Weekending...

Last night we enjoyed a lovely dinner with a few of our neighbors.. It's something I am beginning to really appreciate, and feel thankful for.

Sometime in the middle of the night Annie began to throw up, and after some rearranging of blankets, sheets, and people, I found myself in bed with a sick girl drifting in and out of sleep In between having her head in the bucket.

She feeling better now, holding down some soft food and liquids, upright on the couch and wanting to talk and play a bit. She even requested her Auntie Jamie's special homemade tea with honey in it.

It's given this tired mama a chance to just sit and be and knit and play. Something I dont do nearly enough.
There are jars of frozen soup thawing on the counter for dinner, something I am very thankful for when I need it most.

As for me I am 36.5 weeks along, feeling good but tired. Trying to get the little one to shift around a bit into a better position. It was on my right side facing the left for a very long time, now it's all over! I thought it would have run out of room by now! I've still got a few things left to do and get so I am not in any rush for this babe to come out just yet.

Early morning quiet

I woke early this morning, it was and is still dark outside. There's something about sitting in a quiet, everyone-is-still-sleeping house in the wee hours of the morning that I do so love.

I've been reading a few blogs... Like this one: exhale, return to center A new one to me. I'm thinking about the day ahead, the two appointments we have, the schoolwork we need to begin, the change of pace I want to start. The messes, and laundry that need to be cleaned and washed. The birthing bag that at almost 36! weeks along I'm feeling ready to pack.

But my mind is also quiet and not overwhelmed and that feels good. 2012 has brought with it a sense of peace, a calm that I am so loving right now. That I am soaking up to the fullest.

Over at Susannah Conways's blog she talks here about choosing a word for the year... At first I thought I couldn't do that choose one word for the whole year?! But as I sat down and started to fill out her her workbook pages http://www.susannahconway.com/2011/12/a-little-something-for-you/ I couldn't help but feel drawn to the word
Embrace. It seemed to fit the things that were in the cards for the year along with were I feel my heart, mind and soul need to be directed towards.

And please excuse the not so great picture my iPad was all I had in hand.

So my word for 2012 is Embrace.

This moment.

Joining in with soulemama for a little photo moment.

It was one of those days where no matter what I did, I just couldn't pull myself together. We switched activities all day long, changed scenery and I took a few moments to breathe... But still I couldn't get out of my funk.

Amidst it all my children were patient with me and at one point sat down to build with their mosaics and the things they created brought a smile to face though it wasn't until much later that i was able to really appreciate their creativity. Feeling thankful I took a picture.

The month ahead...

The month of december is always a favorite of mine. So much to do, see and make! It always comes fast after thanksgiving and I'm usually quite behind in my planning and preparing feeling like I need a break after thanksgiving before jumping in to Christmas. But after an impromptu trip up north for thanksgiving, I returned feeling ready to plan December, because planning always seems to make things seem less chaotic ( such profound thoughts I have!) anyway... Today I spent some time planning out our advent calendar. This is where planning can be a good thing since last year the advent didn't make it into our days. There were a few blogging mamas that posted there lists for their calendars and they inspired me to get on the ball. Each little tin will have a slip of paper or a gold chocolate coin. On each piece of paper will be something to do, or make or see. Giving us a little bit each day to enjoy the season, do some merry making, and be together. I'm excited about it, one of the first things will be tickets to a play in Philly that my sister and I have been talking about taking them to: Charlottes Web! Should be fun and a great way to start off the month.

Bits and pieces..

Catching falling leaves
the belly at 28weeks
Knotting for the littlest
Packages from Noni
And drawing

Just a peek from our days...

An article to share...

A very touching article...

Notes from a Dragon Mom

A different approach...

I've been hemming and hawing over this space of mine for a while now...tying to decide which direction to go, what to post about and how much to write...which in turn has meant infrequent posts.

So I've been thinking about what I want from it, what do I want to look back and read and see...
And then I went here this morning to A new space and I knew what I wanted to do, or at least I have an idea, and a place to start.

I'm going to try and stay in this space here at the world of blogger, but we shall see, I may need to move...stay tuned