Life Lately

Lately sweet Baby C has been having a hard time sleeping during the day unless she's in someone's arms. I know it's a slippery slope, but I've also heard you can't spoil a newborn, so I've decided for now it's ok.  

PS- Look at those sweet curls, I hope they stay forever!

Small Victories

I mentioned in my last post, that certain everyday tasks become accomplishments when parenting a newborn. While I have found getting out of the house to be the best remedy for feeling human again, today I stayed in and had two small victories- I made a soup from scratch (granted I roasted the vegetables yesterday) and baked homemade cookies. We have been blessed by great friends bringing food by and a freezer full of meals we prepared ahead of time, but sometimes it's nice to have fresh food you cooked yourself!

The soup is super easy- just roast a squash, an onion, two cloves of garlic and an apple together for an hour. I like to add a couple tablespoons of brown sugar or maple syrup to the squash hollows.  Then add a quart of chicken stock, the roasted vegetables and salt and pepper to taste in a pot to simmer before pureeing. It's one of our fall favourites!

The recipe for these Best Ever Oatmeal Raisin cookies can be found in this post

Baby C Week 2

Baby C turned 2 weeks old on Thursday. I took two photos because I couldn't decide which I liked better.

I do plan to document her birth story in a few weeks when I can dedicate some time to it.

In the meantime- here's what I've noted about parenting a two week old:

- It is by far the hardest thing I have ever done

- I read that you're going to be tired, and you have a choice to either be tired and angry or just tired. I have decided to just be tired.

- Having your own child is nothing like babysitting, no matter how much of a "natural" you're told you are 

- I think babies absorb your energy, so I feel it's very important to stay as positive as possible no matter how frustrated you might be on the inside

- Probiotics are a good thing- for everyone

- You will always want your own mom when you have your own child

- Having a shower, brushing and flossing your teeth are definitely accomplishments

- It's true what they say- the love for your child is overwhelming and unlike anything you've ever felt before- even when she gets her white socks in her poopy diaper or throws up on you!

Introducing Baby C

Apologies for the radio silence folks, but we have been enamoured with our sweet addition who was born last Thursday evening. Baby C came pretty quickly one day after her due date. We were surprised she was a girl given how sure almost everyone was that we were expecting a boy. This blog will be a bit slow for a while as we adjust to being a family of 3.

A smiley shot from the hospital.

I will be completing a weekly photo project of Baby C- here is week one!

Waiting for Peanut

Well, we officially made it to 40 weeks. I haven't shared many pictures of my pregnancy on the blog, and while I have been informally documenting my progress in bathroom mirror selfies and sending them to my parents, I asked Chris to take a couple of pictures of me and our peanut last night.

I truly feel blessed at how good of a pregnancy I have had, and I secretly hope this is a testament to the temperament of our sweet baby and what I can expect in labour (wishful thinking I know). We cannot wait to meet our little one, and are just so thrilled we're almost there!

Fab Find Friday: What's in my Workshop

I have to admit, this blog has seen better days, but to be honest our mind is on other things...namely waiting for Baby Madia to show up! Today was my last day of work, so I am now officially on maternity leave. I celebrated with pedicure- classic OPI Red.

On to Fab Find Friday! My workshop has started to collect a number of items that I can't really do much with until I am without child and able to use my furniture stripper and paint products again. I probably have half a dozen projects waiting for a little TLC.

On the left is an industrial stool Chris and I picked up for $5 at a garage sale last weekend. I'm not sure where it will end up (Kitchen Island is currently in the lead), but it was too good of a deal to pass on. The item on the right was also a yardsale find. It's a wooden suitcase. I have never seen one before, not even at the antique shows. It has leather straps, and I have no idea what I will do with it, but that's half the fun right?

Raspberry Crumb Muffins

My mom is in town this weekend and she brought a few pints of Raspberries from my grammy's garden with her. They have gone a little mushy, so we needed to do something with them this morning. I found this recipe, and it looked delicious. They turned out really well, although I would highly recommend not using paper liners as they stuck to the paper a little bit. Later today I am going to attempt some frozen yogurt!

Hope you're all having a nice long weekend. Baby Madia is due in two weeks, so we're all getting a little bit anxious and excited for the upcoming arrival!