A New Normal

It's been a long while! A short walk down memory lane reminds me that my new normal is nothing like my old ebb and flow. Babies, babies, babies! Wow, we had a string of little people for so many years! I miss those chubby little hands but I'm not sure I would trade it for the joy of having a house full of bigger children. If you are still in the throes of babyland, take courage! It doesn't last forever, and the hardest times will be forgotten due to sleep deprivation. ;-) Just kidding- if you have one or more babies in your house, I honor you for the valuable work you do in the everyday sacrifice of your time, your body, and your energy.

From now on this blog will be the continued story of our efforts to make a beautiful life out of imperfection. Life with a house full of children and a farm is messy. We love creating and producing and exploring, but none of that is neat and tidy (until blessing hour, when we clean it all up at 5pm). I am learning and growing as my children are doing the same, and it's an adventure every day...like it or not. 😅

So glad you dropped by!

Now we are six

Here are a few more pictures of our girl. Just overlook the fact that my blog hiatus was so long I didn't even capture Amelia's birth here. She was a cutie too. :-) My sister-in-law, Mary, was here for the birth and I look forward to seeing those early early newborn pictures, but for now here are the photos we've captured inn the last 36 hours. I'm adding these pictures from my kindle so hopefully the fonts and picture aren't a weird size.

Just a few hours old...they change so quickly from day to day!

First bath

Meeting the crew. They keep thanking me for her, which is so sweet and almost makes up for the nine months of pregnancy. Totally worth it.

Not the baby anymore! Two seemed so small a few days ago. If you look closely you can see the bruising from where she broke her nose the day before my labor started. Never a dull moment around here!

Nothing sweeter than a tiny baby and a strong gentle daddy!

Involuntary smiles are still smiles!

You were worth all 22 hours of labor, baby girl!

Blogging a little here and there

Just wanted to let you know that I have been blogging a little on our farm blog, and if you want the latest you can look over there.

In the future, I will probably blog food/health stuff over there, and if I ever get around to blogging other things, it will be here. I'd LOVE to share about an e-course I'm taking on organization. It's totally changing our little world! But that will have to be for another day (okay, truth be told, maybe another year). ;-)

Goodnight!