such a good kitty

Linus likes to sit in boxes. He also likes to look out the window.
He kept sitting on the tomato sprouts, so we got him his own box for window watching.





...and, me yesterday. 4 weeks to go. =)

toy website

This place is great! Check it: Oompa Toys. I like all the colorful, clever toys that encourage imaginative play (instead of just entertaining the kid...and annoying the parents, lol). I also like that there's not Elmo all over everything. They've got some great cloth toys that I may try to copy...like this:





Making things for Daniel is fun. There are so many new products that are both great and makeable. For example: a diaper wallet. Super clever, and easy to keep in the car or grab for a trip that doesn't require the entire diaper bag.

It got cold today. I bought 21 strawberry plants and am debating whether to put them in my already-tilled ground (easiest) or dig up a different spot (so they don't get shaded by future okra and asparagus plants). Also, the tomato seedlings are doing really well. I don't know why. It probably has something to do with all the water and sun they're getting...

Thus begins the longest six weeks EVER.

No, my bag isn't packed, Daniel's dresser isn't done, we haven't picked a pediatrician, and he's not fat enough to be born yet anyway...but WOW I'm getting antsy. Ever since hitting week 30 (four weeks ago, by the way), I've been feeling an undercurrent of "soon...soon" that makes it hard to wait. Not that there's a choice!

I'm trying to stay distracted with projects. David's pants are FINALLY done and he's wearing them today; he'll probably get a couple more pairs this week because I'm in pants-making mode. This happens about once every three years. I got pattern paper in the mail on Saturday and plan on making some cute after-baby clothes for me...and maybe a coming home outfit for Daniel.

Our tomato sprouts are still growing...and we plant asparagus soon. I'm excited about that one. We eat lots of asparagus at our house, always stir-fried or roasted and left a little crunchy; I still think mushy asparagus is disgusting.

things that grow at my house

Tomatoes...



Highly edible fungus...



and Daniel. =)

Tomorrow starts the last full month before he's born. Since he's due smack in the middle of March (more or less), I consider the whole month to be his due date. It is possible he could come as late as April 1st, but ...we'll just say March for now.

David and me

David with his tea and oatmeal. He said he looked English.





Me with Daniel's lovely new crib. =D We're still arguing about bedding colors, so it's not put together all cute yet, but it's put together enough that the cat slept in it the other night. That habit's gonna have to stop.

Oh, and please ignore the poofy 80s hair. It looked good in the back, I promise.

daniel yawning

Ok, this one takes a bit of explaining. I've included a labeled version, and you can click on either one for a larger image.

At our last ultrasound (Jan 9th, he was 30 weeks old) Daniel yawned for the camera. It was super cute and prompted the doctor to take a still shot. It made more sense in context, because you could see his little mouth opening and his tongue moving in the yawn just like a born baby. Anyway, this is the photo.

procrastination photos

The best for first--we went to see ICE 2007 just before Christmas with Mary Beth, and I finally put them up on Flickr. (There were too many to put in one entry.) Check them out here.

More recently: we're still working on the bathroom, and fixing to work on the nursery. These are the "before" shots. Here's hoping there will, one day, be a nice "after" to post. =P Both of these are getting full paint jobs, but we haven't picked colors yet. I promise the nursery doesn't have pink carpet.