balls and beans and being lazy.

this is one of the projects that we have been working on lately and just finished. the different colors are different textures of fabric. phillip is our pseudo-child. sometimes we talk to him and put him in the bassinet.
in other news, we planted beans! and peas. they're due in late june. good timing, huh?

Isn't She Lovely?

January (4 Months):

February (5 Months):

April (7 Months):

Happy......Sad

when i'm awesome

i like to collect ideas for when i have lots of time and money and patience and skills. and since our life is pretty boring and blogging is better than homework, i thought that i would share a couple of my favorites.

it'll be a while before we have a separate room for a baby, let alone one that we could paint, but here's my favorite nursery that i've seen. it makes me love sheep and apple green.


this might go in the nursery too. or in any other room in my dream house. except maybe the bathroom or pantry. weirdo.


aside from all the awesome clothes i'll be able to sew, i want to make toys and stuff for my kids. cause i loved dolls as a kid...hmmm...




i did love forts though. i still love forts.




i almost made breakfast for jeff on valentimes. but we slept in and the valentimes fairies left cupcakes and cookies and chocolate in the kitchen when i woke up. but one day i'll be cool and make pancakes on the weekends.
i like to eat shapes. i got a bucket of cookie cutters for my birthday a couple years ago. i love it.


i remember dad and mom would fold napkins for thanksgiving and it made me want to use napkins all the time.

i guess i'd better do my homework now. *sigh*

omphaloskepsis

i don't photograph well and it's always cold/we're busy, so belly pictures are always taken in a "last minute, no make-up, bad lighting and weird face but too tired to care" kind of way, the result being that all pregnant photos of me are pretty terrible. oh well.

also, i think i'm turning into a ravenous koala. i'm always starving and super tired. lesson learned though: pregnant women were not meant to live on beans and broccoli alone. neither baby or i were very happy that day.

gastrointestinal issues aside,baby's becoming quite the little helper. she often moves around and tickles me in the middle of class/church to help me stay awake, or stretches so i can't shave my legs and consequently take much less time to shower. she's even shown something of an interest in interpretive dance! what a good baby.

More beans please!

Apparently, my baby is a Nazi. Rebecca says that's what happens when you cross a historian with a sociologist (Yeah, I don't get it either....)

no place like home for the holidays

i don't sleep well on Christmas eve. whether out of excitement or anxiety at the prospect of being beaten over the head with a pillow while someone sings "It's Christmas! Why aren't you awake?!" i still wake up at 5:30 Christmas morning and about once an hour after that, which gives me pretty wacky dreams. it doesn't help that when i finally do wake up and go upstairs, i'm prone to be greeted by equally wacky figures.












yes, in fact, that is my husband wearing pleather maternity pants. why, what does your family do for Christmas?



apparently, robert rode by a couple of cops during his morning jaunt on his new bike, spreading joy and cheer.

in other news, i got a mango and a kiwi in my stocking! and we got lots of fun games and gadgets and yummy food. and to hang out with jared and sue and company. and i'm pretty sure i took about four naps in my new sweater. i'm sure gonna miss this.

what were you expecting?

jeff and i were going to dress up as sick and tired for halloween and take pictures, but he had to go on a last minute trip to DC for school, leaving me flying solo for dress-up day. so i didn't do anything. a couple people told me that i should have dressed up as a pregnant woman though. do all fairly newly married women get that? maybe i just look particularly maternal? what do you think?