All in some days work

A month since A was born I am just now posting some pics of my summer lovelies. There is alot more to do in a day when I have to stop and snuggle up for some milking time. The kitchen is always dirty, there are toys everywhere, I actually want to vaccum, and making dinner is a very unpleasurable experience (could be the kitchen environment). Enough complaining, in between nursings here are some of the fun things we have been doing which also keep us from being tidy

Face painting

Gardening

We found baby bunnies in my garden

Watermelon eating

Swimming at the Pond

And my little E is in her first Story Time at the library

This week we have even been into NYC for a photo shoot of the girls, been to the farmers market in the hip town of Nyack and attended a Midwives and Families picnic with lots of other homebirth mamas and honeys.

D'oh! time to nurse, gotta run!

2 weeks old today

pics of the babe

Resting in baby loves glow

Another great creation at the LillyZoo.

We are proud to announce the arrival of our new baby girl Adeline Nicola. We had a joyous home waterbirth this morning June 1st at 4:12am. We are all resting today in the glow of baby love and feelin good.


Born: June 1st, 4:12am
Weighed: 9lbs 3oz.
Length: 21 inches

Peace and light.

Passing time with Snappers, Dandilions, Fencing the Animals in and the Baby Belly

Daddy found this little snapper in our garden so we kept it a few days to examine and learn from the little guy then we put him back. So cute!

My mother lovin flower picker. She never stops pickin.

How many Italians does it take to set a fence post?... four apparently. Perfectly straight!!

See what I mean. The fence came out amazing. Thank you Nic, Hubby, Brother Mike and Cousin Mike. You did an awesome job!

My silly girl came in showing off her balloon baby belly.

Family Tradition...

Time to make the belly casting. It could be any day now.

We did hand resists for this casting. This babe is loved already.

Happy 5th Birthday Z!!!

In the fairy hollow

dinner with friends

gifts with Aunt Susan

Her favorite things: A bunch of friends, a fancy dress, chocolate cupcakes, lots of great presents.

A delicious and healthful potluck here on the adult table. We parents had just as much fun time together. Our group is always full of spirits and laughs!

Oh and did I mention two parties?

Nonna and Nonno

Uncle Mike and Aunt Sandy

Another cake!!

Thank you Nonna for all the wonderful food.

lollygaggin in a LillyZoo

Just an update... No baby yet. the girls and I decided to call babe turkey lurky since I look like I have eaten an entire turkey.

Out on the range of our little homestead this is whats happenin.

Dad is working on solar heating the house next winter with the help of these handy solar collectors and some radiant flooring.

Here he is braising the header pipes to the heat collecting fin tube he ordered. Each panel (2) is 20 feet long and 10 ft high. They will heat water which will be pumped underground into the cellar to an insulated water storage tank and then pumped through out the house in radiant flooring. A has more pictures of his project which maybe I can get him to blog later.

He has had the help of Gary at builditsolar.com. The guy is an amazing engineer and was featured in an article in Mother Earth News a while back. He provides a "non-commercial" website full of useful information, plans, and calculators.




The girls found a nest of baby robins low in one of our great big cedars.

The neighbors ducks are always waddling around by the stream.

If you sneak up really carefully you can usually see some ginormous snapping turtles sunning in the pond. Here the floating logs are empty. Z had flip flops on.

There is the stream out back.

silly girls

... and more silly girls.

They are all getting so big!

Z celebrates her 5th birthday this weekend.