Gwen's 2nd Birthday

Ok, this is super late, but I started it weeks ago, so I better just post it.

Yes, Gwen's birthday was on Jan 16th and it is now March 7th. James' Birthday! Happy Birthday Love!

But here are pics of my dear not so little girl :)

So Gwen turned 2 two days after Eowyn was born. She is growing up so fast!

I can't believe that two years ago she was just a little squirming cute thing. Now she is a bigger squirming cute thing that can run around and talk.

I'm so proud of myself. I made her a chocolate wafer cake the day after I had a baby. Go me :p

Opening her pretty greed kimono dress I bought her off etsy.

So cute! And it will last her a while because it's too bi

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Not sure what to make of the candles

Opening her table and chairs from Ama and Gumpa Lindsay

She thinks its awesome :)

A Brief Baby Story

Ok, so Eowyn is actually one month old now, or was as I write this. Who knows, she is happy cuddling on my chest right now and the rest of the family is still in bed, but that may all change in a minute.

In other words, I have a heck of a lot catching up to do and little time to do it. So I will make this brief and to the point.

I had a baby girl on January 14th, 2011.

She was 8 lbs 11oz

She was a week late. Just like her dear sister.

So after a week of bouncing on the yoga ball, going for walks, jumping down the stairs, drinking heaps of raspberry leaf tea and then finally resorting to some "intimacy" this kid decided it was time to meet the world.

Labour was pretty good, only about 4 - 6 hours of really active labour. So yay! Also, I love the fact that we just walked across the street to the hospital.

My parents were over waiting for this baby to come, so after watching Project Runway through most of the labour, at 6pm James and I headed out the door. Gwen stayed at home with Ama and Papa.

Baby was out at 9:35pm.

The actual delivery was not so great. Had to push a bit more then with Gwen, and she came out with her shoulders squared. Yeah. Ow (understatement).

Oh, and I gave the nitrous oxide a go this time. Wee! I thought, I did the first labour all natural and shit, so why not.

Anyway, I couldn't be more happy that that is over. Makes me really wonder why women have more then one baby. Oh, right, we forget how much it hurts because now we have an adorable little squirmy critter to love on.

And speaking of more then one baby, we are done. Two is just the right number me thinks. Our family really feels complete now. I just love my girls :)

Even though I had originally wanted a home birth this time around (before we moved again) I was really pleased with my hospital experience. The nurses were really great, and the doctor on call was awesome. It probably helped he had nothing else to do really, as I was pretty much the only patient in the hospital at the time. And he sent us home the next morning :)

I don't know how coherent this post sounds, because i don't feel like going back and proofreading. So, moving on to pictures.

Gwen meeting her new sister for the first time. Mom brought her over the next morning and she had to show off her new "Boots! Pink!!" to all the nursing staff.

Baby is at home for the first time.

Ok, now posting before the morning gets crazy :p

Tummies and Tide Pools

Sorry, no Happy New Year blog here. I went to bed at 9:30. It's just a new calendar on the wall for me really (a lovely Sulamith Wulfing calendar from James ^_^)

But I would like to share things that aren't resolutions I didn't make. As most of you know by now, I'm sure, I'm pregnant with baby #2 who was due on January 7th, 2011 and is still not here! Last time I never got around to taking photos of myself all big and preggers, mainly due to procrastination, lack of planning, cold winter weather and the fact that most tummy photos I've seen just look so damn cheesy that I wasn't inspired at all.

However, considering this may very well likely be the last time I will be with child (yes, I am very happy with just two) I figured I'd better get my act together. So since the weather was lovely this last week, and baby could arrive at anytime, we opted to head to the beach and take some pictures. No, didn't really want indoor photos because they are never as nice, and no I wasn't going to be all covered up, because what would be the point to that? And yes, it was the end of December on a clear winter day at the beach with the temperature hovering around 1° celsius (for you fahrenheit weirdoes that is about 34°F).

Be warned, there is bare skin and partial boobs for those of you are have issues with that :p

Enjoy! The last one is my favourite.