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Freedom From Parenting Guilt
Like most parents I fear that I fall short with my children. I worry that I don’t have what it takes as a mom and that I could possibly ruin my one shot at this child rearing [...]
Are Unexcused Absences Ever Excusable?
I take school and academics very seriously, but I am not opposed to missing a day every once in a while even when the reasons aren't related to death or illness. Maybe you've seen some [...]
10 Ways To Feel Loved and Adored By Your Spouse
(originally posted on November 11, 2013) Imagine your husband brings home a rare painting in an ornate frame and he wants to hang it up in the living room, but you can’t find any nails, [...]

Birth Photography

By Natalie|2015-10-22T11:48:26+00:00October 22, 2015|Categories: Babies, Pregnancy & Birth|Tags: babies, birth center, birth photography, delivery, home birth, hospital birth, labor, maternity, newborn, pregnancy, water birth|

I know birth photography isn't for everyone, but for some of us it is such a wonderfully significant milestone it's worth documenting. I am currently working on doing multiple guest post about my natural birth experiences. I had to dig the digital photos out of the archives to get to my pictures for these blogs, but after looking through all of [...]

3 Year Gap

By Natalie|2015-10-19T09:16:41+00:00October 19, 2015|Categories: Pregnancy & Birth|Tags: 35 weeks, 3rd trimester, baby #4, baby or bust, maternity, pregnancy, pregnant|

Tomorrow I am 35 weeks along in this pregnancy! Let's just say that if history repeats itself (as it has consistently done with all of my other pregnancies) then a month from now I will NOT be pregnant. I might still be in the hospital, but more than likely I'll have my baby! So, I am getting so very excited, but also nervous. Even [...]

Mirrored Writing

By Natalie|2015-10-16T14:35:00+00:00October 16, 2015|Categories: Schooling, Special Needs|Tags: academics, dyslexia, hearing loss, kindergarten, left handed, mirrored writing, preschool, reading, school, special needs, writing|

Have you ever seen the servers write their name upside down at Macaroni Grill? I waited tables there for years and really had the backwards cursive signature down pat. It took practice though. It wasn't like I just automatically write in reverse although sometimes it looks like my daughter SJ does. She hasn't been writing for long, but in the past couple [...]

School is Cool

By Natalie|2015-10-15T12:23:05+00:00October 15, 2015|Categories: Schooling|Tags: academics, fossils, geography, kindergarten, learning, private, public, school, second grade, special needs|

I realize I already talked about school yesterday and don't want to bore you all, but I do have more to share and I'll tell you why. 1. I am extremely passionate about education. If we can get our kids to love to learn then the sky is the limits on what they will achieve through self motivation. 2. Public schools get so much [...]

Kindergarten Success!

By Natalie|2015-10-14T15:14:16+00:00October 14, 2015|Categories: Schooling, Special Needs|Tags: deaf, hearing loss, kindergarten, non profit, ohio valley voices, school|

I'll admit to being apprehensive about the day SJ would go to Kindergarten. She has always been so far behind in speech (due to her late identified hearing loss) that I just didn't know if she would even be ready in time. At the end of her IEP meetings they always ask if I have any goals that I would personally like to add to [...]

Update on “The Jeremy and Natalies”

By Natalie|2015-10-12T09:01:25+00:00October 12, 2015|Categories: Babies, Family, My Life|Tags: babies, children are a blessing, cousins, expecting, grandkids, jeremy and natalie, pregnancy, pumpkin patch|

I have some exciting news to share with all of you, but before I get right to the announcement let me start with some interesting facts about my "unique" family. Close to 15 years ago I married J, the love of my life. Although, I call him J for short on the blog his name is actually Jeremy. I also have a brother [...]

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