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  • I have clever friends

    Carmen and I always pine that we can not craft together as we live so far apart. She has sent me things she's made and I've made her things and sent them, so I know she is being crafty. Just not with me, boo! While I was at her house she showed me this awesome outfit she made Chloe out of one of her husband's old tee shirts. Of course I snatched it up and said, "I must squeeze Tuesday into this so I can blog about it!"

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    Is this not adorable?!?! It is a concert tee so check out the back:

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    The pattern is McCall's 8574 Um, I had Carmen tell me, and wrote it down and everything but now it is lost, boo. Carmen please comment with the pattern number when you get a chance! Carmen made me a couple of these out of plain knit (what the pattern calls for) and then she must have taken a genius pill because she came up with this! Or maybe that's what happens when you're in Alaska and you don't have the crafty resources. Anyway she's clever and I love this.

    In completely unrelated news I need plum advice! I went to hang up Tutu's diapers and realized that we have a plum tree! I had forgotten about it when it was being crammed out of our yard by a cedar that we had cut down earlier this year (two were growing too close together with the plum and they were all going to die, I don't take tree cutting lightly). We all went out and picked a bunch tonight. I cleaned them, and now they are sitting on my counter:

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    only I put tea towels over them. I don't even know how to store them, I just took my best guess. I'm not sure what these type are either, but they are freaking awesome and taste like candy. I want to try and make some baby food for Tutu and freeze it, maybe a plum jam, or a plum sauce on a pork chop (mmm). Ideas, advice? I wish I would have figured this out earlier, they are ripe like, yesterday. And some are bruised, as you can see, from tossing them into the bowls (there are not a lot of low branches). Please give me some advice ASAP! I will send you big kisses!

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  • Sweet Sundays

    Today was a lovely day, much lovelier than the night that proceeded it. Let's just say me cutting out diet coke + giving Tuesday some solids does not make her sleep better, but much much worse. I knew the solids and sleep thing was a myth, as our doctor told us, but now I really know that to be true. But on to Sunday (the Sunday that started at 8:30 and not 2:30).

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    Bj's parents were in town for a wedding so we thought we'd show them just how much Tutu loves the ocean and drove to the coast to have lunch and go to the beach. Tuesday got to participate in a favorite family activity for the first time:

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    Feet pictures! We were only at the beach for a few short hours, but it was still fun. The ride home seemed long to poor Tutu. After lots of milky at home I took her out back for an impromtu photo shoot. When you spend all season growing a nice field in your own backyard you might as well use it, right?

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    I couldn't get her to look at the camera, but that's alright because I got lots of shots of her cute little bits that I know will grow so fast.

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    There is a little bit of new hair there. 

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    Then I let Tuesday pull me in for some baby kisses:

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    Awe my sweet little sparkly pants, how I love thee.

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  • In the swing of things

    When we took the train ride to Seward we had most of the day to hang out in the town before heading back to Anchorage. Seward is a small town but lucky for us they had an awesome new park. I saw a mom pushing a baby in a swing and I hadn't even thought that Tuesday would be old enough for that. But she is very strong now so I thought I'd try it and see how she liked it. 

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    So she tolorated it. Just kidding she freaking went nuts on this thing!

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    It was so much fun getting her to giggle. Carmen had the idea to put a blanket behind her and I had a big one so that worked for padding our skinny girl. I think out of all the pictures from the trip at least a third are of our time in the park. It was so wonderful, sunny and not too hot (leading to a little papa head burning, oops!). Plus seeing our girl this happy was so much fun.

    Her little squeals are the best. 

    Then this last week I went to a mom's group for the first time up at this cute little park I didn't even know existed before and Donna had this idea:

    That is Tuesday and William in the same swing. I think she said she saw someone doing it at another park. Oh the cuteness. In one of the videos of the Alaska swing adventure you can here Bj saying, "Well, looks like I'm going to have to put a swing in the backyard." I think so!

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