Poppy Maude Hickman April 23, 2010 at 12:49 pm 8 lbs 1 oz  20 3/4 inches Adored by all...  

When we were little, my parents ran a home business.  Geary Associates was a mail-order quilt pattern company.  They made and mailed quilt p...

So while I'm off at the hospital I thought it might be a good time to finally post an Easter follow-up.  Do not be confused.  I am not w...

For some reason I was completely exhausted yesterday.  I slept OK the night before and luckily the girls were on their best behavior after T...

Oh, the thrills continue.  I hope you know I am just writing this stuff for myself; from past experience I know I will have no recollection ...

Monday is usually my grocery shopping day.  But since I did zero meal planning or shop-listing last night it didn't happen.  Whatever.  ...

Tonight, after dinner.  Hazel is showing me the mask she has been working on and embellishing all evening. "Mom, I think I'll bri...

Here's the thing.  If you knew the exact day and time you were having a baby, what would you do in the days leading up to it?  It's ...

Happy Cherry Blossoms!

I just went back to last Easter's post to remember what I wrote and also what I even put in the kids' baskets. Those Target baskets ...

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls My rating: 4 of 5 stars Fascinating. Revelatory. Nearly unbelievable. Truly stranger than fiction....

Kari, Kari, Kari. Has your blogging really come to this? Yes, yes it has. I ran to Target the other night, in my "home" maternit...

Look at these two. I just love them so much I could die.

Until recently, the girls have been sleeping on mattresses on the floor. Hazel has a twin and Ginger was using the crib mattress. We never...

We've been listening to "Follow the Prophet" a lot lately in the car. If you don't know the song, you can hear it here . ...

I've been frantically coming up with, and starting, projects. The closer the due date gets, the more projects I think of. Gotta do this,...

Mhm, that's right. You know what that picture means. It's time for EBX10 (Easter Basket Exchange '10)! Easter this year is Ap...

As is to be expected, I'm having minor second thoughts on the baby name. We'll probably still go with it, but I've felt the nee...

Finally getting around to my birthday, which seemed to fly by this year but which actually lasts all month, or longer if I want it to. For m...

When was the last time you went on a Nightflight to Venus? For me it had been awhile. When I was about 4, my Dad returned from a business t...