Settling in

Well, the first week with a new baby is undoubtedly a roller coaster. Here's a little of what's happened so far:

Lili's already bonked her in the head with a wooden stool.
Lili's tried "nursing" a stuffed animal.
Mira has had more awake periods, looking around and is very interested in Lili.
Grandpa Lee and Keith have really almost finished the basement!
Omi has cleaned our kitchen to a sparkling sheen
Two family members have head colds (Keith and Lili)

What I'm looking forward to in the short term:
My milk supply leveling out
Getting into some sort of routine
Taking a shower :)


Here's a picture of the 2nd time Lili's held Mira:

JKL...M!

It's a girl!

Mirabel Ray, born at 3:09am, 10/30/09
6lbs 15oz, 19.5 inches
Successful VBAC!



Things I hope I'll never forget:
The feeling of my water breaking
The feeling of controlled mega pushing (or as they said to me "rock star!")
The feeling of the rest of her body coming out after her head
The feeling of discovering it was a GIRL and not a BOY

Things I hope I will forget very soon:
The feeling of it taking 2 hours and countless tries for the epidural to go in
The feeling of morning sickness for 20 weeks
The feeling of out of control contractions

39th week notes

This morning I woke up and thought "I think I'm gonna be pregnant forever". Rationally I know this can't be true, but do you know any pregnant women who are rational? Exactly.

Luckily, it was a sunny relatively warm fall day and thanks to a husband who can roll well with mood swings, we ended up with a good productive day. Keith finished the basement on Thursday evening and so we've been able to clean and start unpacking things into the room. Lili's thrilled with having another room to play in and opening all these new boxes is exciting to all of us. Except when we're like "WHY did we keep this thru TWO moves??"

We are getting rid of a lot of old college stuff, and one of them was an Engineering Design Sketchbook. Keith was all for throwing it in the recycle bin, but I thought Lili might get some use out of it, so here she is working away at freehand engineering design:

our future engineer

Got Carrots?

Growing a baby? I'm totally over it.

Growing our own food? Never ceases to amaze me!

38 weeks... still pregnant!

So. 38 weeks today. Hanging in there. Barely! Things seem to be moving along, as far as I can tell. Please. One week more. Or Less. Please!

Lili the budding chef

Lili has been making "Lemon Meray" (lemon meringue) Ice Cream in her bath at night. Here are the ingredients:

(Quote)
Lemon juice from a lemon
Chocolate
Ice Cream
Vinegar
Salt
(End Quote)

Yesterday I remember that there was also apple juice involved.

What do you think? She's ready for "the Next Iron Chef", or maybe FN's "Challenge: Preschool Ice Cream"!

Knitting Season

As the weather gets cooler and fall TV premieres begin, I find my hands a little more idle... So I started knitting again, after taking a many-month hiatus (like, almost 9 months!). Plus, I'm really trying to "pass the time" until this baby comes, and knitting is a great distraction for me.

Here's a project I started in February, that I just completed: A wool soaker (#2, see #1 here).

I really really really like the color scheme on this one. It's too bad I'm convinced I'm having a boy, because this is a really cute girly diaper cover :)