Some pictures for Mike

Mike's on night 3 of his first week back at 911. He says it's really different from when we were both there, a lot happier place to be, and the benefits are unbeatable. Thank god for government jobs paying 95% of health, dental, and eye insurance. Especially for me with eyes like a bat and teeth full of fillings. It just sucks being a single mom in the evenings, especially at Peanut's bedtime and most of the morning and early afternoon while he sleeps. But Clella and I do get our huge bed to ourselves until he gets home so we have more room to stretch out. (Yes, we are "those" parents...you know the crazy co-sleeping, extended breastfeeding, baby/toddler wearing, delayed/selective vaccinating, positive redirection instead of physical discipline parents, and soon to be cloth diapering parents ;o))

Anyway, Mike wanted new pictures so here they are. I'm a terrible photographer. I'd love to take a class or 2 or 3 to learn more and to get a better camera to go along with those classes, but I just finished school and don't have a burning desire to go back. And I have a sister who is awesome with her camera so I'll just hit her up for some good pictures now that we're both back in Vancouver.

Peanut's angelic smile

Funny face Monkey.

Wet head hairdo.

Big Brother Peanut and Little Sister Sweetpea
Sweet pea in a milk coma.

Clella's face is filling out much quicker than Elliot's did, but she was over a pound bigger at birth than he was. No more please.A grocery bag I whipped up during Peanut's nap time. Uber easy pattern from The Creative Thimble that mom sent me. She always has the best links to free patterns found online. I'm going to make about 5 more so no more plastic bags when we grocery shop.

And finally, my favorite picture from yesterday. Future tree hugger or one of those logger guys who climb up the tree to cut the top portion off.......knowing who and where he comes from, I'm guessing logger guy long before tree hugger.
That's about it from our house. My sewing machine and serger now will be getting some use more than a quick few minutes here and there since school is over. We're friends again...YAY! I didn't realize how much I missed sewing and how much time school took until today. It was so liberating to sit at my sewing area and not feel guilty because I should be doing school work instead. Now if only I could actually get organized at my desk and file the stack of paperwork that calls my name each time I walk by.

TTFN ~ off to finish dishes and watch a show with a bowl of ice cream. Thank goodness for breastfeeding and the sweet sugar cravings it gives me. It makes it guilt-free to eat a bowl before bed when I tell myself it's for Clella's benefit that I'm eating these extra calories....maybe that's why her checks are starting to look chubby like mine.

~Crys