like father, like daughter

need I say more? 

nothing to do with anything

I was just listening to CBC this morning and there's an interview with Aubrey Nealon. He' has written and directed a film called A Simple Curve. about growing up with hippie, back to the land parents in the Slocan Valley in eastern BC. Molli and I are two of those children, and I am aquainted with Aubrey. I haven't seen him for 10-15 years, but I'm looking forward to seeing the movie. Molli and I didn't spend as much time in the Valley as this group of people, but the experiences he's described in the interview still resonate.

What do you wear to do dishes, Dahling?

This is Amelia while I make dinner.

And we could use some upside-down thoughts for tiny baby, s/he's head up right now. It's not a problem yet, but we just need to start thinking that way (especially since I'm aiming for 3 weeks from now. (due date is 5 weeks, Amelia was 2 weeks early and that's still considered term, and sounds good to me!) 

Hormonal? Maybe? Full Moon too?

Good friends babysat Amelia tonight so that Lance and I could go see Narnia. I was already a bit weepy but thought I had it under control by the time we parked. Then, one of the (many) previews was for a Disney movie about a team of sled dogs that had to be left behind in Antarctica and who saved themselves (you can imagine the story...) (its called Eight Below). I started weeping. Back under control. Movie starts, so far so good, until the mother has to send her children away from her in war-time London. Weeping. Ok, ok. Fine for the rest of the movie. Then, as we're leaving the theatre with everybody else there's a little girl a few steps down looking back up the steps with big dark brown eyes calling "mommy". I stop where is her mommy?? Oh, there she is, ok, good. I start weeping. Walk to the car, fine. And on the car ride home, poor Lance keeps sneaking looks at me (is she ok now, how about now, will this red light set her off?)

Not much longer now, right?

random moments

top left, Amelia modeling sone of Daddy's outerwear, (all Arc'teryx, of course!)

top right, Amelia and bear, with bibs on, both eating, (I don't know why they're eating off the floor)

bottom left, the soup that they were eating (eggplant top, fig newton, juice, water, salt, red pepper and a little olive oil!)

bottom right, reading.

hanging out with Daddy

She made this face first... 

a nice morning

Amelia and I had a nice morning today; I had been needing to clean the window frames in our bedroom; they were moldy and all three of us have been waking up a bit stuffed up. Amelia kept herself busy on the bed, we had little conversations about what she was doing (putting the baby to sleep, singing and reading to baby) and what I was doing (cleaning with a special cleaning toothbrush, that only Mommy and Daddy could use, not children - not Mia(her nickname for herself)). At a certain point, she decided she wanted to help, so she tottered off downstairs by herself to get one of her cloths and came back and wiped the windowsill. Very sweet. I know I'm going to have to stock up on moments like these now while it's still just the two of us, everything will be different soon, good too but different. I'm scared of the change but excited and impatient to meet our new family member!

updates

Sorry for the lack of posts or pictures! We've had a very nice season. I am so loving having a home where people can be. Where more than two people can fit in the kitchen, and not be in single file. Where people can sleep over and they can have their own room! We had some friends over for New Year's Eve and I was ready 1.5 hours before they came. The house is easier to keep tidy because the living space is just that, not also the storage space. Ahhh. Plus, we got a dishwasher!! We took advantage of a friend in town for the holidays (how's the arm C?) and did some plumbing adjustments and got the dishwasher installed. I haven't lived with a dishwasher for 13 years. WOW.

Of course, the main impetus in getting a dishwasher now is the impending expansion of our family. I'd say since mid-december I have been feeling very pregnant. I'm fairly certain I'm not any larger than I was with Amelia, but I feel like it. And this one is more active. And I've been getting heartburn, which I've never experienced before. But I also already find myself thinking of this as a new member of our family whereas during my pregnancy with Amelia, everything was abstract, and I had to constantly tell myself that there would be a baby soon.

So now Amelia and I are trying to get back into the swing of things, She's been a clingy sleeper the past few days, she doesn't sleep long If I'm not there with her. And now I have to start pulling out the baby things, getting space for them in the upstairs. 7 more weeks, but Amelia was 2 weeks early, so if you see me carrying a piano up the stairs in 5 weeks from now, don't try to help! ;)