Bowl For Kids Sake

Jake's ship is participating in a charity bowling event to raise money for the Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Halifax. If you'd like to sponsor him, you can follow the following link: Bowl For Kids Sake.

Yey, the camera is finally working!

Well, actually it's been working for a couple of days, but I'm finally putting some of the pictures I've taken up here on the blog.

I was talking on the phone the other day while Jeanne was bouncing, and I turned around and she'd fallen asleep. So cute!

Tearing up the floor (again!)

The final bunny prototype, as I've been promising for quite a while.

The bunny and the kitty I made before, to show scale (bunny is a little smaller than kitty, as you can see).

Seven months

Jeanne Marie at seven months

Tiding you over

Here's something cute to tide you all over...

Updates to follow

Hi all,

Sorry for the lack of recent activity here in Cotterville, but we've all been sick and super busy. I've been doing tonnes of work on my little bunnies (which, as some of you may know, I'm trying to turn into a part-time money-maker). I'll post some pics of them as soon as I can get our camera working (argh!). I can't even post any recent pics of the Munchkin yet, since they're on the laptop and it's not working. Sorry!

Six Months

Jeanne Marie at Six Months (with squash)

Lots o' pics!

Sarah is up visiting us from the great T.O., and her camera is better than mine, so we've been taking lots of pictures of the Munchy. Enjoy!

Jeanne really missed Jake while he was at sea, and she's so happy he's home.

Exersaucer baby.


Extreme close-up.


Exersaucer baby II.


Bouncing on the couch with Aunty Sarah (or 'The Anti-Sarah,' as we call her).


Jeanne just loves Sarah, 'cause she's got so much more energy for bouncing than Mummy does.


Mom's Cute Navy Girl (okay, you try spelling something with only one of each letter - I think we were pretty clever).

A new yarn

My yarn arrived! I ordered it on-line from Larkspur Funny Farm in Colorado last week (check out her Etsy store too). I don't know if the colour will show up that well in this pic, since all monitors display colours quite differently, but it is just beautiful: %100 handpainted organic alpaca wool in shades of pink and green. The little felt ornament was a bonus she threw in, and it's really cute.

P.S. for those of you who haven't yet discovered Etsy, check it out! It's a well-designed website that helps artists sell their wares online, and everything that is sold is handmade. I have bought some incredible items there (like this yarn), and I'm planning on setting up my own store once I have some inventory.

I haven't quite decided what I'm going to do with this yarn, but I think it will become an amigurumi rabbit, though smaller than the one I made for Jeanne since the yarn itself is more delicate than the chunky stuff I used for the original 'sleepy bunny.' I've even ordered some organic cotton stuffing so that the entire toy will be organic, and hopefully this will be the start of something marketable.

But all that will have to wait until I finish the bunny I am currently working on (in worsted-weignt acrylic in shades of blue and green) for the MFRC's parent'n tot programme. I made a ball which I brought in on Monday (actually it was the severed head of a bunny I didn't feel like finishing because it would have been huge!, but it looked like a ball), and the kids seemed to enjoy it (you can really whollop someone with it without hurting them, which is a bonus). I want to see if the kids and parents like my bunnies (free product testing), plus it's nice to give something back to the programme Jeanne and I enjoy so much. It's a new pattern too, designed entirely by myself (though done in the amigurumi crocheting technique), and I'm testing it out for the first time now (the hardest parts are the ears), so wish me luck!

And now, the obligatory pictures of Jeanne:

Waking up from a nap.

Looking in the mirror: she got a real kick out of it this afternoon (before she completely lost it because her gums were hurting her.)

Just some pics

Luce, sleeping in the sun


Playing with the 'kitty'

New things

Hey all,

Jeanne and I had a really long day, with parent'n tot in the morning and Kindermusik in the afternoon. When we got home, I tried Jeanne in her exersaucer for the first time and she just loves it, so I though I'd share the pic. Enjoy!

Boobies!

Check out this neat article: Knitted breasts help new mothers
I'll have to find a pattern and start making them, even it it's just for fun (maybe with nipple rings?)

Graffiti on a bathroom wall:
MY MOTHER MADE ME A LESBIAN
Underneath, in different handwriting:
IF I BUY HER THE WOOL, WILL SHE MAKE ME ONE TOO?

And now, as usual, pictures of Jeanne:

Busy busy

Here are a few new pics of the Munchkin.

Jeanne wearing her new dress.
Mum and I did a little sewing while she was visiting, and this is the little dress I made Jeanne for the parent'n tot Valentine's Day party. I'll post a pic of her wearing the one Mum made for her soon.


Napping before Kindermusik.
We started Kindermusik this week, and Jeanne and I just loved it. She grinned the entire time!


Sleeping Wendy.
While still quite thin, Wendy is doing much better on her new Thyroid medication. What I'd do to be able to nap as well as she does...


Our crazy baby, with her tinfoil hat (don't ask).


At the beach.
While Mum and Gram were visiting, we rented a car and went on a drive along the shore south of Halifax. The day was bitterly cold, but I wanted to walk along the beach anyways. A local even stopped to see if we needed a hand (wondering, I suppose, who in their right mind would be outside on such a bleak day unless they absolutely had to).


Jake would be proud of me: I brought home a picture of stones rather than filling my pockets as I usually do. P.S. It makes a great desktop, if I do say so myself.


We stopped for lunch (an amazing lunch!) in a tiny little town, and I just couldn't help taking a picture of this great retro toy. You don't see many of these around any more.


Everybody's favourite sailor. We miss you love; see you soon!

Five months

Jeanne Marie at five months

Updates may be spotty for the next little bit, since we've just switched everything over from our non-functioning desktop to our semi-functioning laptop, and it's being a royal pain in the donkey.

Oops!

Oops, meant to post this a couple of days ago. Looks like Jeanne's got a future as a punk rocker! Thanks for making this, Sarah; it's awesome! (gotta love photoshop, eh?)

Sick day

Hi all,

The only one of us not sick right now is Jeanne, and I figure its only a matter of time. Ugh! Anyhow, here are some new pics:

Hi everybody!

Jeanne has all of a sudden decided that she will no longer drink rice from her bottle, so we've had to start spoon-feeding her (without a lot of success, I'm afraid). While she thinks the process is hilarious, she doesn't actually want to swallow any of it. Yes, I know I should have had a bib on her, but I was doing laundry anyways, plus we were about to stick her in the bath.

Nothing like a nice hot bath before bedtime!

The squid hat, and other photos

Sorry that it's taken me so long to post these, Sarah, but here are the pictures you asked for of the squid that ate Jeanne head. P.S. Thanks for the pirate pic.; it's awesome!

For those not in the know, my sister Sarah, who just learned how to knit, made this squid hat as a Christmas present for Jeanne. Then it ate Jeanne's head (who knows, maybe thats why she's drooling.) The pic of Sarah as a pirate (on her blog, The Squid Cave), features the Jack Sparrow wig I made her for Christmas.

The squid queen blesses her many fans with squiggliness!

Here's a couple of pics of Jeanne playing on her new piano (a baby grand, also courtesy of her Aunt Sarah), which she absolutely loves. She really enjoys listening to the little songs it plays, and she's even starting to press down on the keys herself.

All dressed up for Christmas dinner, in her new Bumbo seat (these things are amazing!) I swear, it looks like she's been drinking.

All dressed up with Mummy (yes, I know she looks like a boy, but we got it as a hand-me-down and I just couldn't resist the little Scottie dog on the front - so cute!)

Jeanne's first taste of solid food. Just this past week we've started giving Jeanne some rice, and she has really taken to it. She doesn't like the spoon yet, so I've been giving her some mixed with breast milk in a bottle every night. From the very first night we started doing this she's just gulped it down with no hesitation.

Finishing her nightly bottle - most of the time she even holds it herself.

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas, everyone!

Thank you to all you generous people for all the wonderful presents. Jeanne especially loves all her new toys!

Here are some pictures of Jeanne to make a bright day even brighter!

We got all dressed up on Christmas eve eve (i.e. the 23rd) for a fancy seafood dinner at Salty's, and took some pictures before we left...

Much to her surprise, Jeanne suddenly grows hair!

Our family

Getting ready for bed after a big night out (with a little air guitar thrown in for good measure)

Jeanne's first gift

Watching the train go by

So many toys...

... so little time!

Waiting for snow

Merry Christmas!