the many faces of teething
july 2, 2009
such a sad affair. one moment she's happy happy, the next, pucker-faced, tears, little hand rubbing gums. we run through the cycle of relief: hugs, cold rags, squishy teethers, frozen pacifiers, and a last resort, tylenol {which is pretty much useless in my opinion}. she's been teething since 8 weeks old, and it's been pure misery ever since. some days are better than others, but the intensity of her fussing has increased recently. hopefully a little pearly white pops out soon.
happy july 1st
july 1, 2009
four days until bbq, friends, and the start of the tour, eighteen more days until renegade, and about one hundred more days until cooler weather. happy july!
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new designs :: piccolo
june 30, 2009
two new designs on etsy. piccolo was one of my favorite designs back when i sold designs a la carte {now on hiatus as i work on new designs}.
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month four
june 29, 2009
month four, also known as 'in my mouth right now, what are you waiting for lady?!' month. everything within arms reach usually ends up somewhere near her mouth, fortunately she's too slow and misses most of the time, and i'm quick to respond in a spastic-arms-everywhere sort of way...i've been working on tempering my reaction to those types of situations {like when she choked on her spit and i almost ran next door to the neighbor. a baby cpr class is on my to-do list}. the great thing is she LOVES eating rice cereal now - she can't open her mouth wide enough when the spoon is coming in her direction. other fun things about this month: first hysterical laugh after tommy pulled a booger from her nose, now naps in her car seat {finally!}, kickboxes my chest mercilessly with every diaper change {she aims, it hurts}, endlessly entertained by her first santoku knife {i finally got some work in, thank goodness}, and slept about 8-9 hrs a night.
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her name
june 23, 2009
oh goodness, another baby post?
tommy and i agonized for nine months on wren's name. back and forth, terribly indecisive. one night in particular we spent two hours sitting on the floor at barnes and noble drinking coffee, pouring over baby name books. i'd ask him if he liked mabel, no way. what about luella? no. sable, alyssum, poppy, clementine? neve? it means snow, i love snow. no! i exhausted him. he had his picks too - amelie, finley, agnes, maryjo, kidding, i actually can't remember. we went through hundreds and hundreds of names, always looking at the meaning, the origin, if it rhymed horribly with something else, never completely comfortable with anything. lists were made, at least four. we kept going back to wren though. the name had been on my mind for years before we even thought about starting a family. i love birds, obsessed kind of, and i loved the beautiful simplicity of the name, a little songbird - i dreamt of a little girl, blonde hair maybe, sweet and smiley like her dad, we'd call her wrennie. most likely she'd tell her school friends she hated her name because it's not a kate, emily, or sam, but as she grew older secretly pleased with its uniqueness.
the moment i found out i was pregnant, i just knew it was a girl {though i had doubts for approximately two weeks stemming from fears of raising a girl - girls are dramatic, emotional, they become teenagers, ugh!}. on the way to the ultrasound we each took our guesses, he firm on a boy, me a girl. sure enough on the ultrasound screen a little girl waving her arm at us, and i thought to myself, there's my wren, and cried a little but tommy didn't notice. months went by, unsettled, always finding new names but continually returning to the first. at one point we sat on the couch reading baby names to her, joking, we asked my baby belly if wren would be her name, one poke for yes, two for no, and completely 100% truth, the hardest poke right next to my bellybutton popped visibly through my shirt. i don't count that as anything other than coincidence, but it makes for a good story with plenty of eye rolling from the listener.
it wasn't until a month before she was born, while shopping at anthropologie that we decided on her name. there was a basket of woodblock letters on sale, very few letters left, and figured now would be the time to decide on her name. sure enough there were all the letters for wren, and no 'v' for everlyse {her middle name and the other option for her first name}. so there it is, the story of wren's name, decided by two of the most indecisive people on this planet. heaven help us with the next child. heaven is actually kind of a cute name...
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the combover
june 18, 2009
not just for grandpa, the combover adds lively fullness to any exposed scalp, young or old.
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new designs :: poppies
june 11, 2009
new designs on etsy! i originally designed these flat note cards for my baby shower. also added are folded note cards and gift tags with the poppies... invitation coming soon too.
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first bites
june 4, 2009
yesterday at wren's 4 month checkup her dr. gave us the okay to start her on rice cereal. we had hoped the dr. would tell us she was ready since we've noticed the signs of her wanting food for weeks. i was so excited i went right out to buy spoons and cereal. i built up this moment all day, envisioning her loving every single bite - obviously it didn't go as planned - and that's even more amusing than if she had liked it. we'll try again tomorrow!
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iced strawberry green tea
june 3, 2009
iced strawberry green tea
- 1 cup fresh strawberries
- 2 cups water
- 4 green tea bags
- 4 tablespoons honey
blend strawberries with 2 tablespoons of honey (more or less depending on sweetness of berries). i prefer strawberry mixture to be a little chunky, but chunks small enough to fit through straw.
meanwhile bring 2 cups of water just to a boil. pour hot water over tea bags with 2 tablespoons of honey. steep for 3-4 minutes. stir to make sure honey is completely dissolved. green tea will be very strong, adjust to your own taste by adding more honey or water. chill tea for about an hour in fridge.
combine chilled green tea and strawberry mixture in a glass filled with ice. peaches or lychees can also be used instead of strawberries.
enjoy!
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housekeeping :: the patio
june 1, 2009
cleaning the patio has been on my to-do list since october of last year - basically, when i was too big to bend over. the petunias and herbs were my mother's day present, and now that wren is finally taking longer naps, i found a few moments to freshen up the patio.
the fragrance of wet soil and herbs toasting in the sun, patio clean and tidy...it feels nice getting back into the simplest of housekeeping tasks.
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