on your own

  I have so much respect for women that have endured and persevered when it came to breast feeding their first (and even second, third, etc) baby. People keep asking me about my experience with birthing at Nativiti. I honestly … Continue reading

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Our Birth Story

Technically I wasn’t a Mommy exactly a week ago, at this time (12:48pm Central), I was just in labor. – On February 2nd, 2011 – 3:30am – Regular Pregnancy Potty Break 4:00am – Power went out (apparently Texas had rolling … Continue reading

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The Bloody Show

Ok, not really. I’m not dining anywhere near Hell. Jesus covers my sins, I’m going to Heaven. For real. *Disclaimer: This blog post maybe TMI for men or those that don’t want to know anymore specifics on childbirth, but if … Continue reading

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My bumps..

**Why are these no longer password protected? Because I realized that I’m about to give birth and I’m going to have a birth photographer at my birth and I’m obviously going to post the slideshow of our birth story. Though … Continue reading

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The Last Leg of the Race

My midwives were kidding when they related pregnancy and birth to a marathon. I’m 38 weeks and 4 days and I can’t stand it. Feels like everything up to this point has flown by. These last couple of days have … Continue reading

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Au naturel

I finally finished The Business of Being Born. Tyler and I started it a while back and only got about half way through it. Finished it today and it basically just reaffirmed everything I believe in and everything I stand … Continue reading

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To Cry or Not to Cry

I’m going to admit it. Yesterday I had a melt down. A few nights ago, I started waking up in the middle up of the night feeling like a ticking time bomb, the good kind, that’s about to give birth. … Continue reading

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