On Friday night, while Joe was watching a "guy movie", I tried to blog. But blogger was being sooooo sloooooow, so I abandoned that project. BUT! We went to Yellowstone yesterday *and* Joe downloaded his pictures from our Father's Day picnic, so if you want to see some pictures, you can mosy on over to his blog:
Figment of Reality
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
More baby goodness
From this (taken the morning I went into labor, about 11 hours before she was born):
To this:
Snooze on Mama
Sweet cloth diaper-y goodness
In the sweater and hat I made her- it is still chilly here.
Love my PapaMonday, June 15, 2009
Our sweet girl is here
Adelle Caroline joined our family at about 7:55 P.M. on Saturday, June 13th. Her birth was beautiful and at times, intense. It was miraculous and ordinary. A blessing.She weighed in at 7 lbs 13 oz and was 19 1/2 in long. I will post more later when my hands aren't so tied up :)
Saturday, June 6, 2009
I am patient, I am patient.
If you don't make fun of the dumb expressions on my face, I'll share a couple of belly pictures:
The belly, in all it's glory.
The belly, in all it's glory.I am trying my hardest to be patient. It is working sometimes. About every third day, however, I start to think I just can't wait any longer. And yet, I have made it through several days like that so far :) The "It could be any day, but not likely for another week or three" thing can be emotionally tiring. So I have been trying my hardest to keep busy and to be grateful for this time. I find the days that I act and speak positively about the waiting, even if I don't feel it, are better than the days when I indulge my whiny and self-pitying side. Fake it until you make it, right?
The other factor in this situation is my utter lack of control over the situation. I find it fascinating that even with the vast knowledge we have about the human body, we don't really don't what exactly causes a woman to spontaneously go into labor. Yes, we know that it has to do with prostaglandins and oxytocin and various other hormones, we know that in normal circumstances the baby plays a part in initiating labor, but it is still pretty mysterious. So I sit here gestating, doing my part, but pretty much along for the ride.
And that is the best analogy I can come up with. It is like someone has told me that I am going to go on the scariest, best, most fun, sometimes terrifying, most exhausting road trip of my life. But I don't really get to know when it begins. I need to be prepared for it to happen anytime. I might be called upon this journey with little warning in the middle of the night. I might be given some signs in the hours proceeding so I can do some last minutes things. And labor and birth are just the beginning. After I do what amounts to the most physically, emotionally and spiritually strenuous work of my life, then I have a beautiful, soft, helpless newborn to take care of.
Sounds intense, doesn't it?
So I wait- as patiently as possible.
The other factor in this situation is my utter lack of control over the situation. I find it fascinating that even with the vast knowledge we have about the human body, we don't really don't what exactly causes a woman to spontaneously go into labor. Yes, we know that it has to do with prostaglandins and oxytocin and various other hormones, we know that in normal circumstances the baby plays a part in initiating labor, but it is still pretty mysterious. So I sit here gestating, doing my part, but pretty much along for the ride.
And that is the best analogy I can come up with. It is like someone has told me that I am going to go on the scariest, best, most fun, sometimes terrifying, most exhausting road trip of my life. But I don't really get to know when it begins. I need to be prepared for it to happen anytime. I might be called upon this journey with little warning in the middle of the night. I might be given some signs in the hours proceeding so I can do some last minutes things. And labor and birth are just the beginning. After I do what amounts to the most physically, emotionally and spiritually strenuous work of my life, then I have a beautiful, soft, helpless newborn to take care of.
Sounds intense, doesn't it?
So I wait- as patiently as possible.
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Craftiness, Part 2
In this post from May I had some pictures of Adelle's wool diaper covers and her newborn fitted diapers. I have been working diligently to make her some small fitted diapers (because frankly, my kiddos seem to outgrew newborn things veeery quickly). Here is what is completed so far:
These are the ones that have been cut (well, one of these is fully cut and the other three still need an inner layer and a soaker) and are awaiting assembly. My goal is to have 12 of the size small. Getting there!
These are the ones that have been cut (well, one of these is fully cut and the other three still need an inner layer and a soaker) and are awaiting assembly. My goal is to have 12 of the size small. Getting there!
Her prefolds came on Tuesday and I took some time yesterday to embellish some of them. I just cut out some flannel and sewed it on the middle panel. Simple, but I really like the way they turned out. So now she has seven embellished prefolds and eleven plain ones:
Back in February right after we found out that the baby was a girl, I bought some onesies to turn into t-shirts to wear with her wool diaper covers. This project has been met with mixed success. Being a relatively novice sewer and not really taking the time to research it, I didn't realize that working with knits is different than working with other fabrics. So I charged ahead and pretty much mutilated the first onesie I tried to hem (the purple one on the left). So I not-so-skillfully covered my mistake with purple rick-rack :D I think that might be the "we are staying home today shirt". Although, perhaps not surprisingly, Issy really really liked it. My girl likes sparkly things ;)I am pleased with how to the other two turned out though. Have to learn somehow, right?
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