FRECTIS

We went to church yesterday and had a pleasant time.  For some reason the kids were very well behaved.  Son needed to run to the bathroom so I thought the best time to do that would be between the homily and the presentation of gifts.  He was quick and the presenters took so long the [...]

I have that feeling.  You know, the FEELING.  My sisters swear they are the only ones on the face of the planet who get that feeling, like it’s some creepy twin thang but I assure you I get it too.  It’s a feeling of anxiety, foreboding, doom, unrest, sadness-on-the-verge-of-tears, anger, rejection, frustration, uncertainty, and every [...]

Some names from the school directory my kids received today (and we thought Gabriela was extravagant): JesiahElexsisAlexceaJazzmynCheyenne (x3)ZephenLexusElexis Props to the two families who obviously went out of their minds on a postpartum bender and named their kids Mary and John.

Today is Daughter #3′s 5th birthday.  She is my fourth baby, third home birth, and was born in her 41st week.  Whose fourth baby shows up late?!  When I was working in a birth center, we had a traveling ultrasound tech who would come in once a month to provide our clients with ultrasounds.  I [...]

Daughter #2′s 8th birthday is today.   She was born on her due date. All the details of her birth are packed away in a keepsake box, but here it is in a nutshell:  Daughter #2 was our second baby and the first of three to be born at home.  I came to the idea of [...]