My baby sister is having a baby! Sarah’s little girl is due in early November–the 4th in our tribe of little cousins. I couldn’t make her shower Saturday (since it was on the other side of the country) but I sent this little hat and sweater. Hopefully it will help keep baby girl cozy during […]
I wanted Zia to have a little present to open when the baby comes. I made her this nightie out of a soft scrap of knit fabric. It was easy-peasy and I whipped it up in about 20 minutes while she was sleeping. She loves blue. I bought a pair of Zia symbol earrings (Green […]
The belly cast is finished–plastered and primed, painted and sealed! Notice that Zia gave me a hand with it. Here it is next to the one I made while carrying Zia. Both were cast 3 weeks before my due date, and they are almost identical, but not quite. Zia’s appears larger because I plastered a […]
Papa and Mimi are coming from NY for the baby’s birth, and all Zia can talk about is Papa teaching her to juggle and Mimi teaching her to dance and twirl a baton. I’m not so sure about the baton (since I haven’t procured one yet) but dancing and juggling will definitely be in full […]
On Wednesday, with 3 weeks till my due date, my midwife and I made a belly memory cast. Zia handed the plaster of Paris strips to Kristine to wet and shape to my Crisco-covered belly. The baby wasn’t quite sure what was going on, and gave me a couple of good kicks as if to […]
