First few days

I have alot to blog about. The operation, the recovery room, being the bottle feeding woman in a 'baby friendly' (read: 'if you use formula we wont support you in the slightest with it hospital'), the fact im going to be launching some birth announcement and invitation templates to sell on Etsy very shortly (like I don't have enough to do, I go and make more work for myself) and what its like with two kids home under two in the first few days.

But... well.. I have two children under two, who surprisingly are both asleep right now but i doubt that is going to last long :P

So, instead I will share two pictures with you :)

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I want one of these to help with C section recovery.
But its a bit too expensive for me.

 Love love love Charm City Cakes cakes.

Seriously...How awesome is this decal by Ivybee?
(now I just need a macbook...)

The Most Dangerous Plaything by SadandBeautiful.

 Thinking about getting something like this to honor my babes.

Thinking alot lately of people and places far away.. and possibilities.

Introducing Evie

Just a quick post to say...

Evie Claire Peterson




Born Thursday 12th at 10:50AM via CS. 3.2kg.
Everyone safe, well and happy ...and gladly home now!!

More pics to come, when we have settled.

Today.

5:52 AM, up [almost] dressed and about to get going into hospital! Apparently I'm having a baby today!!
See ya'll when I get out of the joint (probably 4-5 days). Please check with Simon or Mum if you need any details about visiting at hospital and hopefully you will see pics soonish.

Some things about my son

Some things about Zander:

• Eat can eat spicier food than his dad.
• He really likes gumbo and enchiladas ...and seemed to like Jambalaya. Infact spicy food is one of the only things that doesn't end up on the floor. This secretly makes me insanely happy as I love to cook [and only really good at] spicy dishes and Simon doesnt like or can't eat them.
• He eats more weetbix in the mornings than I do. Hes 18 months old dude.
• He doesn't really say many english words but he talks a whole lot in a language we just don't understand. Hes made up a few of his own signs for things too. Like he tries to click his fingers and holds his hand/arm out and that means 'cat'. 
• His first real word is 'Light' which is weird since Simon had a dream that his first word would be 'lightbulb'.  His sign for light is hand outspread arm stretched towards ceiling :P
• He things me raising my eyebrows up and down quickly is hilarious. Totally and utterly hilarious.
• He is very routined and likes things in order.
  In the morning after he is dressed and nappy changed, we walk down the hallway and he gestures to all the things hes not allowed. For example he will point at the doors I have to close because hes not allowed in those rooms (bathroom, toilet, Julians room...). Then we get to the lounge and he will sign for light, so we turn those on. He will then proceed to pick up the things like remotes hes not really allowed to play with and hand them to me. And he will gesture at the baby jail to be put up. And gesture to the cat's bowls signing 'cat' and watch while i feed them, then to his high chair for breakfast. All while generally smiling like a maniac for doing a good job.
  Should I be worried about this behavior!?
• He loves to dance. He dances to almost any advert if it has a jingle. He will dance to the food TV Ready Steady Cook advert. Sometimes, when hes really getting into it, he will turn in circles and clap with his hands up by his shoulder. Its hilarous.
• In the afternoons after his nap, he is generally always in a snotty mood and he doesnt like to communicate or even look at you. Theres only one way of solving this mood and that is a weak warm milk milo, his Special Treats (see next point) and the Daddy Chair (Simon sitting on the floor with legs crossed and Zander sitting on him).
• Every afternoon Simon gives ZJ a 'Special Treat'. Its very exciting.
  All it is, is a peice of bread with the crusts cut off and into soldiers. Not toasted, nothing on it.. just bread cut into rectangle shapes. Seriously.
• Hes only just figured out that sitting or laying quietly is actually an ok way to pass time. Sometimes if im watching tv, all beached whale like, he will climb up and cuddle with me and watch too. Or sometimes all of us dogpile on the floor and watch. Its nice.
• Hes really getting into reading. This week he has started getting me a book (usually one of the Favourites) and climbs up next to me, shuffles his bum into my side getting all close and we read the book. 
• When we don't listen to him, or he wants our attention, he hits the TV. Its very annoying and frustrating... especially since the TV is expensive and NOT OURS.

Monday morning yo, and its all happening this week

1. I should probably go to the doctor about my earache/blocked ear. But I doubt they can do a whole lot about it since i can't take antibiotics at the best of times and ..well yeah. But its also hindered by...

2. Our only car (on loan from my parents, thanks mum and dad!) decided on the weekend to try and blow itself up. It suddenly chucked on a whole lot of warning lights while we were out and about. Aaron the [ex]Hubby came around and checked it out on Saturday and threw around words like 'overcharging', '16 volts', 'alternator' and 'auto sparky'. Which really mean shit all to be besides the fact i can see dollar signs appearing in front of my eyes. If i go into labour I'm not exactly sure how i will be getting to hospital, or even how I'm going to do everything else I'm meant to do over the next few days.

3. I have my pre admit appointment tomorrow afternoon, in which i spend a couple of hours getting talked at by surgeons, anesthesiologists and get poked, prodded, weighed and body fluids taken. Sounds like fun ya'll.

4. My mum comes up tomorrow afternoon, we need to pick her up from bus stop in city... Not QUITE sure how this is going to work as of yet without a car and the fact I'm getting poked and prodded n all.

5. Wednesday our little man goes for a sleepover at his uncle and aunts (thanks Kyle and Jody!!) in preparation for Thursday.

6. Oh yeah, Thursday I HAVE A BABY!

So... Bit of a busy week ahead,its probably more squeezed into a few days than we have actually done in close to two months. Also why is it that when you already have alot going on, things decide to break? Honestly what is with that?

Raising baby Geek

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I just noticed all the stuff I have on my list today is orange/red/yellow... Whats with that? It looks purdy though!

Keep seeing the ads for the movie 'Juno'
(which is on tonight i think?) and permanently
have the song 'Anyone else but you' stuck
in my head constantly these days.

 Want.

I'm so motivated to sew at the moment, but I still have no bobbin holder!
GAAAH! Came across this awesome site though.

These are so cute and functional

Red velvet cupcakes! Always wanted to try these!

Want this printed on canvas.

These bib/table clothes are a cool idea for mucky bubs.

Before you were born

Dear beautiful babies of mine,
Before you were born...

I was a good kid. I didn't rebel until I was about 24.

I had pink hair (probably the beginning of this rebellion of mine).

Lived in the Faroe Islands for a year. It was by far the best and the worst experience of my entire life.

I lived in a crazy hostel where boys used to run up and down the hallways high on drugs and slide down the roof on a big inflatable blue couch.

Fell in love, five times.
First to a boy who hurt me in more ways than I hope you will ever know. Second time was with your dad even though it would be 13 years until we got together properly. The third time i gave my heart away to a wonderful boy in the Faroes who I still think of with a smile. The fourth time with a boy who was wrong for me in so many ways and the fifth time to a man I would later marry in my back yard.

Which brings me to another thing...I was married to a man who wasn't your father (actually at the time of this post, I still am married to a man who is not your father). The day I got married I was hungover but very happy. I had bare feet and little blue dried flowers in my hair. I wore rainbow socks to the reception.

Got drunk with your Aunt Zoe in Dunedin and sang the Brittany Spears version of 'I Love Rock n Roll' at the top of our lungs as we walked home on a frosty Dunedin night. A couple of mornings later, at 5am, I ran up the same street in my socks and PJs to where your dad was living and tried my best not to tell him I loved him as I said goodbye.

I spent nights playing Rockband and drinking [probably too much] rum and coke in a foreign country with your Uncle Scratch and Aunty Jade (none of which, by the way, are their real names).

Had a collection of corsets.

I spent 10 years of my life living through clinical depression and only got pulled out of it by decent medication and the husband-who-is-not-your-dad. I hope you never feel this way.

Danced in the rain on the streets of New Orleans.

Made more major mistakes than I can count on my fingers and toes together.

Lost someone who left a hole in my heart so large that sometimes when I'm alone I can't help but smile and cry and beg to gods I don't even believe in.

Had dreams of being a photographer.

Got tattooed and loved every painful second of it.

Spent some of the best nights of my life simply just cuddled up with your dad watching How I Met Your Mother, The Big Bang Theory and falling asleep to the theme song of Flight of the Conchords.



In 15-20 years time, when you look at me... your tired-looking-crusty-old-fashioned-out-of-date mother, I hope I still remember that once upon a time I had pink hair and danced in the streets.

Tórshavn

originally uploaded by Erik Christensen, Porkeri.

When I was 16 to 17, I spent a year living in this little place.

Best and worst experience of my life. But now adays when I look back I only remember the good experiences.

Poul.
Bjørt et co - My host women... they were all so beautiful.
Ólavsøka.
The beer.
The pear drinks they have.
Weird lollies.
Walking home from the school bus in thigh high snow.
Grassy rooftops.
The beautiful architecture.
Hot cocoa in the cafe.
Laying on the bathroom floor after a hard night out (it was heated underfloor :P)
The parties and balls.
The button jewelery....

It goes on.

originally uploaded by Erik Christensen, Porkeri.