Happy Halloween!

Today was Sprout’s second Halloween, but the first time he went Trick or Treating.  The little lion caught on pretty quickly and by the third house he was reaching out and grabbing candy or holding out his bucket.  He still doesn’t talk much, but his adorableness won everyone over.  I think his favorite part, by [...]

132 bpm…

… is apparently the perfect drum beat for Sprout to break out the jam.  My midwife couldn’t hear the heartbeat with the fetoscope because of my anterior placenta.  I told her it was fine to whip out the doppler, so she did.  Sprout was standing nearby and couldn’t resist the beat when she got the [...]

Breastfeeding

I’m not a big celebrity watcher, but I did come across the cover pic for the November 2008 issue of W magazine.  I think this is the most beautiful photo that I’ve ever seen of Angelina Jolie.  This can only be good for getting more people to consider breastfeeding their children if they hadn’t already.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/09/angelina-breastfeeding-pr_n_133305.html

Welcome to the Suburbs

Today I was at my new-to-me local Kroger to pick up some groceries for dinner.  Of course, I still brought my own recycled reusable bags, including organic produce bags, to carry said groceries in.  I also picked up some vegan hot dogs to roast over a campfire this weekend.  Anyhow, as I was checking out, [...]