Here is the Cherry tree next to our house. We climb on the roof to get the cherries!
Myles planted some really pretty dogwood bushes in front of the house. This will all look better in a few weeks once more things get their leaves on them.
20 April 2009
Spring is here!
Photo's never seem to be able to show how beautiful it is here in the Springtime. All of the trees in the city are blooming. It's hard to see some of them here because of the white cherry blossoms, they get lost. I love it because when there is a breeze it makes the flower petals fall and it's like it's raining flowers. It makes the yard seem magical.
Here is the Cherry tree next to our house. We climb on the roof to get the cherries!
Myles planted some really pretty dogwood bushes in front of the house. This will all look better in a few weeks once more things get their leaves on them.
Here is the Cherry tree next to our house. We climb on the roof to get the cherries!
Myles planted some really pretty dogwood bushes in front of the house. This will all look better in a few weeks once more things get their leaves on them.
19 April 2009
Sunny Sunday at the park
We went to my FAVORITE park here in our city. I love it because it's where two rivers come together, so there are big rivers on both sides of the park, with beaches, and then this big grass in the middle. To get to it you have to walk through the forest and down the trails. It makes you feel like you are really out in nature, even though you are still right in town. I love living here, and I love the warm weather. Thank goodness winter is on her way out!
And this is how we cooled off at the end of the day:)
And this is how we cooled off at the end of the day:)
13 April 2009
On the road again - or shall I say in the air again
This was Adelaide's forth flight already! She did so good of course. We waited to check in outside in the sun. It gets pretty warm under our moby wrap, but I feel a lot safer with her strapped to me when we are in busy public places. It was a very busy trip, and it's always so nice to come home. Especially now that Spring is here and all of the trees in our neighborhood and yard are in full bloom. I'll have to add pictures of that soon =)
12 April 2009
Punkie's first Easter
We were at Grandpa Jerry and Granny Joan's house for Easter, and I must say it was one of the best Easter's that I've had in a long time! We got to relax, take nice walks, and eat amazing food that Joan made the whole time we were there. We even got baskets, and Myles won the Easter Egg hunt (growing up with the Easter Bunny gave him lots of practice!) We saved the egg coloring for next year when Adelaide will be old enough to join in, but there was plenty of candy to go around.
Here is Myles showing off all the eggs he found.
And me showing off the ruffles on Adelaide's tights!
She wouldn't let go of the easter basket.
Here is Myles showing off all the eggs he found.
And me showing off the ruffles on Adelaide's tights!
She wouldn't let go of the easter basket.
11 April 2009
Cheryl and family =)
Cheryl has been my best friend since 7th grade. We got to see her for a quick visit while we were home too. It was great to see her twin daughters, they are SO MUCH bigger than last time I saw them =) They have a beautiful new house that we got to check out. We love you Cheryl!!!!
10 April 2009
Soleil and Judah
Now that I'm a mom, it makes me really appreciate my friends that have kids even more. Some of my best friends have kids and I just love them so much, because they are super cute little people, with big parts of my friends inside them. We had so much fun on our trip home for Easter. We stayed with my dear dear friends and their cutest kids ever. Adelaide got her first dose of "big kids" and they all loved her. It was great to see them all interacting. It's nice to know that she will be friends with these kids for a long time, because I will always be friends with their parents =) I love you Leah!!! Thank you so much for everything, the amazing meals, comfy bed, clean place to hang out, and of course for staying up all hours of the night chatting about birth and the other things that just need to be chatted about. I love you!!
Soleil got out her Moses basket because she thought Adelaide might want to sleep in it. Judah was pretending HE was the baby and sleeping in there. He's so cute!
Soleil and Adelaide
The prettiest Easter dress I've ever seen =)
I think these two had a crush on eachother
Judah kept kissing her, and she was opening her mouth to kiss him back!!!
We can't wait to come see you again soon!!!!
Soleil got out her Moses basket because she thought Adelaide might want to sleep in it. Judah was pretending HE was the baby and sleeping in there. He's so cute!
Soleil and Adelaide
The prettiest Easter dress I've ever seen =)
I think these two had a crush on eachother
Judah kept kissing her, and she was opening her mouth to kiss him back!!!
We can't wait to come see you again soon!!!!
05 April 2009
04 April 2009
Placenta
WARNING: this is a bit bloody and weird....so continue on with caution. You aren't allowed to judge us on how weird we are...promise?
When Adelaide was born we kept her placenta in Tupperware in the freezer, with the intention of burying it under a tree when Spring came. Well today was the first sunny day we have had all year, and so it was time to bury the "twin". I looked online and found different rituals and things that people do around the world with the placenta. We took it out of the freezer last night to thaw, and Myles got two kiwi vines to bury it under. They are some special kind of kiwi that will grow good here, and you can pick the fruit off the vine and eat the entire thing. That sounds good right? Placenta flavored kiwi =/ The first thing that we did was cut the umbilical cord from the placenta. It was still attached, and represents the cord that held Adealaide and I together for her 9 months in the womb. It's also the way in which she was nurtured. So we took the cord and made it into a heart shape. (Myles made the heart, he is really good at making hearts!) Then we dried it and it now is hard and dry, and stuck in a heart shape. We might frame it to put on the wall, or just keep it somewhere safe. It's really beautiful looking, and I'm really glad that it wasn't just thrown away or buried with the rest of the placenta.
The next thing we did (and thank you Natalie and Shauna for this idea!) was make "placenta prints". I figured that after being frozen, there wouldn't be much blood on the placenta, so I didn't think it would work. I was wrong. So I got out the drawing paper, and Myles and I took turns making prints with the placenta! I know, we are weird and YES it was kind of gross. The placenta smelled and was really weird to touch, and quite heavy actually. There was a lot of blood, so it made quite a mess, but I think the prints turned out pretty interesting. They are all very different. Myles did one with the "sack" that Adelaide was in spread out as well. I don't know what we will do with these, but they are really beautiful in their own way. Here is our artwork drying on the porch.
Once we were done making our keepsakes of the placenta, Myles put it in the ground, back to the earth where we will all return someday. It is done nurturing Adelaide my sweet baby, and now it will nurture her kiwi plant! Here is a picture or Myles burying it.
And lastly the video. Myles actually dug it up and buried it a lot deeper after this, to be sure the raccoons couldn't smell it and dig it up or something! I'm sure Adelaide will find all of this completely disgusting when she gets older, but it's just one more thing we did to cherish her. Hey....at least we didn't eat it...some people do that too!
When Adelaide was born we kept her placenta in Tupperware in the freezer, with the intention of burying it under a tree when Spring came. Well today was the first sunny day we have had all year, and so it was time to bury the "twin". I looked online and found different rituals and things that people do around the world with the placenta. We took it out of the freezer last night to thaw, and Myles got two kiwi vines to bury it under. They are some special kind of kiwi that will grow good here, and you can pick the fruit off the vine and eat the entire thing. That sounds good right? Placenta flavored kiwi =/ The first thing that we did was cut the umbilical cord from the placenta. It was still attached, and represents the cord that held Adealaide and I together for her 9 months in the womb. It's also the way in which she was nurtured. So we took the cord and made it into a heart shape. (Myles made the heart, he is really good at making hearts!) Then we dried it and it now is hard and dry, and stuck in a heart shape. We might frame it to put on the wall, or just keep it somewhere safe. It's really beautiful looking, and I'm really glad that it wasn't just thrown away or buried with the rest of the placenta.
The next thing we did (and thank you Natalie and Shauna for this idea!) was make "placenta prints". I figured that after being frozen, there wouldn't be much blood on the placenta, so I didn't think it would work. I was wrong. So I got out the drawing paper, and Myles and I took turns making prints with the placenta! I know, we are weird and YES it was kind of gross. The placenta smelled and was really weird to touch, and quite heavy actually. There was a lot of blood, so it made quite a mess, but I think the prints turned out pretty interesting. They are all very different. Myles did one with the "sack" that Adelaide was in spread out as well. I don't know what we will do with these, but they are really beautiful in their own way. Here is our artwork drying on the porch.
Once we were done making our keepsakes of the placenta, Myles put it in the ground, back to the earth where we will all return someday. It is done nurturing Adelaide my sweet baby, and now it will nurture her kiwi plant! Here is a picture or Myles burying it.
And lastly the video. Myles actually dug it up and buried it a lot deeper after this, to be sure the raccoons couldn't smell it and dig it up or something! I'm sure Adelaide will find all of this completely disgusting when she gets older, but it's just one more thing we did to cherish her. Hey....at least we didn't eat it...some people do that too!
03 April 2009
Ready to party
This is Adeliade and her buddy Pheonix on our way to the baby party! They were so cute next to eachother, but couldn't see one another because the car seats are too bulkey. It was cute anyway!
02 April 2009
Space bags and a Brand New King Size bed!!
After doing lots of research and saving our Christmas and Birthday money, we finally got a new bed! We got a king size because Punki sleeps with us, and really a Queen size just wansn't doing it for us, even with our skinny little selves. For one thing, Adelaide takes up half the bed because she loves to sleep with both arms straight out to the side. The other problem is a dip in our mattress that causes everyone to roll to the middle (where I am usually sunk). There is nothing I love more than being squeezed between my two favorite people in this world, but it gets a bit uncomfortable some nights after a while...I must admit. The king size bed seems HUGE!
We ordered it from Costco and got a great deal, much better than the local Mattress store could offer. The guys that delivered it were friendly enough and even helped me to move our old Queen size out to the garage to be sold on Craigslist. I'm excited to try it out, although I spent a lot of money on some fancy organic sheets, and after washing them, they don't feel half as soft as they did in the store. I'm kind of a sheet snob, I like to have a comfy bed! And we have the bed on the floor now so IF Adelaide ever falls off, she won't fall far. It actually makes the room look bigger somehow, because the bed is lower I guess?
The other exciting thing is I invested in some "space bags" to store the pillow top from the old bed, along with some other pillows, sheets etc. Those things are amazing, however impossible to zip closed by yourself unless you have 4 hands...and the design of the zipper sucks - I ended up poking holes in both bags I used with it, which defeats the purpose all together. Good thing a little tape sealed the holes and the vacuum sucked the air out making the bags a little smaller. I really did feel like we are in the space age now. And with our king size bed...we will be livin large!
P.S. it's after 7:30 pm and still light outside!!! That means Spring is on the way, or is it just because the clouds are parting, and we might have a sunny day tomorrow!? I bet it stays light out a lot later in places where it isn't raining everyday. I love the rain though, no complaints, I promise.
We ordered it from Costco and got a great deal, much better than the local Mattress store could offer. The guys that delivered it were friendly enough and even helped me to move our old Queen size out to the garage to be sold on Craigslist. I'm excited to try it out, although I spent a lot of money on some fancy organic sheets, and after washing them, they don't feel half as soft as they did in the store. I'm kind of a sheet snob, I like to have a comfy bed! And we have the bed on the floor now so IF Adelaide ever falls off, she won't fall far. It actually makes the room look bigger somehow, because the bed is lower I guess?
The other exciting thing is I invested in some "space bags" to store the pillow top from the old bed, along with some other pillows, sheets etc. Those things are amazing, however impossible to zip closed by yourself unless you have 4 hands...and the design of the zipper sucks - I ended up poking holes in both bags I used with it, which defeats the purpose all together. Good thing a little tape sealed the holes and the vacuum sucked the air out making the bags a little smaller. I really did feel like we are in the space age now. And with our king size bed...we will be livin large!
P.S. it's after 7:30 pm and still light outside!!! That means Spring is on the way, or is it just because the clouds are parting, and we might have a sunny day tomorrow!? I bet it stays light out a lot later in places where it isn't raining everyday. I love the rain though, no complaints, I promise.
30 March 2009
Mom and Baby yoga
Today we tried out a mother-baby yoga class just to see what it's like. I have been pracitcing yoga for over 3 years now, and really love it. I bought a book called Baby Om that has yoga for Adelaide and I to do together, and we have tried it a few times. She really likes it. Usually I take her diaper off so she can really stretch, and now she can reach her toes to her mouth without the diaper, so it's a lot of fun for her. She really likes doing back bends and being upside down, a natural yogi!
The class wasn't as I had hoped. The teacher said "Some classes have you holding your baby and doing things with them...this is NOT one of those classes. It's a class for you, the moms, because you are the ones that need yoga, not the babies". I was so sad to hear this. I feel like Adelaide needs yoga as much as I do, as she is growing so fast and she is so flexible now, and would be nice to keep her like that. If I wanted a class for myself I would go without the baby, so I could get the most out of it. I like bonding with my girl and doing things together, and I hope to show her how fun yoga can be...that is why I took her. Oh well. The class was spent trying to do poses, while some babies cried, and Adelaide wanted to be involved, so I did some poses, but also spent lots of time playing with her and stretching her so she would have a purpose of being there too. Oh well, at least we tried it and now we know it's not for us. We will keep doing it at home. Tomorrow I have a Shiatzu appointement. I hope that helps my back because I've had a pinch for over a week now. I will go back to yoga myself, but I'm sad because my yogi partner Mandy is moving to Ohio in a few days, so I will have nobody but myself to rely on to make it every week. Anyone out there want to start yoga with me?
The class wasn't as I had hoped. The teacher said "Some classes have you holding your baby and doing things with them...this is NOT one of those classes. It's a class for you, the moms, because you are the ones that need yoga, not the babies". I was so sad to hear this. I feel like Adelaide needs yoga as much as I do, as she is growing so fast and she is so flexible now, and would be nice to keep her like that. If I wanted a class for myself I would go without the baby, so I could get the most out of it. I like bonding with my girl and doing things together, and I hope to show her how fun yoga can be...that is why I took her. Oh well. The class was spent trying to do poses, while some babies cried, and Adelaide wanted to be involved, so I did some poses, but also spent lots of time playing with her and stretching her so she would have a purpose of being there too. Oh well, at least we tried it and now we know it's not for us. We will keep doing it at home. Tomorrow I have a Shiatzu appointement. I hope that helps my back because I've had a pinch for over a week now. I will go back to yoga myself, but I'm sad because my yogi partner Mandy is moving to Ohio in a few days, so I will have nobody but myself to rely on to make it every week. Anyone out there want to start yoga with me?
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