Pregnancy

First love, then marriage, then?

I have been reading a so-far delightful book, entitled Start Your Family: Inspiration for Having Babies, by Steve and Candice Watters of Boundless fame. And yes, I know, we don’t need inspiration.  I’m reading it more for philosophical reasons–and, honestly, “˜cause it’s such a bargain at Amazon, and I had the notion that it might be a useful book to…

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Uncategorized

Cloth, after disposables

So, to my great surprise, after two years or so of disposable-diapering, I find myself regarding cloth diapers very differently than I did way back in 2008. First–I’m surprised to discover that they really are more work.  I know this is probably like “no duh” to 99% of the world, but when I started out, I’d never in my life…

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Moments

The Adventures of R and E

Today was one of the (many) days when the awesomeness of being a mommy to two little girls is nothing short of overwhelming.  The girls played so very, very many games today that I lost count.  There was “boo,” which they played over and over again, switching the instigator; then they had a couple games that involved screaming similar sounds…

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