• Saw a man walking his parrot this morning. We don't walk our parrots in Idaho.
  • At the 40th annual ukulele festival. Just had a uke lesson. Very cool.
  • I've seen a bicycle with a surf board rack, a fire engine pulling a yacht & a bronzed old man with muscles like a dinosaur. We're in Hawaii!
  • Hong Kong airport. Free wifi. Chai. Lounge chairs. Kids craft area (gate24). Kids potties. English books. Love it! Gotta board the plane now
  • Hong Kong! There's just something about the fresh air and convenient transportation (Octopus card!) that makes my travel weary body smile.

A Vacation from our Vacation

This morning, I found Schäfer giving Sianna her last bit of milk. They were so sweet.

Hubs went on-line and rented bikes so we could go on a family bike ride. Everyone was excited – especially Schäfer because he was going to ride on a tagalong bike behind Hubs. (Tagalong bike: think seat, handlebar and wheel

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Baby #3 at 18 weeks

This pregnancy at 18 weeks:

my everyday clothes no longer fit – except my wrap skirts

sometimes I eat a lot and other times I don’t hardly eat anything at all

5 small meals a day feels better than 3 large ones

Gatorade is my best friend

unlike last time around, I have no clue if this baby is a

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Exhaustion: what I didn't expect while I'm expecting

06.08.10

We’re pregnant.

I’m exhausted.

We’re excited!

This pregnancy has been more tiring than I remember my last one being. I keep trying to remind myself that last pregnancy, I was only taking care of Hubs and myself. This go around, I’m trying to keep up with a three-year-old and a one-year-old.

But I don’t think I should blame it

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The Simplist Gift

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The morning after my miscarriage, I looked out the window and saw this:

On a cold December day, in a plant that I haven’t watered since October, there was one bloom in my favorite color.

Mary's family planning pretty much flew out the barn window

*** Warning to our male readership: this post is about family planning. You might want to click over to espn.com to see what time the Super Bowl starts ***

We’ve been waiting 24 months for our adopted child. That’s 24 months since our dossier was turned in. We’ve actually been waiting 30 months since we started

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Bye Bye Moses Basket

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When I was pregnant, I bought this basket with the idea of turning it into a Moses Basket.

Later, Hubs helped me see that my simple idea was turning into a big project that I didn’t have time for. And wasn’t completely necessary for the birth of our child.

This is the same basket people use to

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