The Cabbage Patch

Happy Day!!

What a happy day!  My dear friend, Jess, delivered this morning at 6:37.  I'll let her tell the birth story but let me just say that the traffic onto post (military installation) was horrendous as soldiers were going in for PT (physical training).  Congratulations!!!

Spa Party--Mommy Style

A dear friend is expecting her sixth baby.  And, we just cannot wait!  It's been over a year since we've welcomed a newborn into our group.  Last Saturday, another dear friend and I hosted a baby shower in honor of this sweet little girl who will grace us with her presence soon.

A sample of the invitations I sent out.

Decorations.

My friend, V, made all the food.  Doesn't it look delicious?  It was!  Check out this cake.

The guests had a foot soak upon first arriving with a fruit smoothie to quench their thirst.  Then it was on to the face mask.

All in all, a fun, relaxing time was had by all.  Can't you tell?

Quite the Boom

A baby boom that is.  Congratulations to Melissa Wiley, one of my favorite children's authors, on her pregnancy.  Check out the links she has to all the other blogging mommies who are pregnant.

Double the Fun!

 Congratulations to Genevieve on the birth of her twin girls!  They're awfully cute.

My Rose

I'm still like a babe in the woods when it comes to Catholicism.  I didn't say a rosary until I was in my 30s.  I'm learning a lot about the beauty of the church.  Another thing is learning so much about the wonderful lives of the saints.  One particular saint is a favorite among my friends IRL and in cyberspace.  I've prayed many novenas to her for a particular intention.  Almost everyone who has prayed to St. Therese has received a rose almost immediately.  I never did.  I prayed and prayed this novena for a long time.  At church last month, I received a little rose sticker to promote life.  It took me about a day or two before it dawned on me that I had received my rose.  But, what I had been asking for did not come.  It seems that God has been wanting to teach me about patience and perserverence.  Today, I finally received the answer I had been waiting for. 

We will have a new little one at the beginning of November.  Please pray for a healthy pregnancy. 

Welcome Maria Faustina

Please welcome little Maria Faustina Immaculata Quigley to this world.  Isn't this blessed child beautiful?  And, look at how great her mother looks!!!  Congratulations, Quigleys!!

Delightful Toddler

Pumpkin can be a bit of a daredevil, but she's clumsy.  It's a dreadful combination. 

But, she is so cute and so sweet.  Another Mama's girl.

Babies, Babies Everywhere!!

My friends just had a baby.  This baby came out a toddler.  Jacob was born on Wednesday night weighing in a 10lbs 3 oz.  He measured 22 inches long.  She had him the normal way.  I had a 10 pounder, but I had to have a csection.  Brother got stuck.  I wish I could see this baby.  Makes me want another one. 

Alice and Lissa have newborns.  Mary Ellen is pregnant with twins, Elizabeth is pregnant as is Michele.  These lovely ladies are from the Real Learning message boards.  Makes me want another one. 

Two women I know in my very small (6 families or so) homeschool group are newly pregnant.  Makes me want another one. 

Hmmmm...could be because my baby is one and trying to be very independent.  Or, it could be I just need another one. 

Look Who is 1 Today

My baby is one today.  It seems just like yesterday that I was in the hospital recovering from my Csection.  Oh, baby, Happy Birthday.

Anatomy 101

With Papa gone, bath times can be interesting.  The girls bathe together and then Brother gets his bath.  I leave the door open so I can keep an ear out for the girls.  Pumpkin wanders in and out often while the other two know to give Brother his privacy.  Well, today, she decided to stay and was staring in rapt attention at her brother.  You can imagine where her line of sight is when both kids are standing.  Then she walked away as I was toweling him off.  She came back again as Brother was going to start getting dressed.  She kept staring and then cocked her head to the side and said "Eh?"  At that point, I led her away.  And, to think I'd been fretting about not getting enough science into our lives.