About

That's me.  I'm Chelsea.  I'm a self-proclaimed hippie who loves Jesus and food and clothes and sewing and lots of other things documented here on this blog.

That's Benjamin.  He was born in December 2008 and he is spunky, outgoing and has a heart for loving others.  Seriously.  If you say hi to him, he will smother you in hugs and kisses.  He's also four, so sometimes (lots of times) he throws colossal tantrums that make my head spin, but he's amazing nonetheless.

That's Adalyn.  She was born in January 2011.  She's shy until she knows you, at which point she will promptly talk your ear off.  She's a giggler, a lover of books and shoes (don't come between Adalyn and her shoes) and a little bit tomboy.

 That's Landon.  He was born in June 2012.  He's still a peanut (though I'm in denial because he crawls and I still see him as a newborn).  A bald, adorable peanut.  We make kids with no hair, as evidenced by our 2 year old who has less hair than most 6 month olds.  Landon is our happiest baby to date, smiling all the time.  We have so many pictures just like this one because he is just so happy!  This is in stark contrast to our daughter who, er, is enthusiastically-challenged.  ;)

That's my hubby, Tim, being the amazing daddy he always is.  He's a computer geek by profession.  He owns a software company called EnGraph.  He also fixes all my computer problems.  He's handy to have around and handsome to boot.

 Things you may or may not care to know about me and my family:

Caribou Coffee's Campfire Mocha is my favorite coffee in the entire world.  Be still, my heart.  I would drink it every day of my life and probably survive on this alone if I actually could.

I'm passionate about birth and my homebirth was one of the most defining moments of my life.

I get up at 5:30 in the morning to spend quiet time with my Lord and Savior and it has changed my life since I started doing it.  I love Jesus.

I think there is nothing sweeter in life than the love of siblings.  This gets me at my core.

I have a little side business wherein I pretend I am this fabulous seamstress but really I just have a problem saying no to cute fabric so I need a way to justify buying it.

I've been trying to grow my hair out pretty much all my life and finally accomplished it this year.  Then I promptly declared I needed to cut it off because it was too long.  I have yet to do so, but I have the itch.  This describes me in a nutshell.

My husband is the best daddy in the whole world.  I know we all say that, but I really mean it.  This man's love for his children blows my mind.  He goes to work at 5:30 so he can come home at 3:00 and have 2 extra hours with his family than he otherwise would.  And he wears his babies.  Aw.

This is so Ben.  I named him Benjamin because I loved the name Benjamin (you're like, um, okay, duh?).  I said I would never call him Ben but it's the only name I use unless he's in trouble, wherein he is known as BENJAMIN!

This is so Adalyn.  I named her Adalyn because I thought Addison was too popular but I really loved the nickname Addie.  I never use her nickname.  We always call her Adalyn.  Go figure.  She is a sweet pea but she's a sensitive soul.  Pull out that camera and you'll be hard pressed to get her to smile.

This is so Landon.  We named him Landon because we were watching America's Got Talent (yes we do) one night before Landon was a twinkle in our eye and this dude , Landon Swank, was doing his magic thang and I was like, "Huh.  Do you like the name Landon?  I really like the name Landon," and hubby was all, "Yeah, I really like that name," and then the day we found out we were pregnant I said, "So if it's a boy, he's Landon?" and hubby was like, "Yep," and the rest is history.  This is amazing if you know us, because our other two children were not named until they were born.  Also I decided it was best to go with a name that doesn't even have a nickname.  But sure enough, a nickname was created.  Adalyn doesn't know how to say his name so she calls him, "Lolly," and unluckily for him, it stuck.  Now even I call him Lolly.  I at least try to deposit some change into a "future therapy fund" each time I say it.

God gave me a girl because he knew I needed pigtails in my life.  Okay, mostly kidding but the joke was on me because she's a baldie and her pigtails are hi-larious.

I got really lucky when I married this one.  Pregnancies are rough on me...and on us...and our marriage suffered during three of them, mostly back-to-back.  Things got tough, tears were shed, uncertainty abounded, and then we recommitted.  We remembered why we got married to begin with and we fought for our marriage.

We won.

I love this man even more than I ever have.  Some days we drive each other straight-up crazy, but we love each other.  And that will never stop.

We started a fun photo-a-day project that has totally helped us reconnect. :)