I got an award! Thank you to Darcel at The Mahogany Way for honoring me with the Pretty Beautiful Blogger Award! Darcel is an unschooling mama of two with a new baby due in May! She most recently blogged about Creativity with some GREAT ideas for indoor activities in line with the recent ADM Blog Hop about being Snowed In. Go check out her wonderful blog!
Pregnant! At last! You know the best thing about blogging? The friends you meet. Friends like Wishing 4 One – I don’t even know her real name! She is an american living in Egypt and I’ve been following her blog for … well, ever. They just did their 4th fresh IVF and her second beta was 2370!!! Woohoo! Go give her some love! Don’t worry if you don’t know her or have never read her blog – comments are like hugs and she deserves some!Grow baby grow!
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Welcome to the Weekly ADM Blog Hop. Anyone can join in! Just blog on topic between now and next Monday, include the MckLinky code (below) in your post, and hop on over to your fellow bloggers!This week’s topic:
Granted, with a one year old (!!) we don’t play outside as much as with older kids but I still try to find fun things to do… Continue reading Snowed in!
This post is part of the 2010 API Principles of Parenting blog carnival, a series of monthly parenting blog carnivals, hosted by API Speaks. Learn more about attachment parenting by visiting the API websiteI’ve written before about my birth affirmations and how they helped me prepare for and participate in labor. If you’ve never created affirmations before it might seem daunting at first. I honestly believe they are powerful and more so when they are created by you. I think this process will benefit your birth experience even if you never… Continue reading Preparing for Birth with Affirmations
One Year Old! Can you believe it? I simply can’t. DH and I have both battled the worst stomach bug this week so today felt anticlimactic. We’ve just been praying that she didn’t get the virus (knock on wood, she seems to be doing fine – go boob juice antibodies!). I had so many plans about the post I would write on this important day but now I find myself … exhausted!
Welcome to the February Carnival of Natural Parenting: Love and partners!This post was written for inclusion in the monthly Carnival of Natural Parenting hosted by Hobo Mama and Code Name: Mama. This month we’re writing about how a co-parent has or has not supported us in our dedication to natural parenting. Please read to the end to find a list of links to the other carnival participants.******This month’s Carnival of Natural Parenting asked me how my co-parent supports my natural parenting choices. What a great topic! I can without hesitation say my husband is an essential… Continue reading My Reverse Traditional Husband In The Wild!
Of course the true value of having DH stay home with Aellyn goes way beyond anything that could be quantified but let’s try anyways.
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Let’s just get it out there. I’m 100% pro-choice. Meaning I do not believe Roe v. Wade should be overturned and I think abortion should be legal. I’m 100% pro-life. Meaning I believe that life begins at conception and is a precious and intentional act of God.
I take static from both sides of the Pro-Choice/Pro-Life campaigns. I’ve been told by Pro-Lifers that I’m not “voting my conscience” and I’ve let my Christianity become secularized (at best – I had one person call me a eugenicist.) Pro-Choicers vilify me because I am in favor of educating women about the nature… Continue reading Usual Suspects: NFL, CBS, Tebow, and NOW
Welcome to the weekly Blog Hop! Anyone is free to join in. Simply enter your information in the MckLinky at the bottom of this post, repost the MckLinky code in your own post on the topic, and enjoy your fellow bloggers’ posts. Remember to leave some Comment Love!
Parenting sure has changed from when I was a kid. For example, my pediatrician had my mom start me on solids foods at three weeks old! Aellyn had nothing but breastmilk until… Continue reading Celebrating the Ordinary with Mom and Dad
