No major accidents. This week has been pretty calm. whew.
In other news,
Well, Charlotte we can say has offically stopped breastfeeding. I think the last time was just around New Years Day. Right before this in November she went through a period where she cried and screamed and she was constantly clinging to me. She fed about sixteen times a day. I was at my wits end. I swore she'd never want to stop and I got a little depressed to be perfectly honest, really depressed. I think they get clingy when they sense it's the end (even if it's them who decides to stop). But now suddenly she's stopped asking and I've stopped offering. We're both sort of okay with that. It's always sad to let go but a lot of it's hormonal. I'm really pleased with getting so far when the beginning was so AWFUL, two years and two months! Go "low supply" me (and take that Miss Mexico Doctor who told me I had no milk!)
I've been really lazy with art journaling but I just haven't had time to draw at night and we don't have a light in the bedroom (don't ask). I've been getting back into photography lately. I just did a photo session for a pregnant friend and she loved it so much that we did a second session with her and the kids. I had a million ideas so it was really fun for me. The photos I did of her were very arty and avant garde. The kids ones were a bit more fun, laughing and poking fun of their mom. It was really challenging working with all that -- big belly mama, bad lighting and two kids. The pictures came out good though and she's shown them to everyone. I wish I could share them here but they're so personal. Anyway, now I have two or three people who've asked me to do sessions with their kids. I'm really excited because I love these kind of projects and my kids are bored with all my photo sessions. Fresh blood! Yay!
We hired our neighbor. Remember I said a while back "clearly one doesn't hire the neighbor" ? Well it was stupid to say that because he's the nicest person I've ever met and I think from what I've seen he's an amazing craftsman. I was just worried because we've had such horrible luck with workmen and you know if he's a neighbor it's kind of sticky. Hopefully he's our good luck charm.
Little S's room is almost finished and we're getting him some new furniture. I've found him an awesome mid century teak bed and I'm redoing his 1950's nightstand in the same tone. It's a little stylish for a kid's bedroom but I like it. I want to paint his accent wall in black (chalkboard paint!) but Seb is my roadblock, "you can't paint a kid's room BLACK!" He has to concede. It's going to look great and anyway it's only one wall.
Before I forget I have to share a link to a new favorite blog, with lots of fabulous ideas for mid century modern fans. I'm slowly becoming a huge fan of this style and it's pretty easy to collect nice pieces thrifting which is what I love to do.
6 comments:
The end of breastfeeding must be a little sad, but if you are both ok with it then that is great! I think mine was having a growth spurt for a few days there because all she wanted was the boob. Sounds like your new guy is really great working on your house! Hopefully it all gets better from here!
Yay for you! That is a real achievement. Time to celebrate the end of all that breastfeeding. Buy yourself a little treat. Mine was some new lingerie!!
:)
If your husband isn't keen on a whole black wall you could create a blackboard for his room. This is what I did for Leon’s room. We bought a bit of wood at Leroy (a good centimetres thick) about 1m x 1.5m and then obviously painted it with that special backboard paint ( lots and lots of coats needed) all sides including the edges !
Drilled two holes in the top corners, thread through some very thick cord (knotted at the back) and attached it to the wall with an industrial sized hook. Can stand lots of rough treatment like that !
It’s been in his room for 4/5 years now and he still uses it for his homework !
Sounds like the energy of the house may be changing for the better. I think a chalkboard wall sounds fantastic! Maybe the dark green chalkboard paint would be a compromise?
Anyway, as others said, the end of breastfeeding is bittersweet isn't it? At 6 months I feel like my daughter is already losing interest, but maybe it is just a phase? I'm hoping to go at least a year, but we'll see.
Think the blackboard wall is a great idea! I think you just need to show him a few pictures of kids rooms that have something like that. I know that I've seen things like that on Ohdeedoh.com
Thanks everyone. I'm actually not all that emotional about the end of the bf and my heair is changing color back to its lighter shade, yay.
I really want a black wall in the room and the blackboard idea is just secondary. I'll have to shre some inspiration pics.
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