Shhh it's a secret!

So i'm pretty sure that none of my aunts, uncles or cousins go on here... anyways, we got some great news on tuesday...

WE'RE EXPECTING!!! But shhh it's a secret until May the 11th, when we have our dating ultrasound, then it will be official news. So keep it off facebook until i make a post about it. We've decided to wait until then because Mother nature hasn't paid me a visit since November of 2009, which means we have no idea how far along we are. It would just be silly to call everyone now and explain our situation when we could just wait two weeks and know for sure. Anyways, that's our big news and if by chance one of my ( or Elijah's) aunts, uncles or cousins does visit my blog. Please don't tell anyone. It's only two weeks, I'm sure you can wait that long to hear the news from our parents. I'm am SO excited about this baby, it seems like everyone else was preggers, except for me...but now I am, and I cheated mother nature HAHAHAHAHA. I am so in love already. I can't wait to meet you my little one.

Mama made quilt

 

 I was feeling a bit sad that I had been making quilts, but hadn't made one for Katie yet. So far I had made Two crib quilts, one for Sophie and one for Ravyn ( is that spelled right?) and I'm making a twin sized quilt for Sophie's birthday. Katie's quilt has been put off until I finish Sophie's. Recently, Katie was moved from her crib to her twin mattress on the floor in our room. It seems to be working out a lot better. We had a stack of old jeans that I had been planning to make a quilt out of, so we went to Walmart and bought a twin flat sheet to back it with ( seen in the bottom picture) and went to work cutting out as many 6 inch squares as we could, and stitching them together. While making the quilt, i went through three needles on my sewing machine. However, it's done and it's I like it. It was simple to make and only took two or three days to finish. the top row is mostly made out of pockets form the jeans, both top corners look the same. The brown patches are from Elijah's front pockets. We ended up being just a few squares short, so our neighbors donated a pair of jeans to us. Here is the finished product spread out on our queen sized bed. It looks big, but when it drapes over the sides of the mattress it's not THAT big...okay, maybe it is. but I love it. And I love that now Katie has her own mama made quilt ♥

Feeling adventurous today

So after having done research on goats milk, we decided to give it a try with Katie, just to find out that it cost 3.40 per liter. Needless to say, we bought a one liter carton of whole cows milk for her to try instead. We gave it to her straight without complaint. While out doing groceries and looking for the goats milk, we went to sobeys, no frills and then finally walmart. after we paid for the milk at walmart, I took Katie to the bathroom to see if she had peed, she was still dry so i took her for a pee in the toilet, and she went! Today marks our first time taking her for a pee while out shopping.

Snack Time

 Little Girl was enjoying eating Ritz crackers for the first time today.

 Jojo and China were on crumb duty, but Katie cleaned up pretty well after herself.

I think she really enjoyed them ♥ Love you little girl. I'm glad you got to enjoy snack time with daddy and I. It sure was nice having him home today.

There is a homeless man living in my shed

Okay, maybe not, but it sure looked that way when I got home at 10 o'clock last night to find that my shed light was on. Turns out Elijah had forgotten to turn it off when he grabbed something from there earlier in the day. Why he needed to turn the light on in the middle of the day is beyond me.

I made this...

I've been reading a lot of different subjects lately, from how to raise goats to natural child birth. Each new bit of information that I intake, helps me to understand what kind of life I'd like to live. I can't wait for the day that Elijah and I can live together on a nice piece of land, eating the food we've grown from seeds and spending our nights in a house we've worked so hard for. Until then ( so for the next 20 years) we'll spend time learning how to garden and preserve, how to make quilts and homemade toys. Together we're learning that convenience and simplicity aren't the same thing. Sure we do enjoy technology and being able to get things when you want them, without having to wait or do it yourself, but at the same time, it's so much more satisfying sitting down to a homemade meal or giving a gift to a friend and being able to say, I made this.

The next child that we have, I'd like to have more control over the birthing process. I want to be able to tell the doctor whether or not i think he should break my water, I want my husband to be as involved in it as possible, doing more than just cutting the cord. I want him to hand me that little miracle as soon as it's born, before being cleaned off, weighed, measured or cord cut. I want to be able to look at, smell and feel our child and be able to say, I made this...we made this.

I want a house full of kids who we'll raise together . We'll help them grow to become adults and start families of their own and hope that some of our values stay with them. Once they've all grown and started their own lives, I want to be able to look at my husband who's stood by me and grown gray alongside me, and be able to say, we made this.

Life truly is amazing. Make memories and don't waste it.

Stolen from http://blog.seeingtheeveryday.com/

Mother, oh Mother, come shake out your cloth
empty the dustpan, poison the moth,
hang out the washing and butter the bread,
sew on a button and make up a bed.
Where is the mother whose house is so shocking?
She’s up in the nursery, blissfully rocking.

Oh, I’ve grown shiftless as Little Boy Blue
( lullaby, rockaby, lullaby loo).
Dishes are waiting and bills are past due
( pat-a-cake, darling, and peek, peekaboo).
The shopping’s not done and there’s nothing for stew
and out in the yard there’s a hullabaloo
but I’m playing Kanga and this is my Roo.
Look! Aren’t her eyes the most wonderful hue?
( lullaby, rockaby, lullaby loo).

The cleaning and scrubbing will wait till tomorrow,
for children grow up, as I’ve learned to my sorrow.
So quiet down, cobwebs. Dust go to sleep.
I’m rocking my baby and babies don’t keep.

- Ruth Hulburt Hamilton, Lady’s Home Journal (1958)

A First

After taking a mini break from ECing due to Katie Teething and being very "needy" (for lack of a better word), we've started to get back on schedule with things. Today Katie's fourth tooth made it's official appearance and we've gone diaper free all day. Sure there are plenty of misses, but as long as you celebrate the successes it is more than worth it. And lets face it, just the thought of a baby's bare bottom bouncing through the house is reason enough to try.

The small success we're celebrating today, is our first diaper free car excursion. Elijah usually calls at lunch to see how things are going. Today I mentioned that I was craving McDonalds (one of my sins) and he quickly agreed that that sounded like a good idea and that he would be by to pick us up shortly. Little Girl must have 15 pairs of pants that don't fit her when she's wearing a diaper, so I put her in some undies and put on my favorite jeans in her drawer. To my amazement, they not only fit, but she could crawl in them too! We were soon on our way and back again nice and dry. Once the front door was open, we whisked off her pants shoes and undies and Katie happily went for a pee in her potty.

Oh, and my hockey team won the playoffs last night! Way to go boys!