A thought

The love is so thick lately.

Eighteen weeks

A boy

 

Our baby is a boy, healthy & seemingly completely at ease in my growing belly.

Bathtime

This afternoon in the the bathtub, I looked at my belly and thought, "Baby, this is a bath. It is one of my favorite places to be."

Apple Sauce

 

I love warm, fresh apple sauce on buttered wheat toast.

Fall leaves

I strung the most beautiful leaves in a celebration of fall and cool air. They hung vibrantly for a week or so and then, one by one, crumpled grey and fell into our pillows. At first I was disappointed, but soon after embraced the somewhat theraputic, though not entirely authentic, changing of seasons within our little home.

Halloween

Halloween at Sunset Beach Elementary School! The greatest.

Sunday

Last Sunday, I baked quiche in a homemade pie crust -- parmesan cheese, spinach, mushrooms and portuguese sausage. The left-over cider was divine.

Glow

My brother James at Ensign Peak overlooking the Salt Lake Valley.

Full

It's finally cooler. I'm wearing a flannel and leggings and the christmas lights are on. We cooked squash this week and had cider with homemade donuts. I'm feeling so much better. Trenton is so full of love, I love the way he looks at me lately, looks at my belly. We read next to each other on the couch and talk about plans, dreams. He's so full of dreams.

Elsa

Kate Roebuck

This interview with artist Kate Roebuck.

In the cold

Outside the Alta cabin, before we hurried in to defrost our fingers on cups of hot chocolate.

The cabin

Heartbeat

Our baby's heartbeat sounds like a washing machine thats been thrown into the sea. On the extra-heavy load setting.