First ride

Yea, I took my 2 week, 4 day old baby on a ride at Boo at the Zoo. She’s tough like that.

In kitchen news….

after of summer of farmer market’s and our families generous garden offerings, we are back to receiving a weekly fresh box of organic fruits and veggies. I got half a Kuri squash last night and am going to try this soup.

boo at the zoo

Tonight we gather to eat pumpkin burgers and salad and drink a bit of juice.

The little ones dress in their costumes of pumpkin and lion,

the adults fill their travel mugs with fresh coffee

and meet the spooks at the zoo!

baby wool

Macy is NOT allergic to wool. In fact, she loves it! She’s a cloth diapered girl, so wool longies are a necessity around here. I used the Sheepy Pant pattern for the following scrappies. The pants are made out of left-over wool scraps from other knitting projects. Since reading about the horrific way some wool farmers get their wool off the sheep, I have vowed to use up my stash and only buy wool from nice wool farmers. These were a great way to use up the stash.

No, Macy doesn’t have two pairs of feet. The other cute toes belong to our friend’s son who is two weeks older than Macy. I love his mom, we nurse our babies, eat pie and watch silly videos together.

Cats and Babes.

The cats mostly ignore Macy. Except for God(zillah) Candysugar, she acts all protective and a little hissy when strangers hold her.

Speaking of Zillah, look what I found at the thrift store the day I went into labour. Someone obviously snuck into our house and painted a portrait of our cat. I gasped when I saw it.

birth

I did it!

homemade baby

Look what Gemma made for baby! (I made the hat in the first pic, it matches the cocoon adorably!

sunday morning

You never know when a simple comment is going to change someone’s life.  On Friday night at Julia’s movie theatre birthday party (I didn’t trust I could do a home party at 40 weeks pregnant.) a woman came up to me and said “I want to look like you.” Bless her for thinking it, and bless her for telling me. Since I am past my due date these reminders are refreshing.  I am not as impatient as I was with Julia.

This is the last time we do this.

The last time I have a lovely full belly, the last time I get to play catch with a being inside me, the last time I grow a human. I want to meet her, but as long as my body can continue to nurture her this way, there is no grand rush.

This morning finds me sitting up on the couch, sipping raspberry tea and listening to some classical on cbc. I am holding on to that this is exactly what I will dream of having a few weeks from now, the time to relax and the energy to be awake for it. In the years to come, days like this will be reserved for mother’s day.  I kiss the air today to cherish this moment.

Maternity leave – day 5

Maternity leave week #2 – prepared prefolds by boiling them.

Miss. Julia is a grade twoer!

Cupcake cake courtesy of Gemma

Julia’s back to school outfit including new mama knit scarf.

baby knits

2 pairs of longies for Macy.

1. sock monkey pants, slight mistake on the mouth, I sewed on cut up and felted sweater for eye pieces. (using Sheepy Knits pattern)

2. Scrappy longies. I LOVE them, the ends took forever to weave in, but well worth it.