I found this picture on another blog and thought it was amazing so i decided to share it along with this quote:

“Birth is not only about making babies. Birth is about making mothers ~ strong, competent, capable mothers who trust themselves and know their inner strength.”

— Barbara Katz Rothman

"You are as ugly as a pot.

But you still a child of God."

-I think these are the right words, or at least the words I remember...from Queenie in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

My own ben and I watched this movie last week, very touching and interesting... If you have a chance, watch it.

finleys first food!

finley and her first taste of pears...

Ben and I celebrated our 4th Wedding Anniversary this last weekend. Here are a couple of pictures from our night out together


Finley has two teeth and is working on more. She is really starting to grab at things like the remote, my phone, my hair... etc.


last night kaija refused to eat her dinner because she insisted that she already ate her dinner. I could not believe how she convinced herself that because she ate her pretend dinner it was okay and counted as real food... We told her she could not get a "real" treat until she ate her "real" dinner. She just kept insisting, "I already had my dinner! I ate MY food!" This went on for over and hour...Her imagination is just so amazing and I really think she was living in an alternate universe or something...





She has turned a corner and is no longer fighting and having temper tantrums as much. She has been able to play on her own a lot lately and is super imaginative.