Our Today is Forever

Pollinators in Action!

There were so many bees swarming in our three apricot trees that as you approached, the loud buzzing was a bit un-nerving...didn't stop me and Roxie from getting close though...pollinators are our friends!

Simple Pleasures...

Simple pleasures...an outing with my Roxie.


Roxie's turn with the camera...

Growing Fast!

These chicks (and my little girlie chics) are growing like crazy! Before I know it, we'll be sending the girls out to collect fresh eggs -oh yeah! Cheesy egg omelet anyone?

Lisa Leonard Design for Mother's Day 2010

There was a time when I said I would never take it off, but that time came this Mother's Day. I was ready to move on, this time with a necklace that represented all of my babies, including the "little bird" that I lost summer '09. I was so happy that it arrived the day before Mother's Day, complete with all my babe's initials and a little pearl for the babe I lost. I shadow-boxed the original necklace for safe keeping.

Thank you Lisa Leonard Design...

Happy Mother's Day to all the Beautiful Mamas out there!

Very Fitting...

I found this little glass bird on clearance yesterday and thought it was a very fitting find for Mother's Day.

"The Magpie foretells good luck and the arrival of a special guest + positive nesting energy"

Um, yeah -nesting for sure and expecting the arrival of a special guest. As I see it, children truly are guests -they always leave the nest! Whats the saying? -they come through you but do not belong to you?

Roxie took this photo of me yesterday, working on my 27th week of pregnancy!

Earth Day 2010

Check out my "Creating for Earth Day" post over at Craft-Crazy! I have more to share in the way of Earth Day, and it involves planting lots of trees and shrubs, creating a hedgerow on the farm!

Big Big News!

We have been blessed with a son! We are all so very jazzed about this new little man in our lives. I am now 23 weeks into my pregnancy and this boy of mine, Finn Eric, is such a kicker...I am falling head over heels in love.

Happy Easter!

I hope your Easter Holiday was full of springtime joys...

Mid-Week Shots...

$15 Bargain find for the sewing room...not really wanting to change the seat cover -I'm liking it!


The chickens are really getting some character and the kids love feeding them out of hand...


And my Baby Belly at 20 weeks pregnant...this evening.

Getting Big - A Tractor - Still Hanging Here

Yep - the chicks are getting big! They change so much every day, these photos were taken last week. Looking forward to the day we have fresh eggs! The weather is getting nicer and the chicks are slowly moving closer to living outside.




Another new addition to our farm...a tractor! This is like the total "Farmer in the Dell" tractor to me. Perfect fit for five acres. We are slowly getting attachments -a front loader and a much needed corrugator have been scored. Here you see Kaziah driving it all by herself...

Although I am busy sewing costumes right now, the garden is close at hand! Lance has been itching to get his hands dirty...but I have been pushing for the remodel to get to a certain point before we move work outside. No, that does not mean the basement family room is done...gosh I wish so! But the walls are built, electrical installed and sheetrock hung. And until I have the time to work on the finish work -thats where it will sit. I really hope to be working on the finish before I get too big to do the tape/texture. We may be paying someone to do it, just saying...

My pregnancy is going fabulously -working on my 20th week now! I have been feeling the baby move everyday...this one is a jumper I tell you! I am not one that can wait until the babe is born to know the sex...so April 6th we will (hopefully) know what name to be finding...narrow our choices a bit, you know? Funny about the names, I like Finn either way...boy or girl. I also like Wren for a girl...time will tell!

Chick Chick...

New residents on the farm!!! The girls love it....

A Full Heart...

We are enjoying a weekend out of town.....hockey game, good food, swimming...family time together.

I hope your Valentine's weekend is full of simple pleasures and full hearts.

Tell All...

I have been itching to share our news with the blogoshere for a while now. I will admit to feeling a little apprehensive after last summers events though. We have seen the baby's heart beating on three different occasions, and everything is going along swimmingly. Growing right on schedule and is even measuring fairly big! With my other three babes, the ultrasound measurements always marked the babe as small, like by a week or so. This time around, the babe is measuring about a week bigger....perhaps it is a boy??? Honestly, I really don't care either way, girl or boy.

I have started preparing in ways only a pregnant mama would understand. Yoga stretches, lots of walking and a few baby items bought here and there. I have two things on my list to find for this baby, things I will keep for my grandbabies. One is a handcrafted, wooden bassinet and another is a wooden highchair. We have this super nice baby store in town, one that is all "gently used". I never had a reason to visit before, gosh -my last baby was born almost 6 years ago!! Now I find myself in that position again, and ever so thankful. The first time I walked into this store, a wooden bassinet was displayed in the window and $50 later, the first "must-have" was checked off my list. Happy day!

We still have a bit of remodeling to do before this summer, namely the basement family room -complete with pellet stove. Right now though, I refuse to do any of the remodel work I would normally do -taping, texturing and painting. I am not lifting anything super heavy either. After the crazy summer of moving and all that came with it - I am not taking any chances - even if the doctor says that is not why I lost the baby. Lance has walls to build and the work I would normally do too.....and a pregnant wife to make sure it all gets done on time. Lucky for him, the nesting hasn't kicked in full steam...yet. Yet being the key word here.

So there you have it. Baby #4 is doing well and kicking up a storm -not that I can feel it yet, I have just seen the little jumping bean bouncing all over the place via ultrasound. Oh and, right now I am almost 12 weeks along. August 10th is my due-date. Isn't it amazing what, at 11 weeks, you can see in a 3d ultrasound? Blows my mind every time how quickly a little "shrimp" becomes a human baby.

I can't even pretend that I will back to this space in any predictable manner, I definitely post more on my craft blog. You will always find more of me there. Lots of new babies coming into the world right now and costume season is close at hand...

Cheers!

A New Year...

I have made no New Year's Resolutions, barely thought about it really. And honestly, the past year was such a roller coaster of emotion and events, I am happy to be done with it and starting fresh. Bad attitude? Nope, like I said -I'm just being honest with you.

I was recently in an almost major car accident. Although nobody, including the cars, was hurt (Thank Goodness for quick thinking and skilled driving!) I can't tell you how much it shook me up and brought me back to feeling grateful for the everyday. How quickly it can all be taken away. And how easy it is to get caught up in the everyday busyness, so easy to lose focus. So, I guess if I were to have a New Year's Resolution, it would be this: Finding and keeping "my center" in all that I do and enjoying life without complaining about the uncomfortable bits. Fairly simple, yet more than not, overlooked by too many.

Looks like I just made a New Year's Resolution! I think I can flow with that.

How about you? Are you ready for this squeaky clean, shiny New Year?