Earth To Mother Ship

Friday, June 12, 2009

2 Months Old

Two Month June 10, 2009

One Month May 10, 2009

Finley's Birhday April 10, 2009

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Fin's New Cousin

June 5th our newest member of the family arrived:

Congrats to Jennie, Matt, big sis Kaylee and big bro Bastian on the birth of Zoey!

Finley getting in on the welcome wagon.

Okay, this makes 6 babies under 3 years of age on Steve's side and 5 babies under 2 years on my side ... we may require ear plugs and lots of access to booze to get through the next bunch of family gatherings. It's going to be SO MUCH FUN!

Baby P's A Beach Baby

On Sunday we spent the day at Fort Macon Beach NC. We usually find a less populated place to camp out for the day but the waves were breaking perfectly right in the midst of tourist land. So that's where we ended up...Finley slept the whole day. She didn't care where we were situated!

The weather was overcast and even raining when we arrived at the beach and then the sun came out, the breeze was side off and it was not too hot out so it was a perfect day. But, I think any day is perfect when I get to spend the day at the beach - especially with my new little family.

10:30 AM Sleeping

12 Noon Sleeping

Waxing

Steve going out to try his "new" short board ( thank you tax return!)

Steve on his "new" long board (thanks again tax return!)

2PM Sleeping

5 PM Still Sleeping!

Finley & I did take a good long walk down the beach to where no one but the birds were hanging out towards the inlet it was so peaceful. I collected beach glass until my hand was full and then we headed back to watch Steve surf with the dolphins. It was a pretty awesome day.

Saturday, June 6, 2009

Natural Body Care for Baby & Momma

I have been using this product from a Canadian company out of BC on Fin. It was a shower gift from my massage therepst friend Nee. it's all gone and I have just bought a giant bottle to replace it!

It's called Scentuals Baby Steps natural baby lotion with organic hemp seed oil. It contains no synthetic dyes or fragrances. It smells DEVINE and is wonderful on her skin. She was very chapped looking at birth for perhaps being post due I was told, also told not to put anything on her skin that it would clear itself up. I waited a week and then I used this lotion...it cleared it up in a matter of a couple of days.

The ingredients are: hemp seed oil, calendula oil, oat protein, a soft light blend of essential oils and some other wonderful ingredients. (I can't give away the whole recipe!)

I have the most sensitive skin on earth - it's dry and eczema prone, I have always had to be super careful with the products I use and rely heavily on handmade soaps of the oatmeal and goat's milk variety to keep my skin from acting up. Finley's skin is pretty great so far but I have only been using natural products on her. Better safe than sorry I think!

Thursday, June 4, 2009

An Interview With My BFF (MTV Canada's Makeup Artist)

Meet Lucky B - she's awesome, famously funny and I miss her bunches.

Follow this link to her most recent articles in Adorned Magazine

and The Beauty of Life blog.

She is also famous for starring in and doing key makeup for my series: Girls Will Be Girls.

GWBG aired in Prime Time-Nationally in Canada October 2005 - 2008 on

The Comedy Network.

And is CURRENTLY airing on MTV2 in Canada

consult your local listings :)

Me suiting Lucky up in some lactating breasts for a "milk in coffee" gag at Starbucks.

Lucky and I promoting the series premiere on Etalk

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Vacuum TRUMPS Lullabyes

Our baby has been very fussy the past week. It starts up at around 6pm and caries on until ten or eleven pm. Why? We thought it was onions and she was gassy. So I eliminated onions from my diet (see ya in 8 months my oniony old friends). Then we thought she might be constipated. No that is rare in a breast fed baby. We asked around and were told:

Sometimes babies just fuss.

Hahah you have children this routine until they are 35.

Yes, babies have their own temperament.

They'll grow in and out of these phases.

Wait until she starts teething - it's enough to make you want to leave home.

SUPER! These are the types of advice you are not told until the deal is signed sealed and delivered. Before that you get told how wonderful babies are and how amazing the love and the faces of your child are. And they are. The tears are part of it - for both parent and child!

I read up on COLIC. Apparently babies born naturally - drug free- are NOT usually colicky. MY BABY DID NOT GET THIS MEMO! I also read that colicky babies like movement and repetitive noise. So for the first week I bounced up and down on my 19" exercise ball. She fell asleep and I worked my abs, we mowed the lawn (we have a push mower no motor), we played Hip Hop music and danced in the kitchen almost all day Sunday when she was colicky from 1pm to 10pm and we've been on countless walks. She likes to be in the front carrier for all of these wonderful activities. By yesterday momma was tired. Dad Dad had just come off a string of days in charge in the E.D and he was tired. We traded her off all day and then...I looked around my house and saw dust bunnies the size of our dog and decided...THE CURE TO COLIC TONIGHT WILL BE THE VACUUM.

Guess what? It was! She fell asleep in no time. She stayed asleep. My house is clean and we both woke up this morning with a smile.

Monday, June 1, 2009

Bottle Flop & Fashion Show Success

As promised I am reporting back with the my boobie fed child's reaction to the bottles I bought. She took an ounce and a half from the adiri bottle. Wouldn't take any of the other bottles I left out and survived until my and my boobies arrived home. I did feed her right before I left and was only out for 3 hours in the time of day when she usually goes longer between feeds and has a good sleep.

When I arrived home I fed her and then she waited about a half hour and threw up all over me. So I guess we know what she thought of the whole bottle deal. Either she worked herself up or she ingested too much air from her bottle feed? In a seven weeker - who knows?

Here she is decorated in Momma's milk looking no worse for wear!

My mother in Law Linda is a lactation consultant. She suggested trying a longer nipple for the bottle to see if Fin will take that, as it will mimic the real nipple, which when in the baby's mouth becomes elongated and presses into the baby's pallet. My sister in law Dee suggested Playtex Vent Air. So I will try that too. JUMBO THANKS to Dee & Grandma Linda for Babysitting Finley so I could go out to participate in the fashion show.

The Fashion Show benefiting the Turnage Theatre Foundation was a success. There were 8 store showing their clothing from the Main Street in Washington NC. Word on the street is we raised 11 grand! Pretty Awesome I think!

Here are some pictures of the models I worked with for this event.