Merry Christmas

Isaac Morris

Isaac Morris Richardson, born Monday December 19th at 2:47 AM 8 Lbs. 21 inches

waiting for the happiest day of our lives

This is the bassinet in our bedroom and it is so sweet to see everyday but it needs a baby in it! This is a 4th generation bassinet that I even slept in when I was a baby.

playing with our new camera

Peter took most of these. Its so fun that he is getting into taking pictures with our new camera. I love photography and its fun for him to share that interest with me now. We got the camera mainly to document baby Isaac but we are having fun with it in the meantime. We went up to Paradise Conservation Area by our house on Sunday to get out of the house and hopefully move things along. It didn't work but it was pretty!

Baby gift from Kenya

My friend Jen lives in Kenya and bought these for baby Isaac. They are so cute and it is so fun to think about where they came from. Thanks Jen!

Farm Foodie

We used to get Organic Farm produce delivery for about a year when we lived in Ballard. I canceled when I had big plans for my garden last summer. Well we bought a house which meant everything planted I couldn't harvest and we didn't have time to plant the garden at our new house. We started up again and am really excited about trying new recipes with the produce we get. This box was mostly fruit since its winter time and there really are only root vegetables growing. People often say it isn't worth the cost. But for me:

1. It forces Peter and I to eat vegetables because we don't want the food to go bad.

2. It comes with great recipes for what you have received in your box.

3. It makes us try new things and try experiment and make up new recipes. 

4. Its all organic and supports local farms.

5. It comes to my DOOR!

Christmas Tradition

This was Peter's idea and I just love it.  This is the bottom cut from our Christmas trees the last 2 years. We are only 2 years into the tradition so we only have 2 to show but it will be fun as the collection grows over time. We have a new side table and we talked about needing coasters for it. I suggested after Christmas Peter cut coasters out of the stump of the tree. We will see as making them level seems easier said than done.

Our Christmas summed up by a 5 year old

Peter's co-worker Randy has a son Liam who is 5 and drew us a picture. It sums up our Christmas pretty well as Isaac is our Christmas present under the tree.

god jul

That's Merry Christmas in Swedish. I have had a good time decorating the house for Christmas this year, since it is our house now. During my crazy nesting phase I was very intent on getting every decoration up and done so when baby Isaac decides to come everything is done and we can enjoy Christmas.