Callaloo Soup

Something new is coming

I'm very excited about this new initiative, coming soon! Curious? Check back for all the details June 1st!

A glimpse of summer

The temperatures have cooled off today, and we even got some rain (for which our new garden is no doubt thankful), but this weekend we got a glimpse of what summer will be like - fingers crossed. On Saturday we barbecued in the backyard with our neighbour Sandrine and hung out with our respective kitties. It was awesome.

5 Weeks +

 

• He loves napping in his hammock
• I think we're seeing real smiles now, not just sleep grins

• He really doesn't like being naked or having his diaper changed
• But he loves taking a bath!

• He's gaining weight at the right pace
• He doesn't like being on his stomach and he managed to roll over twice

 

• He's been to the grocery store, for ice cream in Vieux Lyon (we had the ice cream, he napped), to a friend's house for a BBQ, to the plant nursery, chez Grandmere, and to Bellecour in the city.
• He loves being snuggled in the Moby wrap and falls right asleep

• He is now sleeping 4-5 hours straight a night (hopefully I didn't just jinx it!) but when he wakes up he's done, even if it's at 4:00 a.m.!
• The smallest pairs of socks finally fit him
• He's happy falling asleep on his Papa's chest
• And his Mummy's lap

• He's all wide eyed when we sing and talk to him
• He's starting to enjoy kisses on his cheek
• We cut his finger nails for the first time - a scary experience!
• He is brightening our lives every day

More Whimsies

I've been working on a more meaningful blog post,but until I get that together here's another list of random stuff I've come across lately.

Round the corners of your photos with this online tool
Free e-book from Quilting Arts : 7 Quilted Bags
Transform your photos into tilt-shift minaitures
Identify fonts at What the Font
Make reuseable grocery shopping bags

I hope you're having a lovely Wednesday!

Today

I'm beginning to think this table will never be clear again.........

Wednesday Whimsies

We managed to get one of our old laptops working, so now when I am on the couch nursing or snuggling Kieran I still have a connection to the outside world. I actually made some headway into cathcing up on my blog reading (it's been about a month since I had the time to do my usual blog stalking) and I thought I'd share some random stuff I'm digging now.

Get free art from Feed Your Soul

Learn how to make this notecard set on Design*Sponge

Get a free decorating e-book from The Nester

Download a bunch of free printables from Poppytalk

There's so much cool stuff and inspiration out there, I think I might make this a regular feature!

It's a Spring miracle!

I was sure this plant was dead. (My superpower is killing house plants). But the dark cold spot where it fell behind the TV was the right place for it all winter I guess.

And to think I almost told my Mum to throw it away when she found it!

I wonder if it will actually flower again?

Exhale

It's been 20 days since we brought Kieran home, (can you believe he is almost one month old already? I can't!) and I'm starting to get my head above water. I think. I won't fool myself that he has gotten into any kind of steady routine yet, but I am finding bits of time here and there to slowly get back into my usual activities.

I've restarted posting over at Craft Gossip (Shellie, the owner, had kindly taken over for me the last two weeks in April), and should be posting more regularly here too (hoping for at least twice a week!). A little bit of crafting even got done: a Mother's Day tag for the Banana Frog Blog

I'm definitely having to rethink how I approach my projects though. Usually I'm the kind of scrapper who likes to complete a project in one sitting, which really isn't possible right now. So things are getting done in multiple short stretches of time. Take this blog post for example, I've been composing it in my head since Monday! So I'm taking it slow and doing things a bit at a time, even if that bit is simply coming up with an idea in my head. It's a whole new world people!