Blessed Birth Day

I was honored to be able to present at an incredible birth this morning. Baby Katarina joined us at 9:46 am after a short and simple birth. Her Mamma stayed home and labored until it was time to come to the hospital. She rocked, walked and swayed her way through. She was so calm and collected, it was inspiring. Her water broke in the bathroom and 2 min later Katarina was born weighing almost 9 lbs. Her mamma was a small, thin woman. She literally did not push even once! It was a true testament to Mother Nature and reinforces my knowledge that there is NOTHING a woman's body can not handle. Trust...... it was the theme of the day. Trust her body to work and it will.......

Happy (half) Birthday Baby!

Hubby turned 31 yesterday! I am sooo bad at surprises, so I am really proud of myself for pulling this one off. I farmed the kids out to my parents and took my hubby to DC for the weekend. We went out for dinner at a great Tapas restaurant and to see the Capitol Steps perform and stayed at a hotel across the street from the White House. It was very funny and we really enjoyed ourselves. The best part was the uninterrupted sleep!! We stayed in bed until 10am. This is our first time away from all 3 kids and it was awesome. We really got to talk about our move and the decisions that are coming for us. It was a great birthday!

Hubby and I have birthday's exactly 6 months apart so his birthday is my half birthday and vice versa. Now most of you may not celebrate half birthdays, but you don't know what your missing. We have so much fun with it. Even the kids are in on the celebrations. We don't really do presents but it is a great excuse for cupcakes, costumes and pancakes. We put up streamers and blow up balloons, the kids wrap up old toys and exchange them, it's so much fun. The kids all know when their half birthday's are and we love any reason to party. In fact we celebrated the 2nd birthday of an orange stuffed Koala Bear named KO-KO a week ago!! Birthday's ROCK!