"It's a TRADITION now!"

Our 2nd annual 4th of July camp-out at Steven's Compound-- complete with our beloved Barry County characters.





Whatchu looking at, Uncle Larry?

The girls goofing around in the woods in the early morning sun.

Baby Mama Vibes

My dear friend Shanna is in labor right now and I am thinking about her so much. I have an ancient phone and am horrible at texting (well, I am mainly just too wordy) so I thought I'd send my thoughts via blog (which she may or may not read once she is the mom of two little ones--- I am sure she will read it in all her spare time).

Here are some of my labor and delivery mantras:

1. Growing a baby and giving birth is, by far, the coolest fucking thing the human body can accomplish... ever... period.

2. My body was MADE to do this.

3. No one ever dies from pain. My body will only experience the amount of pain that it can handle.

4. When this is over, I will once again realize that I am so powerful and amazing. This is the best buzz in the world... ever... period.

5. This last one is less of a mantra but something that hung out in the back of my mind--- this experience is one that I am sharing with centuries of women across the world--- call it solidarity or community or what have you but I felt that a natural birth helped me to create an invisible bond with women from all over the globe.

Happy Birthing Shanna. You ARE amazing and powerful!