A Lot Has Changed

Hey, invisible readers.

I haven't posted in a long time because I'm just not really a blogger.  Or a journal writer.  Or much of a writer, unless it's snarky comments on the Facebook.  :P

Well, almost a year after my previous post of a delicious recipe using freshly-picked wild strawberries, and we've added another baby into our household.  Penelope Rose Clark.

She is such a great addition to our little family.  It was a rough pregnancy, with a lot of hip pain struggles, constant nausea, and buying and moving into a new house.  The labor was rough, too, but her actual birth was beautiful once she was oxygenated.  Not much went as planned, but I stuck out the 30-hour labor with no epidural.  I did, however, beg for one 15 minutes before she was born.  I had been stuck at 5cm for almost 24 hours, my water had not broken, but she was in no distress.

So, we bought a house!  A small, 3-bedroom house that we can finally call ours.  John has been doing such great work around here.  He's built the chickens their own yard to be safely in, and is almost done fencing in our front yard.  Home Depot was out of the hardwire when he went to pick up more, but hopefully they'll replenish their stock soon.  We have plants started so we can grow another vegetable garden this year, and John built a BEAUTIFUL U-shaped garden right next to our driveway.  I can't wait to see how well our crop does this year!

Okay, Penny is fussing now, so I've got to go snuggle this cute baby.  Ali is out with her daddy, running errands.  

Ta-ta for now!