About me, Rachel

Yep, that's right. This ones about me. My name is Rachel Rowell, and my husband James and I have been married since 2003. We have two spirited sons, Joshua (12/07) and Jacob (6/10). They are silly boys who give me many a laughs (and a few cries;). I'm lucky to have all three of them.

I have a bachelors of science in nursing and am specialized in trauma and emergency care. That's right, I like blood and guts and gore. I only work occasionally now as an RN so I can stay home with the kids. I love being a stay at home mom. Sure, half my brain cells are gone and I have my patience tested more than I knew possible, but most the time it is the most fulfilling job in the world. As mentioned, I am a nurse by profession and not a writer. Sorry about that but it will have to do, unprofessional grammar and all!

I got into researching sleep when my son Joshua was born and liked to do anything but sleep. Sound familiar to any of you?! He still doesn't like to sleep (can you blame him when he's got cars and other toys to play with?) but once I put him in his bed he sleeps like an angel. I just have to get him there before he tries to run and hide :)

As for more about myself, I was born in Australia and later moved to the US with my family. I grew up in a family of 12 (and now I'm sure you're wondering...Catholic or Mormon?) and have an identical twin sister. Eight of us were born in eight years so as you can imagine, things were a bit crazy in my home at times. OK, pretty much all the time. I absolutely love having so many brothers and sisters. It has been especially fun as we have grown up, become best friends, and have had kids at the same time (I've got over 30 nieces and nephews so far!). I'm pretty sure you won't ever see me with that many kids though, since I'm pretty sure it would land me in a mental institution.

hiking some falls near our home

I love sports and all kinds of outdoor activity.  I love to read and I love to learn. I'm getting more into the homemaker routine by the day, but you are still free to come over and do my laundry and cook at any given time. I won't stop you, I promise.

DDR, 40 weeks pregnant

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I can be reached at rachel[at]mybabysleepguide[dot]com


Happy Sleeping!
Rachel


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