Good deal at Snapfish (dot) com

We are not at the point yet that we need any baby announcements or anything, but I know some of my readers are! If you go to snapfish.com and shop in their baby store, you can get 20% off the goodies they have there, like birth announcements, photo books, personalized baby books, and lots of other neat stuff. Shop by October 4th, and use the coupon code BABYLOVE when you check out.

...And I want to know what you order! :o)

Craving...

Jalapeños. I could eat them with every meal.

Memories of Birth #3

I found these photos of when I was laboring with our third child, May 2002.


Nothing but good memories of this birth! I love my midwives in Texas, and had such a good experience at the birth center there.


Notice I'm not tied down by an i.v. and am free to labor in whatever position feels right at that moment!


Helen is applying warm counter pressure on my lower back. That was SUCH a relief, as my lower back aches terribly as the baby descends. She doesn't talk during the contractions. No one is bursting into the room while I quietly breathe through the contractions.


Birth is never easy. But giving birth in a calm, peaceful, home-like environment sure does make it an easier experience for me!



Labor was allowed to progress naturally, he was born in his own time (no rush), and was immediately placed in my arms. He was never taken out of my presence, and nothing was done to or for him that I did not know about. It was beautiful!

What a blessed birth it was. Thank you, Lord!

Congratulations...!

...to my blogging buddy, Elizabeth, who gave birth to a beautiful baby boy on Monday, August 24! She wrote out her birth story, and you can read Part One here, and Part Two here.

Elizabeth has longed for a natural, intervention-free home birth, but has been physically unable to have her children that way. Her story is truly a Picture of Grace (her blog is aptly named) as God has kept her and her family in His care through all circumstances.

Congratulations, my friend! Enjoy that sweet little guy. :o)