Yes, I’m blogging in labor. While I’m not live streaming the birth this time (hospital birth remember?), I know everyone is waiting to hear about the labor developments so I’ll update you while I am here at home laboring before we head to the hospital. Labor began this morning (39 wks & 3 days pregnant) […]
Category: personal stories
Baby brother is still cooking?! 38 week pregnancy updates and thoughts on induction.
In the last weeks of pregnancy women often find themselves simply DONE with the process and ready to meet their baby. Even crunchy ones that are aware of all the reasons baby should keep cooking! Pregnancy often leaves your mind and body conflicting on many things… meeting that sweet baby ASAP is one of those […]
On severe weather and babies being born…
It is looking to be a super weird day! BOTH girls slept in our room last night. They were so restless & anxious they couldn’t fall asleep, even after some warm magnesium “tea” (aka Natural Calm) and some time to unwind in their room. Eventually we let them come to our room where they didn’t […]
“Crunchy hate” and flaming, how do you deal during the holidays?
Each time around the holiday season a number of people in my crunchy circle (what the hell is “crunchy” Talina?) find themselves upset when trying to mesh with non-crunchy loved ones that are often downright rude and generally not accommodating. Year after year I hear about… People that insist on hosting a holiday celebrations but whom […]
The pregnancy home stretch is here! 36 weeks pregnant and counting…
We had our first chance of dusting snow last night/ this morning out here in southern Indiana. The girls are bummed there isn’t any to play in or build a snowman with this morning but the event is significant because it means winter temperatures are now upon us. I am excited for winter because it […]
Sisters practice for baby brother’s arrival… Not much time is left.
Things have been pretty non-stop around here lately, I’m guessing it’s just going to continue until our newest family member has joined us in a few short weeks. Everly and Adalyn are practicing for the arrival of their baby brother and for the excitement of Christmas. Some days they are bundling baby dolls (that they […]
Counting down to winter & our baby boy… Just a few weeks left!?!
Here in Southern Indiana, we are officially experiencing the Fall season. I’ve even had to kick on the heater a few times! The garden growth and harvesting has died down lots, as have our hen’s egg production. This year we had two odd volunteer pumpkin plants that sprang up and just flourished all season with […]
A look at the wedding though another photographer’s eyes…
We were lucky enough to have two different wedding photographers at the wedding, each with a varied style. They both did a great job as I’m sure you’ll agree. In my previous wedding photos post I talked a bit about how lame I feel in posed photos and how lame I end up looking. I […]
A look at the wedding though one of our photographer’s eyes…
For the wedding we knew we needed to secure as many photos of the event as we could, but we didn’t have the budget for thousands of dollars for a wedding photographer, plus we weren’t really looking for someone to provide us with prints of the photos from the wedding… So we hunted around for […]
The exciting news we are ready to share. It’s a …
It’s true we have some exciting news to share. It was officially announced to our close circle of loved ones our wedding. Actually, we’ve been dropping hints here and there and even dropped a major hint at the actual wedding… You already know that we had our belated wedding this month right? If not, you […]
We had OUR Wedding!
It’s official, we had our long awaited wedding! After a five year engagement and adding two daughters to our family, we finally found the time and money to make it happen. Now that it’s over, I can’t really detect any major difference between pre-wedding and post wedding life… but we did it and have the […]
The post where my 1yr old tried to touch a wild deer…
Our wedding week is underway. We’ve survived the 15+ hour travel day that began at 2:30 am, the rental car fiasco that stranded us and while spending some time settling in at our cozy cabin in the pine forest just south of Flagstaff, AZ we had some special encounters with nature.
Exciting things are happening around these parts…
Exciting things are happening around these parts, not that we need anymore excitement as we speed towards our wedding day, mostly unprepared. Time is flying by fast right now! Anyway, on to the excitement to share…
Protected: A personal note, just between us.
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Two peas in a pod & what we’ve learned about behavior and gluten
Everly and Adalyn are growing so darn fast. Everly turns four this weekend and Adalyn will be two in two months. They are still just blowing our minds each day, in various ways. Everly is a great big sister but she really does have her annoyed big sister moments too. Man, do I remember feeling […]
Did that really just happen to me?
You know those days where everything is basically a WTF moment? It’s been a really long time since we’ve had a day filled with those moments… So I feel I have to share it. It all started out with a trek out for errands, as we were leaving our street we found a golf club […]
Life transitions are underway and we enjoy the fruits of our labor.
I wanted to write about all the exciting stuff that is in the near future for us, things like wedding dresses, possible acreage and growing families… but today I really need to tell you this. Adalyn went to be for the first time last night, without me. In all her almost 2 years of life […]
Wedding hair trial: A romantic updo
I’ve still not decided on my wedding hair style! Can you believe it? The problem is, I really like the look of an updo but I question the functionality and staying power of one. I’ve been trying out this version of a mess updo:
Murphy’s Law and Such…
There is so much going on right now, some I can share… some I cannot. You already know, our very belated wedding is nearing, fast. Remember how we posponed it while pregnant with Everly? When it comes to important life stuff… “Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong”. Except, for us the “going wrong” […]
Reuse and repurposing: Our goal- Throwing less into dumps
There are many ways to recycle, reuse and conserve from day to day. You just have to look at things differently. As I become more and more earth friendly I discover new ways to reporpose, reuse and recycle. For me, a focus on repourposing and reuse has been what we’ve continued to expand on. Can […]