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Being a Mom

Only in Frills

by beth July 27, 2010

She eats in ball gowns.  She bakes in them. She wants to ride her bike in them.  She hikes her skirt up & climbs the rock wall in the yard.  All the time I worry “What out!  You need to be care­ful!”  But on she goes. The dresses are ragged within hours of her play­ing.  She […]

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Extended Breastfeeding: 4 kids, 57 months & Counting

by beth July 26, 2010

D-man is still nurs­ing at 16 months old, any­thing over a year is gen­er­ally con­sid­ered extended breast­feed­ing. I have breast­feed all my chil­dren for a year or longer.   At this point I have breast­feed for a total of 57 months.  Did you catch that? 57 MONTHS or 4.75 years.  I was actu­ally sur­prised when I added […]

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16 Months & Soon to Be in College

by beth July 20, 2010

Where did the new­born I held this time last year go?  I mean he is now 16 months old.…I can’t go around think­ing of how my baby is grow­ing up!  It feels like yes­ter­day that I just find out that I was preg­nant with him.  Yet, I still get lots of baby time.  Since he […]

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My Men

by beth July 12, 2010

Some­thing about watch­ing all my men walk­ing together as if set­ting off for an adven­ture that makes my knees go all soft & my heart go pitter-patter.  I love these guys.  Wrestling at all hours, pur­ple nur­ples inside of quiet nurs­ing & all the choas they bring, I love.  I just love them. Tweet This Post

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Don’t Open the Washing Machine!!

by beth July 10, 2010

Yes­ter­day my old­est wanted to help with the laun­dry.  He wanted to wash a load of laun­dry.  Yes, my son wanted to do work.  Not just work but laun­dry.  I should have seen this as an omen of impend­ing doom. How­ever, I was blind­sided by the idea of clean tow­els. Down to the base­ment, into […]

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