Starving Artist Ink.

(*edited to add. i can’t help but read that title as bits & boobs. no matter how many times i read it…)

my body is slowing down, allowing for tiny bursts of energy. some that i use to clean, some that i use to exercise, some that i use to make a milkshake.

feeling every bit of the 20 pounds i’ve gained, especially as i heave my way up the 14 stairs to the bathroom, and back down again. something that feels like it’s done every 15 minutes.

no longer having the use of stomach muscles to help pull myself out of bed or off the couch, needing that extra leverage. a strong man to help pull me up. and when he’s not available- i sit there feeling like a turtle on it’s back.. slowly rocking back and forth to work up momentum. hahaha it’s quite a sight.

i’m ready to meet her now. not ‘oh i’m ready to be done being pregnant’ ready. just.. ready to know this person instead of belly.

meanwhile, while i’m slowing down.. soaking up every bit of this calm easy life. day dreaming.

i thought i’d share some things that i’m loving:

not only the artwork of hailey, from you can’t be serious but oh…my heart. the way mama greets her new babe… those are the first words i want mine to hear. how perfect and beautiful is this mama

Theo’s Birth video from hailey bartholomew on Vimeo.

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tara whitney’s photography is just… life. so beautiful and happy and mmm.. just scrumptious.

i want images of my mom and i the same… and i want images of my daughter and i the same…

and.

i seriously cannot stop thinking about quilts. i really need to get on it- get down to a shop and find myself a sewing machine. i’m craving to learn so bad. to find the discipline to actually sit down and finish something- something that is such an endearing treasure to keep in the family.

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the english gem, emma bradshaw,

makes me want to go camping. to go outside. to run wild. to have boys. to get dirty… to eat a picnic dinner… to live simply, and fresh, and organically with nature…  (does that last bit even make sense?) either way. she is living. really really living. and i love that. i need more of that.

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day dreaming about our wedding vow renewal.

found at 100 layer cake – i can sit and browse through for ages… dreaming of what we might one day have… when we got married in a registry office- we both always had in mind that we would do a real, proper ceremony. so the day of our wedding we didn’t exchange rings. (we later got rings on our first anniversary) and i always thought that by our fifth anniversary- we could do the ceremony. well… this november we will be four years married. er.. i can’t imagine that our fifth will result in our ceremony. but who knows… maybe i should put it out to the universe…

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SERIOUSLY?! seriously… can you even imagine these perfect little things on a toddler. sigh. from the shop ZUZII, on etsy. i’m all kinds of in love. imaging them on a little girl with leggings and a skirt… or little skinny jeans tucked inside with a cardigan on.  toddling down the street with me. guuuuuuh.

i need to win the lottery.

i need to play the lottery.

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i was going to share all kinds of other links with you. but realising how long this is taking for me to type out. copy and paste. make sure i give credit. aaand then i realised i have to heave myself up, and trek the 14 stairs up to the loo for another potty break. oy vey. hee

what are you loving?