This is Alyssa Sampson's blog. She is Pastor Tim's daughter.
29 weeks today, which means 77 days until our due date! (Yes, the Truck could be born healthy any time between Jan. 17 and Feb. 21, but the internet is counting us down to Feb. 7 so we’ll go with it 
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Nimoy was almost in this picture, but he is a burner and ducked out at the last minute....
When I first heard of home birth, I’m not gonna lie, I thought it was pretty dumb. Or if not dumb, at least weird – definitely weird. Why would you not want to be in a hospital when it comes time to have your baby? It seemed way easier and safer to just go to the hospital where there are doctors and machines and not-my-sheets, where births h...
We are more than half way through the month now, so I thought I’d check in with how our month-long break from plastic is going.
Overall, I’d say the goals of our plastic fast are being met. However, we have adapted the rules because living on cash only is complicated and requires organizational time and skills that we apparently...
I am 28 weeks pregnant today, and it seems that I have lost all of my puking skills from first trimester (particularly seeing it coming and not making a mess).
Generally I’ve been feeling good – a healthy appetite, no nausea for months – so I missed the key signs that my body was NOT happy with my breakfast today. I did finally...
Last week Matt and I celebrated the 6th anniversary of our first date. It’s a little tradition we have to remember November 8, although year to year we haven’t been very consistent in what exactly we do – sometimes one or both of us comes up with a gift, or we make a nice dinner at home or we go on a fabulous date. This year we...