rejoice and be happy...

 the prince meets the princess...

 happy prince...

 poire belle-helene...

gifts for baby...
i felted a prince for the princess (honey and me of course!), he was very happy to be made and she was very happy to receive a friend! i do love felting, it is magical... i made poire belle-helene, which turned out very nice, an easy desert that looks gourmet!  it was fun cooking french meals, but i am happy to have some fresh salads and fruits again, and i think baby really doesn't like the sugar!  talking about baby, lots of my gifts were for baby; a beauitful towel from avo, a wonderful rattle from friends g & g, baby washbag from auntie j, and a pair of beautiful booties handmade in labrador from friends j & l... the beauty of all natural organic items, i just can't imagine life without the wonders of nature surrounding me outside and in the house... when will the petroleum age end...

winter walks...

ah, winter... the landscape here is beautiful indeed... i tell the baby that this world is indeed magical if you are surrounded by the natural beauty of it all as we are... winter definitely is the most magical for me, i can feel the nature spirits so much stronger and the beauty is just breath-taking... i wrote a little letter for baby as we prepare to bring her/him into this world...
dear baby, on your sixth month in my tummy on a snowy winter day, i want to wish you a future of strength and happiness.  i feel you rumble about and i can't help but feel excited for your arrival into our lives.  i just hope you will be so excited and happy too.  i especially think of your health as each cell is formed inside of me and i am trying my very best to be as healthy as possible for you.  your daddy and me love you so much and i hope that your life will be filled with laughter, love and joy.  i love you little one.

paris...

instead of christmas, we pretend to travel somewhere for the day, and today we are in paris! with beautiful french music, apple crepes (crepes a la normande) for breakfast, coffee with chocolate, ferlinghetti paris poetry, croque monsieur for lunch, a walk in the beautiful wintery landscape, un petit chat, harvest, and coco chanel movie for later.  also going to make dinner crepes and poire belle-helene for desert!
yes, the french like their coffee, cheese, cream, and crepes... and i hope baby likes them too! although i haven't had coffee for like a year, i indulged for paris! i haven't been since 2003, which feels like another lifetime ago... so much better with my honey though!

lunar eclipse solstice...

i will start off with solstice as i have been too busy with work to do much journaling!  it was an extra special solstice with the full gemini moon at 3:13am becoming a lunar eclipse!  we could just catch the beginning of the eclipse at around 10:30pm before it got too cloudy sicne it was snowing too!  very exciting indeed! we did a meditation and then we made three resolutions and three things to let go and then threw them into the fire... mine were: be light, be alight; release uptight; have fun; smile and laugh; breathe and let go; stop controlling; listen to my heart... and then we had a couple of rough days after solstice as the universe likes to challenge us right away, and boy it did! 
my friend did my conception astrology chart and I am reading krishnamurti, so sometimes when i am doing too much inner work i get overwhelmed... need to be gentle with ourselves, that is what i learned:)
lots to think about as baby waits to be born...

mango in snowland...

made it to six months, yay!  although i have been suffering from being sick for five days now... just went outside today for the first time and thought i would build some snowmen (me on the left, honey to the right)... i definitely do not like being sick, especially cause i can't take anything because of the baby...not even echinacea!  so, yup, suffering slowly but surely... now the ol' boogers have turned yellow, so i think that must be a good sign, can't wait to get a good night's sleep... ah, there go the dogs again in the neighbourhood, as loud as ever... baby knows that sound!  the dogs around here are ridiculous, they literally drive us crazy, i wish baby could be in a more peaceful part of the forest lands, but alas, this is where we are meant to be for now... here's to six months!

creations...

 moonmonster friends...

 honey watching 3-Dee skateboarding...

 winter nature table with our little gnome friend...

harvest waiting to come inside...
23 weeks along (a mango now doing little dances in my tummy!) and feeling good energy all around... dealing with control issues... reading a fantastic book "Beyond the Rainbow Bridge", a waldorf sort of parenting book that i completely resonate with, feels good... watched a community belly dancing show, a little too stimulating, but it was interesting... as you can see, i've been felting and sewing again, i especially like needle-felting because me and the sewing machine have our issues!  me and honey have been having good conversations about the upcoming birth, i am really lucky to have such a soul as my husband, he is so so special... i love him even with the 3D glasses!

spaghetti squash in my tummy...

 winter lanscape...

 caught a chickadee on camera!

 sunny icicle day...

preggie pic...
Well, another day off and i get to write on the ol' journal blog... feeling a little cranky the last few days, the dogs have been extra excited these nights, not allowing me to sleep... plus i am always hungry no matter how much i stuff my face, well, i don't stuff it since we can't afford that much food, but we eat yummy meals... i crave baked stuff though, and we don't have an oven:( everyone has been telling me that once you have a kid say goodbye to all your sleep and all your creative activities... i mean i know all of that, but i wish people would send more positive thoughts, i think that is more helpful... i have also been reading lots about labour,and we watched "orgasmic birth" which is pretty much about having a home birth, which we have decided to go for... plus, i am dreaming of having a birthing pool too, which is all very ambitious given that we live in a yurt with no running water or hot water... but where there is a will there is a way!  must be the little aries inside of me giving me tips!