so tell me...

why are you here reading? what made you first come to my blog and why do you stick around?
Most blogs seem to be in a "Category". you know what category they are by checking their blogrolls- you've got your homeschooling blogs, your food blogs, your adoption blogs ect
This blog has touched on , or gone deeply into several subjects- homeschooling, fostering, homemaking, large family, adoption,Christian faith, baby-loss, and more recently midwife/homebirth rants. But i refuse to define myself into on category..
However, i am interested in knowing what you want to hear more of, and do you have any questions for me? i need some promptings to get off my blogging bottom and post...

liz

cute

willow



sebastian

Putting the Christ back in Christmas

This year my children will not be overloaded with plastic toys made by children in China.
This year our family is giving the money we would have spent on piles of soon-to-break-junk to a family who is bring home this sweet baby girl.
Because all she wants is a mommy and daddy for Christmas.
Because, if she is not adopted she will never own a single toy.
Because, if not adopted she will be transferred to a mental institution at the tender age of 4.

So my sweet children looked through all the sweet faces on the Reece's Rainbow "sponsor a family" page and settled on this sweet girl.
We are helping her get a family for Christmas.

Here is her family's blog. They have a link to where you can donate to the adoption.
or take a look at the Reece's Rainbow Angel Tree where you can donate money to orphan's funds that will 100% go to their adoptions . These donations make it possible for families to commit to these children. AND, for every 35$ you donate you get an ornament with the child's sweet picture on it! we have ornaments from several children from the last two years. They are a favorite of my kiddos.

willow

my days in pictures

all day long, every day (well mostly) i am sitting here, in my spot on the couch. this is my view and what surrounds me. Willow spends about 45 minutes (or more) of every three hours eating and then i pump. the couch and i are well acquainted..



i am using an SNS to supplement replacing the bottles she was taking in order to get out of the NICU. She hates the tube, so if she fights it i use a nipple shield too..sigh
my view looking down.



my rented baby scale.i weigh her before and after each nursing session to ensure she gets enough.



ahhh, faithful old Bessie. always right there in front of me. i see you right in front of me all day. i use you about 8 times every day to make up for Willows inability to empty my breasts.



my books with handy answers to questions like "do i seriously have thrush again?" and " why is my daughter clicking while nursing? "