The Numbers of It All

Many of you have questioned me about why I’m not scheduling a repeat c-section or were surprised to learn that’s even an option. Despite my best efforts to explain I’m not sure anything will help as much as giving you some resources to read about it on your own if you are truly interested.
http://icanofnashville.webs.com/vbaccesareanfacts.htm
http://www.theunnecesarean.com/
http://vbacfacts.com/
The World […]

Dear Santa

Layla asked to write a letter to Santa this year and I served as her transcriptionist.
Dear Santa,
I love you Santa and I love Christmas. I’d like for you to bring me a stuffed toy cat, and a stuffed toy lamb that is a girl, also a leopard. Oh, yes, and new crayons. I hope […]

Advent Calendar

This year we’re doing our first Advent Calendar with Layla. Up until this point we’ve just done construction paper chains to countdown the days. I was feeling crafty so I scoured the internet for ideas and came up with this:

It’s a mini muffin tin and each cup is covered with a circle of cardstock, affixed […]

It was a creed…

… written into the founding documents that declared the destiny of a nation.
Yes we can.
It was whispered by slaves and abolitionists as they blazed a trail toward freedom.
Yes we can.
It was sung by immigrants as they struck out from distant shores and pioneers who pushed westward against an unforgiving wilderness.
Yes we can.
It was the call […]

Dear Bradford Pear Trees,

Listen, I understand that you’re stressed due to the strange temperature shifts and extreme lack of water. I know that makes you feel the need to reproduce before you croak. But honestly we don’t want you around anymore, and this blooming in fall thing is not helping. We deal with your pretty little show of […]