large families

Here's the discussion going on at Pinkpeas right now. Car seats are fun, right? Not really. Necessary, but such a pain to find the right one and install it properly in your car. Just when you've got one down, along comes another baby and now you're fitting two in a car. Then, you're pregnant with baby #3. Wait - how do I fit three car seats in my little car?!? We have two pregnant mamas here in this exact situation. Buying a bigger car isn't really an affordable option. Here's a site that might help.

Wednesday, September 10th at about 1 am I awoke with contractions that made it hard to sleep.  By 1:30 am I needed to be out of bed.  I wandered around, tried to work on a simple writing project, thought about making a snack, took a shower, tried every conceivable chair, couch, bed, bathroom position.  By 5:50 am I was losing my ability to cope by myself and awoke my husband.  I had him gather all of the things I thought I would be able to do in labor.  When all of my list of things were gathered, we were about to check to see if it was time to call the ladies who w