A new bubba... Riley Morgan

Ahhhh, such a crazy crazy whirlwind the last 27 days has been... oh, and even the weeks, months, and dare I say it, YEAR before then too!


Friday, 12 November was an EPIC day for us - our newest little man, Riley Morgan, joined our family earthside at 2.22pm.

Riley Morgan - 10lb 13oz, 22" - 12/11/2010

My little monkey is 27 days old today, and surprise surprise, I'm madly in love with him.  He's a snuggle-bum, and sooo squishy... I'm addicted to newborn snuggles.  I wish we could bottle them and have them forever.


Life with a newborn, a toddler, and a pre-schooler is fun... hectic right now, since my newborn has baby gas, and life is tough for about 4 hours in the afternoon, and about 3 at night.... but we're getting into a routine.  I'm happy to say that I'm finished typing out Riley's birth story, and that I will post it here with a couple of pics in the weeks to come, along with Xavier's and Shannon's birth stories, as part of a series to depict my progression from a cascade of interventions (my first) to a natural hospital birth (second) to an unassisted home water birth (third).  But, being that I want to have them posted as a series, I will wait until I've finished typing up the other two as well.  I had hand-written both the other two in their journals, so I've managed to type out Shannon's, and I'm just tweaking it now... but Xavier's journal, book 1 (I'm on notebook #2), is somewhere... so I may have to type it anew... meaning that may take a bit longer than I'd anticipated.


For all my birth junkie friends: they will be worth the wait.


Love and hugs,
D.

Adding to the family

Today is 37 weeks and 5 days... and baby, has time FLOWN.  

Every day that goes by, I feel goes by quicker than the day before.  

It's 22 October, and holy hannah, it feels like we just rang in 2010 last week...  It feels like I just found out yesterday that I was expecting my 3rd child (March)...  It feels like just yesterday that I won a competition with my Stampin' Up! business that got me a "Workshop of  a Lifetime" with CEO Shelli Gardner (March)... It feels like just yesterday I finished up at work on early mat leave (May)... It feels like just yesterday my hubby and I celebrated 5 years of marriage (July)... It feels like just last week we got back from a week's vacation in the sunny, hot region of Okanagan, BC (July)... It feels like just yesterday that my dad was here visiting from Portugal (August)...

Where has 2010 gone????

And like the title of this post, we are adding to the family, soon, as baby is due in 2 weeks and 2 days, although could LITERALLY come at any day now, since boy #2 was born at 37w6d.

Is it a trait that comes with AGE, or with PARENTING, that time seems to fly at an unnatural pace?  That life seems to happen whether we're ready for it or not... that quote from John Lennon sums it up best:

"Life is what happens when you're busy making plans."

Oh YEAH.

So anyway.

We have plans.  We have BIG plans.  

- Baby is going to be born at HOME (oh how I've wanted this one for soooooooo long!!!!  Since boy #1!!!).... 

- Hubby's biz is going in a COMPLETELY different direction (very good though!  More details and a link, well, repeated links, to his site once it's up and running.)... 

- We won't be staying tooooo much longer in Small Town, BC (read: 12 to 24 months)... 

- Homeschooling starting next year (ok, this is kinda' scary, but so exciting - I BEGGED to be homeschooled as a kid!)... 

- And me?  As a STAY-AT-HOME-MUM???  (Man, I **LOVE** that title!!!!)  I have business plans.  Yes, in addition to getting back to running a house (haven't done *much* of that the last 6 months - this pregnancy has been tiring.), homeschooling, I also plan on maintaining my Stampin' Up! business (more as a hobby though, I just love being creative), and earnestly exploring two options for earning income from home - Melaleuca (a great company I've been a customer of for almost 12 years), and a publishing business (no name, as it's ALL MY IDEA, and I don't want to spoil it until I have it all planned out).

Will I have time for this?  I pray so.  If it's part of His plan for us, then the time will be there.  If not... well, we'll see, won't we.  ;)

Okay, off to bed... always seems that I go into labour in the middle of the night AFTER I've stayed up too late... (yes, both boy #1 and boy #2 started into our lives that way!)  I just wanted to post, since I've been so slack (yeah, 6 month gap is slack, you can say it), and I felt inspired for WHATEVER reason - I ain't gonna argue!

much luv,

D.

Win a copy of this book!

If you read my profile, you'll know that I'm a lactivist (breastfeeding activist), and I LOVE the saying: "If breastfeeding offends you, put a blanket over YOUR head!"

Well, there's a group on Crackbook with that same name, that now has their own blog.  :)  COOOOOOOL.

AND.

They are giving away TONS of stuff... and the one thing I am SO stoked about, is this new book by Elizabeth Pantley, called The No Cry Separation Anxiety Solution.  If you've ever had to deal with separation anxiety, well, you might understand why this book gets me giddy.  My big boy has almost never had issues with SA, but little one?  At times, he has a meltdown if I have to go pee.  It can get pretty annoying to have to do your business with a toddler sitting on your lap.  Yes, doing your biz is FINE, it's the WIPING with a toddler on your lap that gets difficult.  :P  Believe me, I KNOW - been there, done that, tooooooo many times to count.

If YOU want a copy of this book, enter to win here: THEIR BLOG .

And ya know what?  While you're at it, become a fan of Elizabeth's on Facebook HERE.

Six days... whoa. SIX DAYS

That's right, 6 days til we move.  Cripes.  That and my Stampin' Up! activities are the reasons why I haven't been blogging much lately - packing = time away from 'puter.  AND... stampin' = time away from 'puter. ;)  But, no stampin' now really until we move.  *pout* 

BUT... tonight will be spent scanning photos... Add to the fact that we're moving, I work full-time, Todd is trying to get his business applications done so his biz can move forward, I have a Stampin' Up! business that I've decided to actually nurture instead of just have a hobby, THAT.... my beloved grama turns EIGHTY on Friday.  Ssssshhhhh, she doesn't know that we're having a surprise party for her on Sunday.  Our big family gift to her is a digital photo frame with about 60 OLD photos scanned onto the memory card - guess what my job is?  So guess what I'm doing most nights this week?  That's ok, that's my ONLY job... no cooking, prep, nuthin', so I'm glad I can at least do that.  I asked her yesterday if she wants me to cook her something for her birthday, and she said no... :(  oh well, I might do it anyway.  ;)

Back to the move, the shipping container is almost entirely packed, and then it's just major items like small appliances and bed, bedding and clothes that we have left.  Oh, and the tv and computer.  ;)  I'm so stoked (in case you couldn't tell from the last post).  But, definitely not stoked about moving, I HATE the actual MOVING part.  Let's not even mention the fact that it's only FOUR BLOCKS AWAY... but the hassle!!!!  LOL  I just wish TODAY was move day.

We're hoping to have a few extra sets of hands to help us out, and we have at least one volunteer to make sure munchkins aren't underfoot - so that's a MAJOR help!  I should get back off the computer, and go pack some more boxes... and maybe think about what's for dinner.  Oh man, dinner has been.... lacking zing lately.  Cookbook is packed.  KD and me = good friends.

Much love,

D. :)