ok girls, i know there are a fair amount of us here, guess we should do a roll call.

I am heather, mama to Simon (2m) and Liam (3.5). I live in Alabama, and consider myself uhhhm semi crunchy I guess? I breastfeed, cloth diaper, dont circ, family bed, sling, etc. We do our best on eating "good" food, but tend to eat out too much (not fast food other than Subway and pizza). I am married to an ultra picky eater, and my son is as well, so that makes life a bit more complicated.

What else? Lets see, I have a bachelor's degree in English, and am a thesis away from a Masters. I recently became a LLL leader. I have been a member at Amitys since I was abt 16 weeks pregnant with Liam, so right at 4y.

all I can come up with ATM :)
heather

I am Julie, mama to Savannah (2yr) and Jackson (2mo). I live just outside Athens, Georgia.

My mom (georgiadoula) and my sister (jami) are both members here too.
I have been a member here for about 2 years. I'm married to a hunk of a guy...he's a computer geek and I'm a stay at home mom.

I love this!!

I am Hayes, mama to Celeste, Lydia, William, and Samuel. We live in Birmingham, Alabama, smack dab in the middle of the state.

Hi! :happy:

I'm Heather, married to Andy and mama to Lakin (who will be 4 in 2 weeks) and Addah (2½). We live in south Georgia, halfway between Macon and Savannah (smack dab in the middle of nowhere :p).

I've been a member here since my oldest was a baby but I'm more a lurker than a poster. My husband and I own Moss Feet Shoes, and my husband is currently working a 2 weeks notice and then will be joining me as MFS' 2nd fulltime employee! :)


Ooh I forgot ~ I should add that I was raised and my whole family lives in Greenville, SC and we visit there at least once every 6-8 weeks. :)

Hi I'm Jo, married to Vin, and mama of three lil heathens- 14yo, 10 1/2yo, and 2 1/2yo. We live in South Georgia and it's lonely here! :( LOL.

I'm 3 1/2 hours from Atlanta, 2 hours from Jacksonville, 1 1/2 hours from Tallahassee, 4 1/2 hours from Tampa, 3 1/2 hours from Savannah, and 3 1/2 hours from Orlando. Also known as 15 miles from the Florida border. I miss out on all the fun stuff darnit. *trying to do a really good pouty face* ;)

I've been a member here almost 2 years now and so much has happened during that time. Time sure has flown that's for sure. :)

Hey I'm Karen. Wife to my very best friend Pat. Mama to Zakk (8), Honor Elizabeth (will be 3 in about a week) and Reagan Hope (3 months). We live in Snellville, Georgia (where everybody is somebody). I joined about 2 months ago.

Hi! I'm Michelle. We moved to southwest Florida almost a year ago. I joined shortly after my daughter was born, so about two years ago. My kids are Justin, 4 1/2, and Rebecca, 26 months.

I'm a sahm, and we homeschool. We also do a lot of the crunchy/AP stuff, but I'm not militant or anything. One glance in my pantry would probably make you think I"m pretty soggy. ;)

Hi, another Michelle! I live right near Heather in Central Alabama. She lives in town and I live rurally. We have 15 acres. Beth is 8 1/2 and Samantha is 5. I have been a member a long time. I can't remember how long. I post a lot more now that I am working full-time. I did not have time at home (can't see how all you do it.) I am pretty crunchy. Extended breastfeeding, cloth diapers, delayed solids, selective vax, mostly organic food on a GFDF diet, co-sleep (some now, but lots early on), anti-circ but I have all girls, natural cleaners, natural most everything from soaps to clothes.

Hi! I'm Allison - married to Eric for 10yrs. I have 6 kids - Chrrisy is 12.5, Mikhail will be 10 in Sept, Kiera is 7.5, Kivett is 5.5, Aislinn is 3, and Alannah is 7 weeks tomorrow (born 5/13). I live in Orange City - about 45 min North of Orlando. I've been a member of Amity's since Kivett was a wee babe - so a little over 5 years.

We homeschool the 3 oldest right now, and Kivett will start with the new school year too. I've had a couple gathering at my house - and I LOVE having them (should be time for another one soon!). Just need to figure out when ;)

Dh is a robot technician (not as fancy as it sounds, lol) and a real estate agent on the side. I'm a sahm. We're hoping to start our own property managment business this year, and then I'll be a pt WAHM, and hopefully we can grow it to where dh is a wahd :)

I'm Candy, have been married to Jerry for 9.5 yrs and have 3 kids. Michael is almost 19 (we adopted him in 2000), Jaycie is 4 and Cameron is 8 months. We're in the FL Panhandle but travel often to MS (in-laws and great grandparents) and to Orlando (we're there now actually :)). I've been at Amity's since Jaycie was about 5 or 6 months old, so about 3.5 yrs. I'm a former teacher but left to stay at home w/ Jaycie the month before she was born. We're struggling trying to decide between homeschooling and public school since she goes for speech therapy at a great school already. I'll be doing BFIAR this year to see how it goes. :) Jerry works for DCF and just recently left the church we had been at for 7 years as the pastor. We do lots of the 'crunchy/AP' stuff too but like Michelle, we're not militant (but I am really passionate about no circ, bf & vax) and our pantry would show 'sogginess'. :rolleyes:

Well I will add mine to this group. We are currently living in Alabama, although this is only a temporary location for us while dh looks for a job.

I am Robin and am married to Tim for almost 15 years. We have three children Graham, Eli and Josh and lost our first baby boy when I was 22 weeks preggo. I have been at AW since before G was born so 6 years now.

I am semi crunchy, we don't circ, selectively/delay vac, bf, family bed, but we eat too much junk and I am trying to remedy that. We also watch too much tv, play too many video/computer games and stay on the net too much. We are homeschooling this year and plan to continue as long as we can.

Dh is a church planter/pastor and like I said he is currently looking for a position. We have lived in several different places and so I have met several moms from AW.

I live a few miles outside of Montgomery, AL and have been around AW from the very early days (in 1998). I have two children ~ Lauren (who will be 15 yrs in July) and Max (7 1/2 yrs). I have been a SAHM since Lauren was a baby and my husband is a software developer/engineer. I used to be moderately crunchy, but have softened with age...LOL! I work part-time at my church as the Director of Children's Ministries, am the treasurer of the high school band boosters, and spend alot of time of driving kids here and yon.

I'm Traci. We're In Montgomery. Married to Linens N things General Manager, Fred for 13 years. Mom to Christopher 12, Emily 11, AnaKatherine 8, Rebecca 4. We homeschool and are semi-crunchy. My husband is the Youth Pastor at our church, Just bought a building LOL OOOOHHOOOO. Anyway, I'm a Labor doula, Postpartum doula, childbirth educator, Midwife assistant. I'm putting together a christian teen curriculum for girls ages 11-14 on growing up.

Good to meet you all.

Hi, I'm Kathy. I live in Citrus County, FL, which is about 1 1/2 hr north of Tampa and 1 1/2 hr west of Orlando. I'm a full time WOHM as an R.N. at the local community hospital and am mom of 4 daughters, ages 20, almost 18, 16 and just turned 5. I've been here since while I was pregnant with the littlest, so over 5 years.

HI, I'm Chrissy. We live about 40 mi Northeast of Atlanta. I am married to Lee since 1998 and have 4 kiddo's. ALic (8) Abbie (5) Hunter (2) Hannah (almost 7m) I am orginally from Chattanooga but have been here about 4 years. We are slightly crunchy but getting more crisp with each baby.

i'm in biloxi, mississippi ~ we go to birmingham quite a bit as the in laws live there. new orleans is just about 75 miles, so we get there a few times a month as well (zoo, aquarium, etc...)
i have tucker, who will be four in september, and griffin, who will be two in september.
we do all the "ap stuff" ~ but just because it works for us ;)
hope we can arrange a get together sometime soon! i'd love to meet some other amity mamas!

I'm in upstate SC, where we've lived for 3 years now.
I have two children, B who is 6 and Nige who is 3.
I'm a SAHM and homeschool my eldest.:)

I'm in Spring Hill, FL - about 40 minutes north of Tampa. Just moved here from Tampa about 2 months ago. :) I'm a SAHM to my 3 girls and we will start our first year of homeschooling soon! Mary is 14, Hannah is 4, and Kali is 2 already. DH Alex is a mortgage broker and is lucky enough to run his own business and work from home.

I get a bit crunchier each year in some area, and a bit soggier in others. I "found" my love of sewing through Amity's when I discovered cloth diapering. Now I'm just a sad, sad fabric-holic who can't get enough. ;)

branwyn - 30
wahm to 3 daughters - 9, 3.5 and 10 months
wife to a gamer
we live in the northwest part of georgia

wouldnt classify myself as ap, but neither am i 100% mainstream. more instinctive.

i'm tonya. i live north of atl with my dh & 2 babes, our 2 dogs out in the woods!

i grew up in south ga though...somewhere between brunswick & waycross, 1 hour north of jacksonville, fl & 1 hour south of savannah.

i've always been know as a "granola girl". dh refers to me as an "outside girl". i don't really fit into any particular mold....i'm like a diamond--many facets to enjoy.

Hi! I am Nicole, homeschooling mama to dd 6, ds4, and ds 13mo. We live in NW Florida!

Hi all :)

I'm Tracey, been married to Charles for a little over 8 years & together for 9+. I have 3 sons, ages nearly 8, 6 1/2 and 3. We homeschool and do alot of crunchy stuff, I guess we officially AP but I'm becoming disillusioned with that term over the years. I'm not so into rules, yk?

Um...hmm. I'm crafty/artsy in waves...I paint, bead, scrap, draw, sculpt, make wreaths, photograph, sew, dye, do random other crafty stuff and am learning to care for my perennials :) I love music, lots of different styles. We live about 40 min due north of Atlanta...at the foot of the mountains.

I like to read and I have a dog. Anything I missed?

I'm Kelli. I have a 3 y.o. son, Frasier. I live in Edgewater, FL (20 minutes South of Daytona Beach). I'm in the RN program at school. I already have my certificate in Medical Assisting. I'm 27.

We have 3 cats.

My hobbies are: 80's Music, reading, cooking and baking.

I am Cheryl, mom to 3 girls, and a little guy coming to join us in a few and a half months. Yeah! We live in the upstate of SC. We are from Ohio, originally, but moved here because some relatives did. Absolutely love it!

We are a homeschooling, mostly dairy free family. I have been married to Greg for almost 14 years ( in September). We have lived in AK ( where our 2 oldest were born) and in California ( married on Carmel's beach) and of course Ohio. Yes, we are former military.

I was at Amity's about 5 years ago and sorta quit when my youngest ( now 5) was out of cloth diapers. Re joined about 4 months ago because I loved the wonderful support offered here for mamas. I love the new formats, and its
awesome to come here everyday.

I'm Christi, mommy to Ryland (3/7/03), wife to Chris (7/5/02) We live in Orlando and would love to meet some other AM's!!!

I'm Christi, mommy to Ryland (3/7/03), wife to Chris (7/5/02) We live in Orlando and would love to meet some other AM's!!!
i'm in orlando right now :)

I am Sarah, mom to 2 boys and a girl...ages 10.5, 7.5, and 6. We live just north of Atlanta in the suburbs...in Alpharetta. We are from PA originally, but have lived here going on 10 years.

We are a homeschooling, vegetarian family. We are fairly crunchy as a family, although I think I could be crunchier and DH thinks I am crunchy enough. We have 2 yellow labs, 2 cats, and 1 chinchilla.

I joined Amity's back when I was pregnant with my youngest, who is just turning 6. I used cloth diapers for my second and my third, eventually finding my way as a WAHM(I was the original owner of Jordyn's Dreams for those that may remember 5 years ago... :happy: )

That is us in a crunchy nut shell:)

I'm Jodi.. NE of Atlanta in Duluth..

I've got Lindsey, who will be 4 next month, that I homeschool... Joshua, who is 2 1/2... and am having another little girl in about 3 1/2 weeks.

Lindsey takes ballet and tap one day a week in Snellville, and Josh will start creative movement at her school in the fall.. aside from that, we just kind of play things by ear and go/do as we wish :)

Hullo, I'm Meg..I have four Kids, Alexis is 18 and in college in California, Jake is 15 and in school in NJ and lives with his dad now..Elijah is 2.5 and Sophie is 7.5 months. We live in Alpharetta, GA (wave to Sarah). We moved here about 1.5 yrs ago from California. I don't miss it because it was expensive to live there and I have a million more friends and fun here.

My dh, Tom, is an environmental scientist. He calls himself a Hydrologist..basically he models watersheds and other water type models.

I get to stay home with the babies, which suits me fine. I like to knit, play on my computer, and Im trying to cure myself of buying lots of cute things for my kids to wear :D

Hi everyone :kittypink

:happy: Hi, I'm Gigi. I live north of Atlanta too, in S Forsyth County.

I've been married for 10 years, together for 16 years. My dh is a manager with a payroll company.

I have 3 daughters, 5, 3, and 6 weeks.

I get crunchier and crunchier every day, LOL :rolleyes:

I am here too!

My siggy says most of it.

Central Florida mama and family!

we are in NE bama, if I ever remember remember to get back over here Im goona see who else is around and try to set something up

Katie,

Where in CFL are you?

I'm Rebecca and live around the Huntsville Alabama area:) Anyone else close?

Katie,

Where in CFL are you?

Not Katie (obviously), but she lives about 10min from me :)

Hi guys... I'm Sarah, mama to 3 kiddos with #4 on the way soon. We live in Central Florida, too, Titusville to be exact :)

we are in NE bama, if I ever remember remember to get back over here Im goona see who else is around and try to set something up
I'm Sonya, WOHM to Will, and wife of Jeff. I don't consider myself crunchy at all, but go on my instincts in my parenting which I guess makes me slightly ap. I was raised by my mom who cloth diapered and fed us hot dogs and mac-n-cheese, so pardon me if my version of raising a healthy child is wonky at times! lol...

I'm in NE Alabama too... Albertville, between Huntsville and Birmingham. I'd love to meet some mama's if any live nearby!

We are from Louisiana (Baton Rouge and Washington Parish area) and visit there often. We are planning on moving back there some day. Also, we visit Mississippi alot (Ocean Springs, Lucedale, and Carthage) because we have family there too!

I'm Rebecca and live around the Huntsville Alabama area:) Anyone else close?
Me! Me!

Where the heck were all you north alabama mamas when i lived in cullman?!?!?!? :p

I'm Jami... My son is 2.5, Harrison. He attends the Montessori School where I work as a teacher's assistant in a Primary level classroom. I also sling lattes on the weekends for Starsucks... :rolleyes:

My divorce was final on June 21st :happy: and I am a VERY happy and content single mama...

We live in Lawrenceville, GA right now, which is about 30 minutes northeast of Atlanta.

My sister mentioned it earlier, but Georgiadoula (teresa) is my mom and Juliebelle (Julie) is my big sister...

Hi - I'm Grace. Mommy to Stephen, 13 and Layla, 18mos. I have been a member since I was pregnant with Layla so about 2 years but mostly lurk and get good info from this site:) I have been married to Jeff, a training consultant and about to open a restaurant, for 13 years and I work very part time (15 hrs/wk) as a parent educator. I am VERY semi-crunchy. We try to eat as many whole foods as possible, cloth diapering, and trying to follow my instincts when it comes to parenting. We live in Watkinsville. GA. Think that's about it. :happy:

Hi I am Judi I don't know where I live anymore!?! hahahaha we have been trying to get a house built in Cape Coral ,FL for over a year now, but we will be moving FINALLY in the next few weeks from Naples.

I am a SAHM mom to two boys Joey (6) and Nicky (2). I am half crunchy. I couldn;t handle the cloth diapering, but we were breast feeding, homeschooling, sling wearing, co-sleep, mostly healthy foods, but like mentioned before, I was raised on all kinds of crap, so a little here and there doesn't hurt us!

Lauren, mama to Kate, nearly 7, and Jake, nearly 5. I'm a Florida shorttimer, LOL, as we are moving north to Vermont, hopefully within a month. I am a massage therapist and writer and dh is a teacher and writer. We are hoping to cash in on this big real estate boom and move North and buy a place cash or mostly cash. We might be buying land and building our own, very simple/small, home. This will allow us to spend more time with the kiddos and writing!

Um...we do a laundry list of crunchy stuff - homebirthed both kids, don't vax (started out selective and now don't vax at all), try to eat whole organic foods, cloth diapered, breastfed (still nursing my 5yo), slung 'em, cosleep, & so on.

We love to spend time in nature - at the beach, the springs, in the forest.

I have been at Amity's since Jan 1999, so 6.5 years. Yikes.

hi to all! I just joined Amity, although I have heard about it for a few years via friends who are much crunchier than I:)
I am in Clermont,FL (close to the Mouse). I work ptime at our church in the nursery. Looking forward to meeting you AM !

Hi. I'm Dawn, almost 34 years old. 3 kids; 15 yo DD, 6 yo DS, 3 yo DD. We practice very attached parenting and are mostly crunchy, with a few chewier exceptions. We live in rural NJ (yes, NJ has a rural section - LOL). I have a WAH biz that I am in the process of selling. I WOH PT as a counselor in a group home for teenage boys. I have a Psychology degree from Rutgers. I've been at Amity's since 1998/99.

Hi! I'm Nancy - mom to Emma (a little over 4 years) and John (11 months). Rob and I have been married nearly 2 years. (I was married before, to Emma's birth dad, but he died when Emma was 5 months old.) Rob is a former Catholic priest and now teaches religion and serves as a chaplain at an Episcopal college prep school in Winter Haven, FL. We live in Lakeland, FL, which is basically between Tampa and Orlando. I work about 5 hours a week from home. Basically, I'm the volunteer coordinator for our church. I am also involved in LLL and working to form an API group. Hmm... I think that's us in a nutshell!

Me! Me!
Yay..finally someone who does..WOOT!...LOL!!!

Hey I'm Kathy, we live in Birmingham, AL. I have been a member here for awhile but barely have time to post. Hopefully that will change soon! We moved here from PA about a year and a half ago and love it here!

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hey i am georgiadoula- teresa - mom to julie and jami and nana to harrison, savannah and jackson.... the girls turned me onto amity and i come in for a quick peek every now and then. i live in lawrenceville a north east burb of altanta. been married to dallas for 28 years.

he recently bought an exhisting business - mail and business store near our house- so some exciting times are ahead of us i am sure! i have been a doula for over ten years- a childbirth educator for six years and a lactivist forever- retired LLL leader and lactation educator now. i own a company- labor of love doula and childbirth services and love birth and everything surrounding it.

i was an attachment parent and grandparent the same way! and i guess i am one of the oldest ladies in this forum- i am 48.

:happy: Hey there I am Jenise and I have a 16 month old son Jacob we Live in springhill,fl, We are looking forward to meeting and greeting some new faces

:happy: Hey there I am Jenise and I have a 16 month old son Jacob we Live in springhill,fl, We are looking forward to meeting and greeting some new faces
Hi Jenise!!! :happy: :monkeydan Glad to see you followed my link! :) Welcome! This place is the best! Looking foward to getting to know you!

Hey yea this place is great, alot of good info :monkeydan

HIs ladies, I am Mandi, married to Joah for almost 4 years and mama to Owen who was 3 in april and Eli will be 1 on november 30. I cloth diaper, breastfeed (tandem nursing the boys actually) and try to just do what is right for us. I live in Wetumpka, AL which is just about 20-30 minutes north of Montgomery and rarely travel anywhere as all of mine and dh's family live right here near us.

:happy: Hi! I'm Christine

Hiya Christine :D

hi christine :happy:

Hi everyone! I'm Becka, mom of almost 8 year old Alyssa and wife of 8 1/2 years to Chai. I'm from upstate SC. Just found this place a couple of days ago. Very cool place. peace & love :big hug:

Hey all I'm Treva;Wife to Wayne(8 yrs.) mom to Issac(6)Harper(4 3/4)Garreth (3).I live outside of Augusta ga.We returned three years ago from Charlotte NC.We are mostly crunchy,more soggy than Crunchy though :rolleyes: .I do co-sleep ,BF,and somewhat AP.Though the BF hasn't happened for well over a year.I do find myself sleeping with all of my men. :sleeping:I found the site a few days ago.

nice to meet you treva! & soggy is fine...better than mushy:)

<-- is mama bear to 2 cubs so far.


we live in sc.

<--- is when i became a memeber, i lurked a bit before that, and still do more lurking than posting.


i am a sahm, dh is a EMT, and a volunteer firefighter, he also works part time at lowe's.

we unschool so far, but i am leaning towards a little more structure for my sanity, lol.

we practice clw. ds weaned in jan 05 at just over 5 years old. we tandemed from feb 03 till then. i am still nursing his sister, roo. she will be 3 in february.

ds, unfortunately is cut. i regret it fully. i simply did not do as much research as i should have, and just did it because i thought it was somethign that had to be done. :(

same with vaxes for the most part. ds was (over) vaxed through age 2, despite haveing a reaction that imo had him hospitalized at 4 months, and having slight reactions at others as well. dd had shots at 2 months, and had reactions as well, and after visiting the er, i had my heart set on no more. shortly before she was to have her 4 months checkup, my great nephew died (he was just over a week older than my roo). he had his 4 month checkup, was pronounced healthy, had his vaxes, and died from sids. we cancelled dd's 4 month checkup. when we went back at 6 months i had found my spine. neither of my kids has had poisons injected in the name of "immunization" since then.

we only did cloth dipes for a few months with ds, and he was potty trained shortly afterwards. with dd, she was in mostly cloth from the beginning.

we are(well, were) a babywearing family, in fact i dont even own a stroller. i carried tig in the sling until my belly was too big while pg with roo. she was slung until several months ago when shew decided she prefers to walk or ride in a buggy while shopping now.

we also are a cosleeping family. ds was in our bed/room until he was ready for his own bed (just a little over 3 years old) hopefully dd will want to start sleeping in their room soon. dh is going to build a loft bed in there, so that may give her the gentle nudge in that direction, if not we'll keep cosleeping :).

there is more to us, but that's enough for now :)

I just moved to Florida about a month ago with hubby and son...we are currently living in Stuart and are moving over to Port Saint Lucie in about a month...we are buying a house there...

I am a SAHM, my son is 21 months old, my husband works for FP&L...we moved here for his job...whats happening here in Florida?

I didn't know so many AMs were near me! I'm in NW Orange County. My son is 3 and we're pretty crunchy. lol

Hey~

This is my first post here! I'm Laura, married ten years to Randel, & mom to Alex (9), Ethan (8), Drew (6), & Gunner (9 months). Yes, they're all boys, lol! We live in NE Alabama-around Snead, which is kind of in between Oneonta & Boaz. I saw a couple Mamas posting on here who are pretty close by. Looking forward to talking to y'all!

Blessings, Laura*

:welcome: