Posts by Turtlecouple

We have 2 boys and when I was pregnant with DS2, we had such a hard time coming up with a name... we put all our eggs in one basket with DS1. So when we found out we were pregnant again last week, I told my husband if we were having...

Took a pregnancy test today and it's positive...I'm in complete shock. We were done...we even donated half of the baby clothes earlier this month. I was planning on selling baby items on craigslist... good thing I'm a procrastinator!

A friend of mine who is Japanese American (who isn't fluent in Japanese) went to the local colleges and community colleges in our area and found Japanese students who were here going to school and hired a couple of them to come spend 2...

You could try Babycatchers and Beyond. Here's their website. http://babycatchersandbeyond.com/index.html I had a waterbirth at St. Joe's in Tacoma for both my boys. (DS1 was with Pearl Place and DS2 we went with Bonnie Martin from...

They don't always fade away...I'm 39 and still have my mongolian spot on my left butt cheek. It's about the size of a quarter and hasn't faded much in color. DS1 has one on the same spot as me, DS2 doesn't have one. I'm half Japanese,...

These are the ones we got for DS. http://www.amazon.com/Ragg-Toddler-L...=cm_cr_pr_pb_t Some of the kids in his class last year wore bedroom slippers with big character heads which made it a harder to work on the floor. The...

DS #2 does that high-pitched scream that stops everyone in their tracks. he does it for no reason...it sounds like I'm beating him, everyone will look and see this happy child just testing out his voice. I'm keeping a mental tally of...

rinoa (or reenoa)

I'm Asian so it's rice all the way!

Lot of NPR stuff: This American Life, NPR movies, NPR book, Wait Wait...don't tell me... Also podcast from my fav TV shows: That's what she said (The Office), The official Grey's Anatomy podcast, The offical Lost podcast, Tim Gunn's...