New Here?
Hi, I'm Shannon. I'm so glad you've stopped by GrowingSlower. Here you'll find:- Information and inspiration on having a healthy pregnancy & birth
- Simple tips for saving money and going green
- DIY Tutorials for crafting and home keeping
- Lessons learned from my adventures in parenting
I was inspired by my personal journey towards simple living to start GrowingSlower in October 2011. Since then, GrowingSlower has grown into what I hope is a resource for other families who are walking the same road. Simply put:
GrowingSlower is a blog about learning to live simply as we grow our families.
Popular Posts
If you're new here, I'd love for you to take a moment to look around. You can explore the archive pages for pregnancy & birth, parenting, green & frugal living, and DIY & Handmade anytime using the buttons the right hand side bar or view the current list of most pinned posts on Pinterest.Here are the top 10 most popular posts here on GrowingSlower:
- How to Afford to Be a Stay at Home Mom
- 37 Easy Ways to Save Money
- Take the No Spend Month Challenge
- How to Make a Budget {Part 1}
- 47 Questions I Should Have Asked My Midwife
- Free 'n' Easy Baby Blanket Pattern
- Natural Birth Statistics Infographic
- 12 Free Knitting Patterns for Babies
- Painless Natural Home Birth of BabyE
- 20 Cheap and Healthy Recipes
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About Shannon
I am an architect turned work at home mom. I'm wife to the most amazing hubby in the world and mom to the most delightful little BabyE. He fills me with wonder and gratitude for God's creation everyday. We are expecting another little blessing that will be arriving in August 2013.I'm currently working on my passion project, a collection of natural birth stories. If you have a natural birth story to share, I would love to include it in the book. Just enter it into my simple web form. My hopeful publish date is April 2014.
Starting to Grow Slower
In the year before we would start trying for a baby, I had baby fever. I was obsessed! I even had a spreadsheet with every conceivable expense related to having a baby and the dates when we might be able to afford it. It felt like we would never get there.I had to do something that felt like moving toward our goal. So, we started thinking about what we would want to accomplish before having a baby. Some of the things were those which would be a whole lot harder once a baby arrived because of time, logistics, and expenses. Others we wanted to do to give a baby the best possible life. A lot of it moved us toward a greener, healthier, and simpler lifestyle.
I feel really great about all the changes we made, as if we were really just becoming more ourselves in the process. It was not just something we felt like we should do. We also have a long way to go, and many changes and projects that we will continue to work towards. And that's what GrowingSlower is all about!
