Posts by cappuccinosmom

I guess I interpret it differently because when I was watching the show, I certainly did see other emotions besides smiles.  Heck, people are constantly picking the Duggars apart based on whatever facial expressions their kids are...

Our Christmas is pleasant, reasonably simple, and Jesus-oriented, with a good dose of awesome family time. :)   We skip Santa because dh absolutely cannot stand the mythology of Santa taking pre-eminence over...

I'm of two minds about this.   My family went through a cult experience.  Commune and everything.  I was talking about it with someone yesterday and realized how ca-razy the whole thing sounds, 15 years out.  My...

Uh, yeah, "dirty" is a relative term.  As has been explained.   We would literally not be able to afford groceries if we were all showering twice daily.  We live in one of the highest water-cost areas of the...

Mine are very simple.  We are using a midwife/OB practice in a local hospital.   As per usual, I plan on rejecting unnecessary induction, labor at home for as long as possible, make a frantic rush through city traffic to...

While I don't think once a week is exactly overkill (considering how many people I know who do a full head-to-toe soap up every single night), it doesn't have to be weekly.  My boys have short, very wiry hair (from their African...

There is a ton of important development that happens in those last few weeks in the womb.  32 weeks is seriously premature, not something you should be hoping for.  ...

Oh yeah.  Dh miscalculated and we had a stuck-in-the-hall moment until I could maneuver to shift my belly out of the way.  It is getting in the way big time.  I go to bend over, or reach for something and realize...

Doppler hasn't been very useful so far.  Even at 23 weeks, last visit, it was several minutes trying to find the hb, and she got all of 15 seconds worth of it, lol.  Baby hides. :)

I grew up understanding Advent as the heralding of the coming Christ--preparing ourselves, our homes, and our hearts.    Here is a Catholic article that touches on origins:...