It's not very often that a Midwesterner gets to go to the beach on Thanksgiving day, so we took advantage of it while we could. My siste...

Week 4 My progress: I'm still bleeding but very lightly and only about every other day or so. Towards the end of the week I went one or ...

I figured out a way to get around all of the "whys" of a two-year-old and I learned it first hand from my own two-year-old. First ...

Week 3: My first week flying solo! (Thank God for the meal ministry at church!) My progress: By the end of this week my sciatic nerve pain w...

Note to Readers: I've changed some things in week one and I'm sure I'll have to go back and change a few things for this week wh...

The following "Note to Self" blogs are not really intended to entertain you, but to help me remember. The other day when my mother...

Well, today was the first day that I was by myself with my two sons. I set the bar low knowing that there would be some challenges. (Colin...

Micah's First Photo Shoot Cast your votes!!

Micah Russell Doughan Our first family picture! Our midwife, Helen. Uncle Josh Auntie Sarah The brothers! The proud Daddy!

Here's the whole story as I promised: October 24th 2008 ~ Micah dropped onto my sciatic nerve causing me pain when I walked, bent over, ...

Introducing the newest Doughan Boy: Micah Russell Doughan Born October 25th, 2008 7:07pm 8lb 13oz 21 1/4 inches long More pictures and a bi...

No baby yet! Part of me is glad ... the longer he's in the cooker the stronger he'll be! Yet, one of my old co-workers from Omaha ...

Our family keeps a little black book of stories or moments in our lives that are funny or worth telling over and over again. This was one of...

Let me just start this blog by saying ... I LOVE a good deal! It's fun! It makes me proud to be (what I think is) a good steward of my...

As most of you know, my husband and I (along with our 2 year old son) moved from Omaha, Nebraska to Santa Maria, California for the year for...

Lately I've been wondering what this little guy inside of me will be like. Even though I have one boy already I have this feeling that t...

The "About Me" sections of profiles always stump me ... What defines me? Well, Jesus Christ is my LORD and Savior (if you don'...