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Our new arrival
June 20th, 2010
Clara Lynn joined our family on June 10th and brought the sunshine with her. She is such an easy going baby. We’re all doing well and adjusting to our new routine.
Another pithy post
May 24th, 2010
Erik is home.
Deadline is over.
Our moving truck arrived.
Olga won first place in the Kindergarten category at her school’s art show.
The baby turned.
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Life is still rocketing ahead, but it’s all good.
Can time slow down just a leetle bit please?
May 7th, 2010
I really have been trying to make time to post, but a proper post will not be forthcoming for a few more days it seems.
Life, you know. It’s like this:
Erik got out of the Marine Corps on Monday and is in Arizona for a few days hanging out with his dad before making his way home in another week or so.
I’m on deadline for issue #124 (July/August 2010).
Our moving truck is arriving from North Carolina sometime during the next week.
Olga’s art in on exhibit until tonight at a local gallery (a student art show) and the awards ceremony is tonight.
The baby is presenting breech right now (35 weeks).
All of these things deserve their own posts, but I just don’t have the time. I mean really. ERIK GOT OUT OF THE CORPS! Yes.
More later. Hopefully.
Olga is 6!
March 28th, 2010
Wayward February
February 16th, 2010
February really hasn’t gone according to plan. Shortly after my last post, Gavin came down with a cold. Then I got it. Then I got it really bad. Then I ended up in the hospital for four days with bad Pneumonia. I’m alive, thanks to some very heavy-duty antibiotics and the excellent care I received in the Intensive Care Unit at Sutter Coast Hospital in Crescent City, California. I got home Friday, but I feel like I have a way to go before I’m back to my old self. Erik took some emergency leave and flew home Thursday. It has been wonderful to have him home; he is such a wonderful cook and he has taken over all of the household duties, so I can pretty much lay around and eat bon-bons and hack and cough to my heart’s content. Which is good, because about all I can do is lay around and hack and cough.
I’m looking forward to regaining a bit of energy. There are definite signs of spring in the air; the daffodils are in bloom, and the fruit trees are starting to bud out. I want to be out in the dirt.
*Edited to add* I forgot to mention that the baby is fine. He/she shows no sign of distress.
Celebrate the Boy
February 5th, 2010
Check this out. It’s Celebrate the Boy month at Made by Rae and Made. They’re going to be lining up awesome crafty things to make for boys all month, and you know what that means…
Look out Gavin, ’cause Mama’s in a make-it mood!
Baby shoes
February 3rd, 2010
It has been quite a while since I buckled down and worked on a batch of baby shoes. But I’m feeling inspired to make baby-ish things these days (gee, I wonder why?) and I really have been wanting to repopulate my shop a little.
I couldn’t help but pick a couple pairs to keep for myself. I have several more pairs of shoes in various stages of completion, and I am itching to buy some more cute prints.
Pajama fail
February 2nd, 2010
The good news:
I finished sewing two pajama shirts for Gavin last night.
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The bad news:
I started them a full year ago, and he has long since outgrown them.
Sigh. At least the next kid can wear them, right?