coming soon

i've been busy cutting out some diapers for my daughter. i've had some of these fabrics stashed for quite a while, just waiting for the perfect project for them so i'm excited to be using them. i admittedly have a very hard time making that first cut into a beautiful fabric. to me fabric feels like art so i always feel a little guilty to just ruthlessly chop it up. i'm really excited to see the finished product of these though. stay tuned. hopefully i'll find a few moments to myself over the weekend to sew.

my son is ALL boy. he's noisy and rambunctious and constantly playing some form of hockey. oh the hockey. he eat, sleeps and breathes hockey. he's been that way since he learned to walk. it's not an uncommon thing to find him dead asleep with his stick or a puck grasped tightly in his little fingers.

i tell you this only to come out with this truth....my son LOVES pink. if given the choice he will always pick pink, whether it's the pink straw or the pink juice or the pink cup. i like to think that it is because he was suddenly surrounded by PINK everything when his little sister arrive at the beginning of january (that's when he first started to show his preference) and that his love for the colour is a reflection of his love for her. in all honesty i have absolutely no problem with it. i mean, who wouldn't love pink. it's a very cheerful colour.

anyways, i've been working on his sweater (which he is super excited about, sweet boy) and yesterday afternoon we were chatting about it, i asked him what colour buttons he wanted on it. he paused for a moment and then brightly replied "PINK!"

things I love about being a mom

most days i can hardly believe i'm a mom let alone a mom of two but when i really stop and reflect on it i feel very blessed by my kiddos. they are, by far, what i am most proud of. anyways as mother's day is just behind us i thought i would share a few of my favourite things about motherhood.

1. i love seeing the relationship between my son and his little sister develop. he truely loves her and regularly showers her with kisses and affection. i think the feeling is pretty mutual. she has her eyes glued on him whenever he is around her and he was the first person she smiled at. i can imagine there friendship in the years to come and am just so excited to see how it grows.
2. my son who is almost 3 is a little spitfire. he has a quick temper and very strong ideas on how he wants things but he is also one of the most affectionate little boys i know. he just feels things a little stronger then most i think and expresses exactly what he is feeling. one of my favourite things is when he wraps his arms tightly around my neck and says "i love you soooo much mommy" *melt*
3. i love that my daughter (4 months) is so smiley in the morning. nothing better then a big gummy grin.
4. being able to wear my babies not only allows me to have my hands free it lets me snuggle them those few extra moments. one thing if come to realize is that my kids will be little for such a short time and the time is going faster everyday. babywearing lets me forget that for a little while.

my family, may 9th 2009, mother's day weekend

all things girl

confession: the fact that i have a little girl to sew things for completely thrills me. i have visions of ruffles and whimsy and perpetual golden summer afternoons. i came across this tute for a sweet ruffled skirt that i'm definitely adding to my "must-make" list

saturday morning fun

a little bit of elastic + some scraps of felt + an old bandana = pirate fun

a little taste

beginnings of a bog jacket

on the needles

i've just started knitting my first sweater. it's not the modular tomten by EZ that i talked about in this post but it is a Elizabeth Zimmerman pattern. it's the bog jacket from her book "knitting around." i'm making it for my 3 month old daughter out of leftover yarn from my sister's christmas mittens and some latte coloured yarn from my stash. i thought it would be good practice for the tomten i'm going to make for my ds and i had the stuff to whip it up. so far so good although it's a bit like knitting a giant scarf but i just keep telling myself the finished product will be so much more rewarding. sorry no pics yet but check back soon.

oh the excitement

i waited....and waited....and waited for my name to be at the top of the holds list at my library. finally i got THE email saying it was mine all mine. i can't even begin to tell you how stoked i am about this book. i know it looks a little outdated (ok a lot) but there is such a buzz about Elizabeth Zimmerman if you are a knitter and i just wanted to see for myself what all the hype was about. i think i get it. it's not that her patterns are the most fashionable but it's the technique behind them that makes then so inspiring. it's really more a formula to use to get any result you can imagine. i'm thoroughly looking forward to whipping up a modular tomten jacket for my son (in blue because he asked for a blue sweater and how can i say no to that) the only thing i'm disappointed about is that i only have this book for 2 weeks. this may be one i haave to splurge on. i don't buy books often because i have access to such a great library but this is the kind of book i can see myself referring back to more often then i could have it checked out (it aparently has a LONG wait list)

been a little busy

so 2009 started out with a bit of a surprise. my water broke on the 3rd and I ended up having a little girl on the 6th. I wasn't due for another 6 weeks (the middle of February) but she's doing very well and thankfully only had to spend 6 days at the nicu. we are all completely in love with her and I'm constantly having to reminder her big brother to let her sleep and not kiss her so much haha, but I figure it's better that then having him be jealous so I let alot of it slide. anyways once I'm getting a little more sleep (or once my body gets accustom to this lack of sleep, whichever happens first) I'll hopefully get a chance to do something creative. a new baby is very inspiring so I'm already compiling a mental list of ideas and to-do's

on to 2009

we had a lovely Christmas day this year. it was my first time hosting at our house which was a lot more relaxing then previous years that had us running between various houses and get-togethers, never really getting to enjoy any of it. My husband and I were reminiscing about one of our first years we were married and how we had to be in 4 different places on christmas day. I just remember crying in the car as we drove from one place to then next haha. thankfully with children comes a slower pace to things. this year we got up at our own pace and enjoyed openning our stockings, just the three of us, before my parents, sister, and grandparents arrived. the snow fell all Christmas Eve day and continued on most of Christmas day as well so we were treated to a delightfully white Christmas...a very rare treat and possibly my favourite gift this year!