May days

Well well well, where did this month go? I have been trying to get to the computer to post for weeks now but it hasn't happened. This pregnancy has zapped my energy in a way I don't remember happening with my first two pregnancies. Maybe I just have way more to do and less time to rest. Being pregnant is a good time for me to remember that I have a body that needs looking after. I'm pretty bad for ignoring my bodies signals and staying up way to late or not eating enough (at least not enough food that counts) - but I can't get away with that when I'm pregnant. If I don't eat every two hours I get nausea and if I don't sleep I end up walking around in a daze all day.

So - yes we are having another baby in January sometime. We're all pretty excited and have already started the name debate. You can't start this to early in our house. Both girls were a month old before their birth certificates were finalized because I agonize over names. And it's a good thing too! Here are a few of the rejected names from the last two rounds: Oona, Mercury, Lulu, Odette, and Harriet. Should we be allowed to name our children if we have named pets things like Tickle, Wiggle, French-Toast, and Tiger-Lily? Liv wants to stick with the plant theme and suggested Hedge if it's a boy. I think she was kidding.

Well I'm starting to fade already. Here are my favorite pics from the month of May. That's Miss Ivy's foot in the one above. We had a wonderful Mother's Day afternoon at the park with my mom and my sister and her girls. The girls ignored the play equipment as usual and had all kinds of imaginary adventures among the trees. I had to get a shot of Ivy's beautiful sticky feet. Dirty feet and summer go hand in hand at our house.


This is Liv at the Waldorf school May fair on the first weekend in May. It was a beautiful day surrounded by people who love and respect children. Over three hours I did not hear a single negative or critical word said to a child. It was refreshing - peaceful.


The following Friday was baking day. I tend to bake for a day and then leave it for a couple of weeks until I get inspired again. Right now I am LOVING Martha Stewart's bread recipes. They must be very well tested because they come out really well every time.


Here are my two little monsters devouring a quarter of a loaf in about a quarter of an hour. Seeing them enjoy it like this makes the hours of standing in the kitchen worthwhile.


Here is Liv having her first 3-D book experience with Grandpa. What a thrill!


Last weekend we went on a short hike to our favorite spot - the BX Trail. It winds it's way through a dense forest beside a creek. It's stunning all year and always full on surprises. This time we saw beautiful wildflowers that we had never seen and water striders that make huge shadows on the bottom of puddles.

Ivy was getting sleepy and had a quiet rest on Derek's lap next to a little water-fall. But these two seem to have unlimited energy. This is Liv's cousin Libby. They are inseparable (quite literally when they put their minds to it). Liv has all kinds of plans for their future. They are going to live in their own apartment and travel all over the world and will never have to be apart. They are so lucky to have each other.