Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
quality time
Having Eli for 3 1/2 weeks has been amazing... but there are inevitable ups and downs to the transition of a new baby. I think in some ways it has been most difficult for Moon who has had to continue being a student, juggling his many responsibilities, and being a dad (oh yes, and a husband). He's been doing a great job at all of it and he loves spending as much time with Eli as he can. Here are a few moments of the two of them these first weeks of the little guy's life...
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Waiting
These were taken on my brother's porch on my due date... 10.15.11. It's come and gone. But here's to hoping this is the week for baby's arrival! We are so ready to meet this little one.
Sunday, August 07, 2011
for the baby...
one very nice thing about this summer has been the extra time i've had for prenatal yoga and swimming and sewing baby clothes! i've surprised myself by how much i am enjoying my sewing machine. i think i anticipated liking it and using it occasionally... but sewing something daily has become such a part of my routine that if i don't use it for a day i feel a loss. all this to say i've been creating quite a few things for this baby.
Moon loves these soft toys i made with some fabric remnants and extra stuffing from the boppy pillow.
this is an ikea find from a thrift store. it's real wood and while i didn't intend to alter it, i couldn't resist making it black. (and it will probably be a year before we actually need it/use it...)
the boppy pillow...
while i didn't craft this, i did find it (very cheap!) and think it is adorable.
a couple onesies i did create... (i've done several with the bird and a few with the french lettering)
when i discovered how easy these newborn hats are to make.... well, let's just say we have plenty.
pants are what i have sewn (clothes-wise) the most of. they are quite easy and all these were made out of recycled t-shirt or other shirts from moon or i.
this is my favorite from an old cashmere sweater (had a hole in it and i never wore it). sooo soft and will be nice in the winter, i'm hoping.
decided to try some baby shoes... a surprisingly simple pattern to follow and needed very little fabric. these are supposedly newborn to 6 months or so.
we are still in the deliberating stage of all this.... i think we've got the girl option, but the boy is a bit tricky.
and now for the little one themself... the 3-D ultrasound images were a bit strange to me at our 20-week ultrasound, but we had another one a couple weeks ago and as the baby is now bigger the images seem much nicer to me. you can begin to see the little person...
Moon loves these soft toys i made with some fabric remnants and extra stuffing from the boppy pillow.
this is an ikea find from a thrift store. it's real wood and while i didn't intend to alter it, i couldn't resist making it black. (and it will probably be a year before we actually need it/use it...)
the boppy pillow...
while i didn't craft this, i did find it (very cheap!) and think it is adorable.
a couple onesies i did create... (i've done several with the bird and a few with the french lettering)
when i discovered how easy these newborn hats are to make.... well, let's just say we have plenty.
pants are what i have sewn (clothes-wise) the most of. they are quite easy and all these were made out of recycled t-shirt or other shirts from moon or i.
this is my favorite from an old cashmere sweater (had a hole in it and i never wore it). sooo soft and will be nice in the winter, i'm hoping.
decided to try some baby shoes... a surprisingly simple pattern to follow and needed very little fabric. these are supposedly newborn to 6 months or so.
we are still in the deliberating stage of all this.... i think we've got the girl option, but the boy is a bit tricky.
and now for the little one themself... the 3-D ultrasound images were a bit strange to me at our 20-week ultrasound, but we had another one a couple weeks ago and as the baby is now bigger the images seem much nicer to me. you can begin to see the little person...
Friday, July 08, 2011
these past few months...
...have gone by so quickly.
We've been busy.
To start... this little person came into our life.
(well, he or she is not on this side of life until mid-october).
And now I look more like this (ok, a bit bigger than this).
In the meantime, I've been to CO twice.
Moon came once
My first trip was a surprise... with my siblings... to our parents.
a very special time
in a very beautiful place
And now that it's summer
Moon has finished his first year of this...
And we are happily preparing for a baby
With some baby space creating
(baby's closet... not exactly "room" in our case)
(don't worry... they won't be sleeping in there)
And lots of sewing for baby in this wonderful corner
with all my free time
(more pictures on that to come later)
And we've even found time
on our more beautiful days
to go strawberry picking locally
and that more or less sums it up.
There will be more to come as our summer unfolds...
We've been busy.
To start... this little person came into our life.
(well, he or she is not on this side of life until mid-october).
And now I look more like this (ok, a bit bigger than this).
In the meantime, I've been to CO twice.
Moon came once
My first trip was a surprise... with my siblings... to our parents.
a very special time
in a very beautiful place
And now that it's summer
Moon has finished his first year of this...
And we are happily preparing for a baby
With some baby space creating
(baby's closet... not exactly "room" in our case)
(don't worry... they won't be sleeping in there)
And lots of sewing for baby in this wonderful corner
with all my free time
(more pictures on that to come later)
And we've even found time
on our more beautiful days
to go strawberry picking locally
and that more or less sums it up.
There will be more to come as our summer unfolds...
Saturday, April 09, 2011
more of the coast
We've spent even more time on the coast lately... two trips in the past few weeks. Maybe it's because Portland's winter seems to be taking over our spring... it's been a particularly overcast spring thus far... and getting to the coast seems to help. Our good friends Sam and Susan came to visit for a week and among seeing all that our city has to offer, we wanted to take them to the coast for a day. We had a beautiful (and windy!) day for it.
Then last weekend Moon and I went to a favorite coastal spot for a night... it's a beautiful drive and it was fun to get away. One of my favorite parts about the place is that it is right on the coast, so if we leave our balcony door open we can hear waves crashing against the rocks. I fell asleep while Moon stayed up and watched a movie in bed. And the door didn't get closed. The next morning I felt as if we had camped (though the bed was a bit nicer than camping)... our room was cold!
Then last weekend Moon and I went to a favorite coastal spot for a night... it's a beautiful drive and it was fun to get away. One of my favorite parts about the place is that it is right on the coast, so if we leave our balcony door open we can hear waves crashing against the rocks. I fell asleep while Moon stayed up and watched a movie in bed. And the door didn't get closed. The next morning I felt as if we had camped (though the bed was a bit nicer than camping)... our room was cold!
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