Jaxson turned ONE last week. Wowza. This year flew by. Its gone by fast with Savannah, but having Jaxson too, I guess being busier has made time zoom.  His birthday was wonderful, celebrated with family and close friends. He had an egg, nut, and dairy free cake to accommodate for his allergies (and it was super yum!). It was a basketball theme ( Read more... )

So, this morning I was listening to our local Christian radio on my way to school and the radio host asked callers to talk about what they survived.  One host said she survived not wearing jeans in Africa, another said she survived a house fire, breast cancer, etc. And I immedietely thought about my adoption experience. I survived it. I survived ( Read more... )

We're studying Multicultural and Global Feminism this week and my assignment is to research what life is like for women/girls outside of America.  I know I have some Canada mommies on here, so when I was curious if you ladies could tell me some things.  The main things the teacher wants us to look for are the different conflicts, changes that have ( Read more... )

HA! For ONE class this fall...I have 14 books to read over the semester. 14! That's insane.

Granted, it is a Children's Lit class which will be very interesting and all be easy reads, but holy cow that is a lot of books.  I mean, I can easily read books in a day if they are good, but it's hard to do during the semester when I have other homework ( Read more... )

I have two cloth diapers that are new....and Savannah wants to wear them RIGHT NOW. lol How do I wash them for the first time? I know that they need to be washed and dried a few times to make them more absorbant, but how and how many times? I have Charlie's soap that I'm going to use. I know not to use fabric softner. (sorry for all the misspelling ( Read more... )

Cross posting from my blog in case you guys don't read it, cause I need advice.

Ok yall, this past month has proven to be a trying one for us regarding Savannah.  Maybe it has something to do with “knowing” something is different with a new baby coming, maybe it’s just the fact that she’s 2 and fighting for any control she can get.  But, whatever it ( Read more... )

In all my life of three unplanned pregnancies being a teenager/very early 20's I have NEVER had a comment like below directed at me.  I've been on babycenter.com December2009 board since I found out I was pregnant and today a girl in high school posted about falling asleep during a class, having issues staying awake because her pregnancy, telling ( Read more... )

For those who have delivered at hospitals: could you tell me roughly what your total bill was if you remember? My last two were covered 100% by medicaid so I have no idea ( Read more... )

Just so ya know...I have a brand new Evenflo Comfort Select Dual Pump for a giveaway!

http://reviews.omommawrites.com/2009/04/21/evenflo-comfort-select-review-and-giveaway/

See blog link for all the rules, but basically enter by April 30th.

On a side note: Hurrah! I love how God provides things in unexpected little ways :-) I also just won free baby ( Read more... )

I'm buying this package now to try on Savannah and find which one I like best:

http://www.momsmilkboutique.com/PocketSampler.html

Question though: If I want to buy extra inserts for more protection (like a hemp insert for night time) does it have to be made by the same diaper company?  Like, can I get a hemp insert made by Thirsties and put it in the ( Read more... )