Sunday, November 29, 2009

Happy Thanksgiving!


Our son, Edmund Michael, was born November 26 at 1:10 PM. He weighed 7 lbs. 1 oz. and was 20.5 inches long. Mother and baby are both doing well!

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Friday, November 20, 2009

Nursing cover


I recently made a simple nursing cover from this tutorial, which I found through Lauren's blog. It is a simple rectangle of cotton with adjustable straps to go around the neck. It also has a length of boning between the straps to keep the cover stiff, so Mom can see Baby and Baby gets plenty of air circulation.

I didn't make any changes, except my D-rings were 1" wide so I cut out my straps 2.5" wide, accordingly. Next time I think I would make the short strap (that has the D-rings on it) even shorter, since it ends up behind my neck. I think it would be easier to adjust if the rings were closer to the cover.

This would make a great shower gift for a new mom who plans on breastfeeding!

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Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Vignettes from Baby's room

My friend Keturah is coming for a visit, and thus provided me the incentive to get the baby's room cleared out and cleaned up. (It doubles as our guest bedroom, courtesy of an air mattress.) I must apologize for the less-than-stellar photos -- the lighting in the baby's room is horrible (one north-facing window on a gloomy day and one tabletop lamp!). But you'll get the idea!


You may remember these 1930s-style paper dolls my mom gave me a while ago. I glued them to gingham scrapbooking paper and put them in some inexpensive wooden frames (painted the same color as the baby's shelf). There are three altogether.


My youngest sister-in-law, Louisa, made this cute quilt for the baby. It's hanging on the railing of the crib she used as an infant!


Douglas bought these handcrafted wooden cars for any future sons over the summer. Until they get old enough to play with them carefully, the cars make a nice decoration!


I have a dresser in the baby's room for storage and changing diapers. The mirror has a photo of my dad as a toddler tucked in its frame. (Will my babies be that adorable??) The Baby Bee products, which are too cute to hide away in a drawer, were gifts from my lovely friends Robin, Breezy, and Emily. And in the mirror, you can (blurrily) see a wooden rocking horse made nearly 30 years ago by my Uncle Larry.


On the other side of the dresser, I have a vintage tin from Louisa, which can hold cotton balls, swabs, etc. The other photo is of my own sweet mother as a baby, looking cute as a button!

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Thursday, November 05, 2009

A favorite passage

"As they entered the little street, it was so dark with the promise of snow that the shops were being lighted. They were all decked out with holly, mistletoe, tinsel, crackers, toys, oranges, model Christmas trees with tapers and glass balls, apples, sweets, sucking pigs, sides of beef, turkeys, geese, Christmas cakes and big plum puddings.

'I say, I do love Christmas,' Kay said."

--The Box of Delights by John Masefield, first published 1935

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