‘Feed the tree’ is the name of a song by a band called Belly, who was popular back in my senior year of high school. It’s a great song…but I’m not exactly sure why that came to my head when I saw these pictures.
While We Wait…
May 12, 2008 by Leave a Comment
Nothing exciting to report in the baby world….until the next post, here are some recent pictures to enjoy.
1. Chillin’ at the Briese house in Keene Ranch
2. CCR was right…
3. Countin’ flowers on the wall (or sidewalk), That don’t bother me at all….these were found today in front of a private residence in the North Cherry Creek area of Denver.
What a great shower!
May 10, 2008 by Leave a Comment
Thank you to the students and families of Ahna’s class for throwing an amazing shower yesterday afternoon! We have been overwhelmed by the support that you have shown us during this year and can’t wait to share with you the stories and pictures of the baby’s arrival. Thank you so much for all of your generosity and care…
Doctor’s Visit
May 10, 2008 by Leave a Comment
We had our weekly doctor’s visit on Thursday afternoon – everything checked out fine and looks normal. I think that the part of the week that I look forward to the most right now is hearing the baby’s heartbeat during the office visits. 🙂 Right now we only have three more visits scheduled….wow.
After the doctor’s appointment, I headed up to the Philmore (Fillmore) in Denver to volunteer with Conscious Alliance collecting food at the Phil Lesh and Friends concert. As always, it was a really fun time and the music was outstanding.
Thanks CTE!
May 8, 2008 by Leave a Comment
Our friends at Cherokee Trail Elementary hosted a shower for Ahna and I yesterday. Unfortunately, I had to work so I missed it. It sounded like a wonderful time and we got some amazing items for the kiddo. Oh, the cake was awesome (leftovers were brought to the firehouse by Ahna for our consumption).
Is it smart to act like Elvis in the delivery room?
May 8, 2008 by Leave a Comment
So we have chosen to use the Hypnobirthing method of birthing to bring our baby into the world. There have been a lot of questions about this from family and friends and we will not even attempt to answer all of those here. However, here is an exerpt from the Hynobirthing web site that explains the overall concept:
“Hypnobirthing – The Mongan Method – is a unique method of relaxed, natural childbirth education, enhanced by self-hypnosis techniques. Hypnobirthing provides the missing link that allows women to use their natural instincts to bring about a safer, easier, more comfortable birthing. Emphasis is placed on pregnancy and childbirth, as well as on pre-birth parenting and the consciousness of the pre-born baby. As a birthing method, Hypnobirthing is as new as tomorrow and as old as ancient times.”
Okay, a little disclaimer: I don’t like the term ‘hypnosis’ so we generally describe this as a deep-meditative state that will allow Ahna to focus inward on her body and on the baby. It is a very calm way of ushering in our baby to our world, and is another evolution of the natural birthing process. There is lots and lots of information on this technique available on the web if you just search ‘hypnobirthing.’
We completed our scheduled classes last week, but will continue to meet with our teacher every once in a while until the birth day to make sure that we are on track. We practice the breathing and meditation techniques nightly (okay, every once in a while we miss a night) to ensure that we are ready for the moment when it arrives. A little plug for Nancy: www.hypnobirthingwithnancy.com
Garden of the Gods
May 8, 2008 by Leave a Comment
When Kari was out here a few days ago, we ventured down to the Garden of the Gods for a short hike. Jay, Karen, and David joined us for a great morning trip and an even better lunch stop. Anyone been to Big City Burrito? It started in Ft. Collins and Ahna discovered it while working at Sky Ranch. A few years ago she introducted me to it on one glorious food stop….hmmm, potato burritos rule. Anyhow, they opened a few franchises including one conviniently located on the drive back from Colorado Springs in Monument. While these don’t share the character of the original, they share the tasty food. Highly recommended. By the way, there is supposidly one in Sioux Falls. I have to admit that even though I haven’t had any breakfast yet, I never imagined how hungry I would get just by writing a sentence or two about food. I can’t imagine working for a food-based magazine…..300 pounds, here I come.
Hello World!
May 8, 2008 by 1 Comment
Okay, so in the past we attempted to create a place where family and friends can check in and see in overbearing detail what is happening in life. Well, that didn’t work out as well as we intended…but we are going to give it another try. This time the focus will be on the new addition to our family that is set to arrive in just a few weeks (May 30), but there will be plenty of other stories as well.
The intent will be to post stories, pictures, perhaps videos (if we get that far), thoughts, and ideas that cross our lives. We will start simply and move from there, so bear with us. Keep us on our toes and hopefully you will find this a fun place to stay in touch. Feel free to post comments and share what you all are thinking.
Talk with you soon!
The Life of a Little Hippie 