Last Year

2009 was a pretty good year. We started off with two major milestones. One being the decision we made for me to stay home with the boys and the other was the amazing home birth we had to welcome our son into our family. The experience with our home birth will be really hard to top. Everything following that has been great. Our family is growing and we are exactly where we want to be. I’m finally settled...

Swamped

So, I am busy. Very busy. The reason for this has to do with many things; many very good things. First, I’ve been making sales through my Etsy shop! I sold a few slings last week that I didn’t already have made, so that meant a little bit of time was spent with me at home sewing and John taking the boys out to do whatever (usually shopping at Goodwill or going somewhere to eat cheeseburgers) it is...

8

Archer Everson Fry is 8 months old. In my mind he should still be somewhere around the ballpark of 3 months, but reality is telling me differently. I know, every month it’s the same old, ‘I just can’t believe how old my beautiful baby boy is’. But, seriously, I cannot believe this child of mine is past the halfway mark and on the fast road to being one year old. Crazy! I’m holding...

Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes

There has been an awful lot of change and growing up going on at our house, lately. Jackson is now 4 (!) and starting pre-school soon. Despite our decision to start looking for a place as school is starting, we were still lucky enough to find a good pre-school program with one spot available. Once again, I must do ALL things at the last minute. AND, we now have a 7 month old that is sitting up, crawling, and...

Dear Jackson

4 years ago I was given the gift of a happy and healthy baby boy. He introduced me to motherhood and a new kind of love that I am grateful to now know. He gave my life a direction and a solid purpose. He gave John and me a family. Jackson is an overflowing blessing. From the moment we found he would be joining us, he has brought nothing but wonderful things with him. He has brought an abundance of joy to us. ...