sourceWe made it safely home!After a blessed weekend filled with baptisms and a wedding, we left Oklahoma on such a high note. We will miss our friends there.The flight home was pretty miserable. Two planes, one sick and pregnant mamma, and a 3 year old who didn't want to sleep.But we made it!After a restful night of sleep (praise the Lord for grandparents who are willing to take the Princess for the night!), we got ready to head to our first midwife appointment.Everything went well. And the … [Read more...]
The Common Cold vs. the Flu
sourceI have a cold.First my Princess had it and I tried so desperately not to catch it. But since I am pregnant my immune system is not 100% - and sure enough I caught it. My husband has been taking Emergen C twice daily and he has not caught it.{I can't take Emergen C.}My friend took echinacea and she is doing better.{I can't take echinacea.}Instead, I am behind on homeschool, reading, cleaning, cooking, blogging, emails....because I have a cold.Thankfully, no fever. Not a flu.Just … [Read more...]
Natural Childbirth: The Birth Story of Our First Child, Isabella
As we are preparing and enduring the first trimesterof our second child, I am brought back to memories of the birth of our first child - My Princess, Isabella. From the start of my first pregnancy I knew that I wanted to have a Certified Nurse Midwife. After visiting a few local hospitals, and talking to others about midwives they used, I was convinced that I wanted to have my first child at a local Birth Center. Some of my friends used a midwife that came into their home and they had the … [Read more...]
Morning Sickness
source I have been struggling for the last few weeks with morning sickness - all day! During my first pregnancy, I did great. I had a very smooth pregnancy. Didn't throw up once. This pregnancy? Miserable, so far! So imagine my surprise when I forgot to take my prenatal vitamin yesterday and I felt like a million bucks? I have been complaining to my husband (this must be his fault, right?) about feeling sick, feeling depressed, and basically not feeling like myself. So … [Read more...]
Pregnant!
Yes, we wanted to have a baby in June 2012 and it looks like God has answered our prayers. I am due the first week of June!God is so good.We travel so much, we have to plan a baby around our already scheduled 2012 seminars. So pray for us as we travel back down this road. {Hopefully better equipped to deal with a newborn than we were with our Princess!}To tell you the truth, I am still quite terrified of having a newborn and a rambunctious preschooler in the house.Of course, my Princess is very … [Read more...]
We are Trying For a Second Child
We have decided this is the year we will try for our second child. Are we crazy or what? After getting through the newborn stage, baby stage, and early toddler stage, am I really choosing to go through it all again. I mean, it was really hard! Still is. (I must be crazy.) But, when listening to a radio program about an only child praying daily until age 8 for a sibling, I started feeling really bad. My Princess has been asking for months now for a sister. She pretends a baby is in … [Read more...]
