Sunday, October 30, 2011

Official Frost Celebration

This pumpkin is called 'lunch lady'. Kind of cruel, but usually elicits a giggle. We are loving this cold weather, bundling up and taking walks around our property. It is always such a relief to reach this point in the season where things grow so slow it's a month to month type of progress instead of day to day. Not that there aren't things to do every day; there is just a more relaxed feel to the pressure of getting it done. We now need to focus on this winter's flower CSA and next season's garden.
It's been hard for me to deal with such a profound shift in my life, having this beautiful baby. My life was so intensely tied up in the farm and now it is all Ruth all the time. To so suddenly have to let go of so many things is probably the hardest thing about having a child for me. But when I get to whisper to Ruth in the quiet moments about our friendship and how we'll learn so much from each other in this brief existence we have here, I tear up a little and experience a weird but profound feeling I've never felt before, and there isn't anything in my life to which I can compare that feeling. So I guess that feeling is what motherhood is all about. And of course changing lots of poopy diapers day after day.






Saturday, October 22, 2011

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Hey everyone! I'm trying to figure out blogging from Stuart's iPhone so these pictures came out as different posts. We are back in the hospital believe it or not with our little love Ruth who came down with yet another UTI Thursday night. Stuart and I couldn't freaking believe it when we took her temp and it was 102.9. We freaked out (or atleast I did) and packed a quick bag and rushed to the ER where she got the whole excruciatingly hard to watch procedure for the second time. Catheter, blood drawn, and the hardest one for me to stomach, the spinal tap. She is now on an iv getting antibiotics and is handling this much better than her parents as you can see by her lovely grins. Looks like they want us to stay through atleast Tuesday to keep an eye on her and run some more tests. Isn't this crazy? It's a good thing she is such a healthy robust little lass to get through this. She already weighs 13 lbs!!!! We love this little chunk light. Have Ruth in your prayers and thoughts for us. I'm sure this will all work out. Definitely puts things in perspective....

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, a photo by bluebirdmeadows on Flickr.

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, a photo by bluebirdmeadows on Flickr.

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

October 1st market

One of our last main season markets!