Farm Girl

Last weekend we drove down to Iowa to visit Chris’ family. Olivia was about 7 months when we were last there and she hadn’t been on a car trip that long since then. She did pretty well on the drive down, after we had gone to her ECFE class. She…

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Easter

Let me tell you, Olivia’s first Easter was pretty fun. She had the cutest dress and matching headband and sort of had some interest in her Easter basket. Sort of. This year was even better. We went to church for the Friday night Easter service and it was great because…

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I’m pretty sure I have PTSD: Part 1

Yesterday—which happened to be the day Easter fell—marked a year since we had Olivia dedicated at our church. I wish I would have blogged about it, but the Risa last year seemed to have dropped the ball. So here are some quick photos from that day: I was baptized as…

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My shrinking ass and other pipe dreams

We’ve been getting a lot of questions about when we are going back to Texas for an FET—AKA, to try for a sibling for Olivia, or what should really be called Operation Attempt This Shit Again. You know. Hormone injections. Mostly in my ass. Doctor’s appointments. Vagina cams. Stomach being…

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“Family Eats” Cookbook review

I have way too many cookbooks. I admit, I have a sort of weakness for them when I see them in the stores. I’m actually starting to run out of room on my cookbook shelf in my kitchen, but of course when I was offered to review a cookbook called…

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