for a good life we might just have to weaken

what a great day. i never left the house, not even to check the mail. it has been weeks since i have managed to do that, but today was miserable and rainy. inside was the place to be.

tomorrow morning i am off to the dentist for my six month check up. since obtaining a job that covers the expense of such things i go like clockwork with little apprehension. having knocked out my front tooth as a child, an event which resulted in numerous repairs and then finally, when i stopped growing, a crown (which has since had to be replaced), i am not a big fan of the place, but i don't fear it the way some do. i am a little worried about tomorrow though. you see, i only have one cavity in my mouth and i obtained it years ago, but six months ago when i was in for a visit there was a blip that looked like the beginning of a cavity on the x-ray, so i was sternly warned that i needed to floss twice a day or the next time i am in i will surely need a filling.

it is not the filling that has me anxious. it is all the disappointment in the room when they ask if i have been flossing regularly. not that they need to ask, my gums are weak, they don't put up much of a fight with all of the poking and prodding. what i am saying is that they are going to know and they are going to give me the look of shame and my heart is going to sink. i could mumble something about having had a baby and it being a good day when i actually get a chance to shower, that flossing just didn't fit into the plan, but it would be a lie (although the shower thing is true). the fact of the matter is that i don't like to floss and i am lazy in the oral hygiene department. so i will take my shame and swallow it, perhaps this filling will stand as a stern reminder to take better care, but i doubt it. or perhaps i will beat all odds and not have a filling after all? they say miracles happen everyday, maybe tomorrow will be mine.

pearly white and quite alright

here it is, as promised one more photo of the little man, this time with teeth! so what do you think? does it make him look older, feistier, more able to eat a sirloin?

this one is for marko. he says that i only ever post pictures of cohen smiling and laughing which is how he is most of the time, but of course not all the time. so here he is soggy eyed and whiny, looking to be rescued from the perils of nap time.

speaking of nap time, it was only twenty minutes later when i came in to check on him and found him hanging out.


so that is a little of what we have been up to, that and finally repotting the plants and doing some serious spring cleaning. there have also been walks in the sun and family get togethers, but we will save those for another time.

tackling mediocrity one project at a time

so it is done and i don't think it will fall apart the first time i wash it! below is the finished stroller blanket. i was looking for something that

a. wasn't some pastel baby pattern
b. could be attached to the stroller (as cohen loves to kick off his blanket)
c. was warm
d. had a bird (because really, everything should have a bird)



so i bought 200 polartech fleece and some corduroy (the fabric that is commonly known to make me swoon) and made this complete with snaps to fold the bottom half up and make a pocket for little feet and the straps to fasten it to the stroller, plus it has three buttons! buttons and birds, it almost makes the hand stiching irregularities unnoticeable. almost.


excuse the strange expression on his face, it is somewhere between a sneeze and a smile...a smeeze?

so now the machine is away for another week, but i do plan on attempting a creature for klay who made me this amazing bag. i am filled with ideas, we will see how they translate to product (practice makes perfect, right? although i am starting to think sewing lessons might be more useful).

in other news, cohen has two white edges poking through his lower gums, finally! one of which has broken skin and the other just taunting right under the surface. this means that soon i will be able to bombard you with toothy grin photographs, and if there is one thing we need more of it is photographs of cohen (to add to the well over 1000 i have already....seriously).

i have more to say about daycare and nannies and all of that stressful stuff, but that will get it's own post i think, this one already has too many words. have a good night!