a day at the beach

I am tired

Lucas started rice cereal. He ate it, but I'm pretty sure he was disappointed he didn't get pureed bacon.



He had his 4 month checkup and he weighs 16 pounds, 1 ounce and is 26 inches long. That's 95th percentile in height and weight for those of you who follow those sorts of things.



I am digging the pixie hat I made him from this book



fin.

More baby stuff

I know that right now Lucas gets more excited about his hand than any toy sitting under the christmas tree, but that didn't stop me from getting him a few gifts this year.

I really like this teether rattle called a Skywinkle. I think Lucas will be intrigued by it too.

They are a bit advanced for him right now, but these wood stacking blocks shaped like ocean waves are awesome. They are made in Germany by Grimm's Spiel and Holz designs with non-toxic paint. I think my little beach baby will love them.

This little frog rattle from Habra is also made with non-toxic paints. 

And of course I had to get him a few cute t-shirts. Threadless was having a sale.

ok, where did the year go?

I feel like it was just Christmas and was telling my family that I was pregnant. Now I have a 4 month old and it's the holidays again. At least this time I can eat drink and be merry.



This app is the best .99 I have ever spent. behold:





I'm going to remake every photo I've ever taken.

We took a walk on the beach. Lucas had a good time until he fell asleep.





He's totally into his jumper right now. It cracks me up watching him dangle from this thing. His movements are a little frantic and he looks like a puppet on a string.



I can finally post a picture of the little wrap dress I made for Stephanie's little Ginny. I can't wait to see it on her! I am making another one for my niece right now.

whats up

my baby is crazy cute





I can't believe it's already Christmas



i made grilled lamb with this recipe. it was really good. i left out the mint and parsley.



I took a trip to Rogers Gardens, it was gorgeous

thats all i got. 

stuff I have been making

I made a lot of stuff before the baby was born, with my awesome new sewing machine.



these are the best burp rags. the chenille really holds a lot of liquids.



these pee pee tee pees get a lot of use too.



I am pretty proud of this stroller bag and matching changing pad.





these pants are the shit



and these little fabrics are going to be made into some lovely christmas gifts

Life as we know it

I can't believe he's already 3 months old.

Its been a while.

Sorry for the lack of posts, in case anyone is actually reading this. I have been working on my biggest project yet, and it is finally done.



He is awesome and motherhood is awesome and life is awesome. But I'm super slow and I suck at one-armed activities. In fact, it took me two months to write this post. So bear with me while I get my groove back. Please enjoy some pictures of things I have been doing. Click on the photos for details.

green things

While I wouldn't consider myself someone who dwells often on these sorts of things, I have noticed that there are a number of things that we are doing- mostly for other reasons, that are making a little bit of difference for the planet.



One of the first green things we did when we bought our house was open an account with a water delivery service. We were spending tons of money on bottled water and creating so much waste with all the plastic bottles. At the end of any given week, my car was looking like a landfill. Buying good water in larger quantities just made more sense. At first we were using the old-school Nalgene bottles to hold our water; these were popular with the granola-ey types in the early 2000s. I was never crazy about them- they were ugly looking and the water tasted gross after hours in the plastic container. We got rid of ours when it was discovered that they were made with really nasty chemicals. We switched over to the aluminum Sigg brand bottles, mainly because of the cool designs on the exterior- but then discovered that they were also made with shady materials. Plus, the water in aluminum tasted worse than the plastic bottles.

Finally, I discovered these awesome bottles from Kleen Kanteen. They are made from food-grade stainless steel, are totally safe and leave no yucky taste in the water. Plus they come in super awesome colors and a variety of sizes. We use the 27oz classic and 40oz versions.

Another "green change" that we recently implemented was also out of necessity. The plastic bag situation in my house was out of control. We like to save and reuse plastic grocery bags, as they are handy for disposing of dog poop, kitchen waste and a variety of other purposes. Somehow though, our stash had grown to two cabinet shelves full. Since my kitchen is small and I have a slight Pyrex problem, space is a high commodity. The shelves were packed so tightly with plastic bags, I couldn't fit any more in! I finally decided enough was enough, and we were going to wean our bag collection.

I purchased a bag holder to free up the shelves. It fits nicely under the sink, and keeps the bags tidy. The leftover bags were stashed in the shed for future dog poop duty. To keep from adding to the collection, I purchased some pretty reusable grocery bags from flip and tumble. These bags are really cute, they come in tons of colors and they fold up for easy storage. They also sell reusable produce bags, which I really love. Every time I bring my bags to the grocery store, people ask me about them!  



Throw in the pyrex refridgerator dishes and our kitchen garden, and I'd say we doing a pretty good job at being green.

What I did on my winter vacation...

I took a lot of naps.



I knit a few lovelies.





I made marshmallows.



I said good-bye to someone I love dearly.



I watched the rain come. come. come.