Thatcher's home birth
I started having contractions about 3 weeks before Thatcher was due-- but they always died out after a couple of hours, and never built up to anything more than uncomfortable. The hard ones would wake me up several times every night... and just as I was getting excited thinking it mig

Double Trouble
I'm very VERY lucky to have 2 little girls who play together for hours. They are the best of friends, and despite the once-an-hour-spat that I have to break up, they will seriously play together in their room all morning long. Recently, however, we found that there is a downside to best-friend-sissies... and it's called teamwork.Layla is a very obedient, sensitive little girl (despite the recent talking-back phase) so she obeys the rules because she doesn't want to get in trouble. What she DOESN'T mind, however, is when Paisley gets in trouble... so Layla has become the (other) little devil on Paisley's shoulder. Layla plans the operation, Paisley carries it out, and then Layla