When I was a bit over 2, I had an imaginary husband (Raymond was his name) and a few babies. I would carry my baby-dolls around (as many as I could hold in my arms) and play house – pretending to be a wife and mother. The most dolls I ever had at one time was 7.
I am happy to say that I am now a wife and mother — in real life. 
My name is Erin and I have been married since May of 2004, have been blessed with two beautiful daughters, who are 2 years & 2 weeks apart.
I am a stay-at-home mom. I enjoy cake decorating, sewing, knitting, cooking and baking, researching and learning about pregnancy, birth, and VBAC (vaginal birth after a cesarean), and my newest addiction, Facebook. I am also a co-leader of the Louisville chapter of the International Cesarean Awareness Network (ICAN).
My husband and I hope to be blessed with several more children as time goes on.. and yes, I’d like 7.
I grew up here in Louisville, moved to Virginia for college, came home to get married, moved to Virginia for 3 months (we thought we’d stay longer…), and then moved back home to live.
My husband is a seminary student and works FT at a marketing and PR firm. He’s always reading something, and loves to play guitar. We enjoy playing board games, watching movies, and laughing.
This blog is my “thinking blog.” There’s a lot on pregnancy and birth, VBAC, and cesareans. There’s some political posts. And several news articles (if I put them here, I can’t lose them!). I wish I could keep the blog to one theme, but this blog reflects the random thoughts of my mind and the experiences of my life.
Is this loving your baby too much?
Dear Erin,
You can never love children too much.
All the love they receive in their primal year and first three years of life are fortification for life. Their health and happiness are the result. Sadly many don’t receive this vital inoculation of love.
Good on you.
PS ERIN I beg to differ with you…on one point… You are NOT a stay-at-home-mom. That sounds like holidaying. YOU ARE a Work-at-home-mom. You are doing the most important job on the planet. It is not brain science or rocket science. It is that a whole lot more. Sadly most don’t recognize the feat. Or actually do and to assuage their own feelings and denigrate the work as less valuable than supporting our tax base. What we are finding now is that you are helping the tax base. You are providing a healthy and happy child who will not be a drain on the coffers of the public. We all need to start looking at the science and stop believing the MYTH-information that the consumer consortium promotes.
Sorry for running on…it inflames me to see what we are doing to the bulk of children in NA….you want to shout: STOP IT!
I just want to affirm that the mothers and fathers who do what innately drives us to do good, MUST be acknowledged as the real contributors.
Cheers, Colin
PS2 …Thanks for the study on VBAC and C-section. I hadn’t seen that one.
My passion for the last few years has become awareness and education on the balance between science and nature. More directly: the effect of our medical model of birth has on society. The difference between a natural unimpeded birth and a ‘deilvery’. My findings to date suggest birth is best for babies, mothers, families, the nation and the globe while delivery is best for pizza.
However having said that; in those very rare but occasional anomalies of nature (which we don’t yet fully understand) that present a problem that our innate natural seems unable to cope with, it is great to have WELL TRAINED medical teams available to bring health to mom and baby.
Thank you for your VBAC coverage on your blog. I just had a VBAC homebirth after two c-sections. It was amazing, so much better than my hospital c-sections. The primary motivation that brought me to a homebirth was the incredible resistance I faced in the medical community when I wanted to VBAC after 2 c-sections. Most in the medical community were against it. The few that were willing to let me have a ‘trial of labor’ made it quite clear that I would be considered high risk with high intervention. Ultimately, I was not up for the fight. I found a wonderful midwife who was trusting and supportive. I had a very easy, completely natural, no intervention birth at home. I would love to get in touch with Lara Ecker, who was just denied care because she wanted to make birth decisions for herself. Do you have any idea how to contact her?
I love your picture!
Hi,
Just wanted to say, I have enjoyed reading your blog!
Kind regards, Veronica
I love it… all of it!
You, your blog, that adorable little picture of you…