Tuesday, January 24, 2012

I'm Moving This Joint

I'm so over this blog, so I'm moving over to this new blog!
Come visit me and my French-American crew at Frolic & Whimsy.

Sunday, November 6, 2011

Snoring Princess

The in-laws visited this weekend.

Ate some good meals and had some great convos.


And everything revolved around the sleeping snoring beauty.


9 lbs and 6oz. last time we checked.

Friday, October 21, 2011

Bienvenue à Elise

Welcome Elise Joline Gilot to the world.


Born 10.8.11 at 11:10pm. Just one week late.


Weighing 7lbs 9oz then. Today she's already up to 8lbs 8oz.


The most precious thing I've ever created...


The last two pics are from her first stroll around the neighborhood.

Saturday, October 1, 2011

The Day is Here...

...but what will come to pass?

Today is the due date for my little one to make his/her debut.

Of course, the midwife says that the average first-time birth is 7-10 days past the due date.

So it's looking like I may still have a while to wait...I might just have to start doing things to naturally induce this little one to come out.

Thursday, September 29, 2011

Loss...

is a hard thing to comprehend.

Feeling beyond sad for a friend right now who recently lost her father.

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

The Best Dish I've Made in Ages...

 ...is poached figs.






















Inspired by a Whole Living article about a method of cooking called Mise en place, I whipped up a few dishes last night. Most of these dishes were staples, like brown rice and lentils. But the pièce de résistance was by far the balsamic poached figs.

To find the article, you'll need to go to page 32 of the magazine (sorry, the recipe isn't online, yet).

Sunday, September 18, 2011

Car(s), Trees and Groceries - Oh My!

This weekend has been one filled with acquisitions.

First, my in-laws stopped by and dropped off a car for me (a picture will follow this post shortly).

Not a brand, spanking new car, but definitely the best car ever - a free one!

It's my sister in law's old one. She just purchased herself a brand spanking new one and since the one she was driving was her parents, and since I've been trying to get my hands on a cheap one for months now, it was passed "down" to me. It has quite a bit of miles on it, is 12 years old and goes by the name of Stacie, but, hey, it's free! Yippee!

While the passing of the car was happening, another sweet thing was being gifted to me (and to the husband and babe), as well. A beautiful mural was painted in our spare bedroom/future babe's room by the illustriously-talented Lu G, my ultra awesome sister in law. It was her baby shower gift to us.

And with the accessibilty of a car of my own, I went and did my first grocery run! Whoopee! How very consumerist and domestic of me. ;)

On this week's agenda:
  • Getting the car registered, inspected, etc. so that the title can be transferred, the car can be legally mine & a NC resident (what it's always dreamed of!)
  • Getting the car seat installed at a fire station and figuring out where to do that
  • Getting things settled with my case worker so I can get insurance for my little one
  • La Leche League meeting to learn more about breastfeeding from those who know best
  • Building and setting up our mini dryer (it was ordered yesterday!)

Oh - also - I'm 38 weeks pregnant, and counting!