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Well, Noah is now a hefty 16 lbs.!! And although they didn't measure his length at the doctor's office, our tape measure thinks he...

I know. It really is pointless, it won't even stay like this for one day, let alone a week or more. But I still have to do it!! About ...

Okay Ben has an interview a week from Tuesday with Aera energy. They're an oil company, but basically the job pays pretty well, and has...

So, Ruth was picking up grain in the fields. And she was going to add oil and put it in the oven to make bread. And she was picking A LOT ...

Emma saw a boy outside trying to do an "olly" on his skateboard. She asked my mom about it, who explained that the boy was having...

Okay so I am laughing so hard, I am about to fall off my chair. Evidently, I had some setting that meant that I was supposed to moderate th...

A- Available or married? Married, seven years next month. B- Best Friend? Becky, when I read that I cried. Seriously. I am actually still ...

Yesterday, my brother's friend was over, and Caleb and Emma ran into the door way so they could see who was here. Caleb politely introd...

Okay, so sad to admit it, but bribery still works. Caleb has been staying clean and dry during the daytime hours, being motivated by underw...

Today when I picked the kids up from church I heard the words every parent longs to hear: "Your children have the best manners of any c...

Noah was 7lbs. 4oz. at birth, and the doctor said they normally give babies two weeks to get back to their birthweight. Well, at Noah's...

Well, things are pretty crazy in our life, needless to say. Still working on renting the house, etc...still working on a job for Ben (altho...

At 1:41 pm on Thursday, October 26th, 2006, Noah Benjamin Hester was born. He weighed 7 lbs. 4 oz., and was 21 inches long. He is wonderfu...

Okay, I know that many times my friends who have had to endure the wrath of pitocin have joked that it must be from the devil. I personally...

Well, on Thursday evening (my birthday) Scott and Cher-ami went into the hospital to be induced. On Friday morning, October 13th, she gave ...

Caleb has become quite the chatter box!! Here are my personal favorites: Upon noticing the reflection of several things in the lamp next to...

Okay, so I saw the midwife today...she says I am 1 cm dilated (which is nothing much to speak of) and "soft" (I can't remember...

Emma (to Grandma): I don't think mommy should go to work with you guys. Mommy stays home and works all the time. She washes my clothe...

So, this Thursday Miss Emma starts pee-wee soccer. Now Ben played soccer in high school, and yes, even I have some dusty old soccer team pi...