Homemaker Chronicles

I wish someone would have told me some of these things when I first began having children.  Maybe people did tell me these things and they just didn’t sink in until I experienced what kids are capable of for myself.  In an effort to help some of you spring chicken moms out there, or even [...]

Thank you to all the ladies who left me lots of great ideas for a baby shower gift.  Bern, I love the Brest Friend pillow!  Besides being perfectly appropriate it also looks heavenly.
The others of you that put your eggs in the nursing cover basket, thank you for that.  The Boppy idea was perfect as [...]

It’s no secret that I’m a huge fan of breast-feeding the babies.  I nursed all of my kids for a little bit, but I REALLY nursed my last three.  (”REALLY” meaning, for longer than five weeks.)  Isn’t God so crafty to create a way for us to feed our children using our very own bodies?  [...]

The fact of the matter is, I don’t know what the heck I am doing when it comes to potty training.  Each child is so very very very different and needs a very very very different approach.  Since I’m no expert, I will just let you guys in on what we did to get our [...]

It’s always interesting to learn about people’s differing opinions.  Don’t you think?
Specifically, I love getting to know how moms feel about immunizing their children.  My personal opinion has changed over the course of 10 years.  Would you like to know what it is?
Okay, but only if you beg…
Oh alright…STOP IT already!  Of course I’ll tell [...]

I love to have fun and be silly.  It is in my blood to make jokes about everything and be sarcastic constantly.  While I hope that no one is ever offended by my extreme comments (and believe me- lately they have been), please know that this blog is for fun… mainly.  When it’s not used [...]

Dear blog readers,
Today marks a turning point in my life.  Yes, you are here to witness this attempt at a change.  It’s a change that has been needed for quite a while and I have honestly been putting it off far too long.
I just can’t do it anymore!
Involving you is my cry for help and [...]

How many people out there actually make their own baby food?  I loved making food for Titan and Adia when they were toothless, but Salem sort of just skipped baby food and went straight to table food. 
Oh, by the way, Salem isn’t nursing anymore.  One day he quit trying to rip off my shirt and actually [...]

Whilst out and about, I am constantly asked, “where did you get these towheads”.  I actually had to Google that term cause I’d never heard of it.  Well, justincase you didn’t know, the word “tow” comes from the fiber of flax, hemp, or jute, prepared for spinning.   These fibers are light-colored, and so towhead can [...]

Only under these circumstances would I EVER be proud to say that I have thunder thighs…
When it’s my adorable 8 month old!

That’s some serious chub!  I think he’s actually gone down in size too.  You know, due to the exhaustive crawling, pulling up to furniture, jumping in the exersaucer, and standing alone he does!
What a [...]

The other day Caleb was asked to watch Salem for a bit while I ran to grab Adia off of the trampoline.
Salem had been crawling around on the kitchen floor scavenging for morsels.
As usual.
He had also been trying to drop a bomb in his diaper for at least 10 minutes, but I had not yet heard the infamous “SQUIRT” [...]

It’s all business today friends.
*UPDATE*  Here’s the latest “Jude” pic…how adorable!  
Jude’s Mama says, “His life is pretty much back to normal! Thank you all for your prayers. His lip will be a little swollen for up to 6 weeks post surgery and the inside stitches have yet to dissolve, but as you can see he [...]

*See previous post for “your song” contest winner!*
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There are few things that could occur in my life to render me totally undone.  There are even fewer people that could be the cause of such a thing.
One of those things, by one of those people, happened today.
My baby, Salem, has been on the verge of sick all [...]

If you’re joining me for the first time, start this story from the beginning.
After Adia was born we were sure we wanted more children-it was a no brainer!  The labor, delivery and recovery all went so well with her.  “Let’s do it again!!”
Sure enough, when she was only 11 months old, we found out I [...]

After I spoke with our midwife-to-be (B.P. let’s call her) I knew without a doubt that THIS was for us.  I called Todd and he said we should keep praying about it and we scheduled a consultation with B.P. to get some facts.  So many awesome answers to prayer came with that visit.  The most important [...]

I got a call this morning at 7:30 from, my friend of 17 years, Whitney.  She had her baby at 3:00 am.  A little girl- Annabelle Kate…isn’t that the sweetest southern name you’ve ever heard!  And being that they’re from Arkansas, it fits.  Her firstborn, a little boy, is William Cooper and is almost 2.  A fun [...]

Lately I have seen some of the best ideas promoting “go green”.  I happen to have a friend that I was planning a baby shower for, and here are some of my favorite ideas.
1.  Invitations- use the left over extras from other birthday parties or blank invitations.
2.  Food- make everything with organic and all-natural ingredients.  [...]