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Margaret Hochla
El Reno, Oklahoma
I have been married for 27 years to Victor and have 4 children. The two girls and two boys range in age from 25-10 years. We are pleased to still have one grandparent from each side of the family ... More about Margaret
Sareen Dunleavy-Keenan
Minneapolis, Minnesota
I live in Minneapolis, in 1.5 story craftsman bungalow with beautiful woodwork, but a tiny lot. Sharing this space is my husband Brendan, 'baby' (5/07) and 'new baby' who is expected to join the fold in August. More about Sareen
Gina Keenan-Klages
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
My name is Gina, and my husband's name is Patrick. We have three children, ranging in ages from 1 to 5 years. Our household also includes my mother, who is living with us from September to May. More about Gina
Donna McClurkan
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Early January may seem an inauspicious time to begin an "eat local" project in Southwest Michigan. As if to underscore that point, nearly a foot of snow fell in Kalamazoo on January 3. More about Donna
Cher Stuewe-Portnoff
St Louis, Missouri
My first father-in-law taught me to garden in the mid-1960s. Over the next few years, with a family of five to feed, I read everything I could find about nutrition ... More about Cher
Vera Schabicki
Ashland, Mississippi
Four years ago my five children, one husband, two dogs, one cat and I moved to the rural South from a large northern California city. We went from .12 acres to a rambling 57 acres. More about Vera
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Local food at the hospital?
Posted at 11:29 AM on August 12, 2008 by Sareen Dunleavy Keenan (8 Comments)
Only one reason for the Keenan family to take the trek to the hospital, or so we thought. We started dialing the numbers for all of the doctors on the 31st of July, only to have all contractions stop. Then, on the first of August, we played the same game again. Four hours of contractions, trip to the hospital only to have the whole show stop as soon as we set up all the fetal monitors. I tried everything to get that baby to leave the comforts of home to join us in the real world. Nothing seemed to work.
Finally, on August 5th we said we could wait no longer. This baby must come today. Brendan's birthday (August 4th) had come and gone and there was no more time to wait for baby to figure out this whole process on it's own. So we had a healthy (9lbs 5oz and 22 inches) baby who is now home and doing a fantastic job of sleeping many of the hours that the rest of the whole house is sleeping.
Brendan did a fantastic job of bringing food over from Midtown Global Market which is attached to the hospital where we delivered. Again, we find that the food we need isn't always offered where we need it, but somehow it is always near by. Now to enjoy the food people have been bringing to us and to somehow get our feet underneath us. Two babies under 15 months is going to be a whole new challenge in our household.
Comments (8)
Congratulations, Sareen, Brendan, and family, on your new arrival! Welcome to the world, newest locavore :-)
Autumn
Posted by Autumn Long | August 12, 2008 4:05 PM
Congratulations!! I hope you are feeling well and that you are all adjusting and settling in! How exciting to have another young locavore!
Posted by April | August 14, 2008 1:57 PM
Wonderful news, congratulations, and good luck, two tiny ones sounds like a real challenge.
Best wihes, Vera
Posted by vera h schabicki | August 14, 2008 3:39 PM
Thanks for the thoughts. So far... things are going great, but I am sure as soon as both can move independently I will have to invest in new running shoes.
Next week will be the first real challenge - Brendan going back to work. We will see how local eating- or eating in general go once I am on my own!
Sareen
Posted by Sareen | August 14, 2008 4:27 PM
Congrats! I am very impressed with all the canning you are doing in between taking care of the two little ones!
Gina
Posted by Gina Keenan | August 17, 2008 10:24 PM
Sorry for the late response... but very exciting news. Congratulations.
Posted by Tim Baird | August 24, 2008 9:32 PM
Congratulations! How's it going with Brendan back at work.
Posted by Diane | August 26, 2008 6:45 AM
Three weeks in an I have already had to sacrifice all shopping for the year so that we could afford someone to clean the house twice a month. It became evident fast that two kids so close together was going to be a challenge. The funny thing is that it seems that the busier the three of us girls keep ourselves with errands, trips to the park, or whatever, the easier life seems to be!
Posted by Sareen | August 26, 2008 9:05 PM