trying not to.

that's what today is about. trying not to count down the hours....
right now we're nearing 21.
ah! doing it.

yes, folks, a mere TWENTY ONE hours until we find out if I'll be busting out the sewing machine for sun-dresses, or rummaging through alasdair's trucks and tools in search of boyish baby goods.
21 hours and we will know. boy? girl? what do yoU say? post your guesses, your guts, please.
I'm interested. in the beginning I hoped, dreamed, plead for a girl. now I find myself doing the same for a boy. brothers--can't get much better than that. then again, I'm the fortunate sister and other half of one of the greatest friendships of all time: jonas and myself.
whatever you are, little, active bean... I can hardly wait.

happy belated day of turkeys and feasts to all. we celebrated twice this year. how fortunate. once with the osterhouts and another 20. it was glorious. so much food. so much fun. we arrived around 4 and alasdair partied well into the night---passing out as soon as he hit the car seat around midnight. sweet thing. he was all love and smiles. photos from that event:
ajna + alasdair, lovers.
ajna + papa luke.
aunt sabre, osha and papa.
osha + luke, or--as he says, "hook."


that was saturday past. the 22nd. following that feast, we recovered, then did it all over again on thanksgiving. mmmmm. the line-up: a TWENTY pound turkey (for ben, myself, alasdair... erica, luke, ajna... and luke's brother, paul. that's SIX adults, TWENTY pounds of turkey. want to know the truth? it's almost gone. gross.), southern cornbread stuffing, green bean casserole, rolls, sage-infused mashed potatoes, TWO pumpkin pies (plus a mini, for ben) and a cherry pie. we even forgot to make the ham. good thing. wow. a feast it was. good times. we ate at four. and ate again later. and again. and a big 'ol breakfast pie in the morning. yum.
photos from that night...
ben, osha + ajna.
the playing of la musica.
ajna, in all her sweetness. she's alasdair's lover-girl. he likes the young ones. she's now 10 months and an absolute doll. he calls for her, "ah-na, ah-na."
yep. he took the king's seat. all night.
the family, of sorts: luke, ajna, erica and alasdair.
and, the 'other family'... osha, papa, ajna and myself.
the red-eye osh.
um. sorry to almost end on this one. I think erica asked us to "look hard." hmmm... appears only ben got that one.
brothers: luke and paul. the band: castor and pollution. their t-shirts are results of my screenprinting venture for the day. a design burnt + printed for them to sell at shows.

we were without immediate family. always wish family were around. but it was great, regardless.

doing it, again

cause we've posted a lot more... with a lot, lot more to come.

www.inkpony.etsy.com

shameless, i know

WE MADE OUR FIRST SALE!!!
on etsy. to a "real" customer... not family-based.
i know how silly that may sound, but it's a huge deal to me. a really big deal. especially because we've been busy and have only been able to post five items (now down to 4!).

anyway. hooray. and, because we just got in the sweetest organic toddler tees i've ever felt/seen/touched/loved-on, i'm self-promoting, yet again.

with photos posted here, so you don't even have to navigate through the etsy site.
some of our offerings: (all $15)







just in time...
erica (an inkpony, too) just sent out this email and i think it describes our business venture really well.

here 'tis:

Hello to all of you,

Inkpony is here! For those of you not familiar with Inkpony let me catch you up to speed...

Inkpony began as a little seed...a spark really...a seemingly far away idea...and has finally grown into fruition as a little company. It is piloted by 3 women (myself, julianna, and anne) seperated by 1000 miles. We have managed to bridge the gap between ourselves using internet, snail mail, and a little creativity, and bring you our unique product. Our goal is to be as friendly to the earth as possible so that you can feel good about what you're buying and so that we as a company can feel good about our environmental footprint.

Right now we are screenprinting 100% cotton onesies and toddler t-shirts. The fabric is organically dyed, and our screen printing inks are non-toxic and lead free. Every 'piece' is unique...we have not made any 2 the same. We make our own screens using scrap material, recycled picture frames, and remnant cloth, and we produce all of our own designs. We will soon be adding screenprinted(on recycled paper) cards/invitations, rag quilts and bags, plush dolls and maternity wear.

Our official website (www.inkpony.com) is under construction so please refer to our etsy site for the time being at www.inkpony.etsy.com and you can view and purchase from there. We love custom orders so please let us know if you have a specific request.

Up to this point we have been mostly word of mouth...we have just begun with this site and are in the midst of production of new images so be patient with us as we post our items. Remember...every item is completely original when it comes to clothing color, design, and design color. You will see some similar pieces, but no 2 are exactly the same. We hope you will check in with us for purchases for 'little ones' and check back w/ us as the holiday season approaches for our new website and new items.

Much love to all of you,

Erica

... and, much love to all of you, too. ju.

booty giraffe

halloween rocks. my favorite holiday, though---admittedly---i've slacked in the past couple of years. lame costumes. no candy. little celebration. oh well.
having a child is the best excuse/reason to get back into it. this year we spent the day on main street. every year they shut down main and everyone comes out in costume---kids everywhere---dogs everywhere--costumed adults, everywhere. all of the shops pass out candy. good times. this year alasdair was a giraffe. a big-bootied + bellied giraffe at that. so cute.
as for ben and i, we weren't so cute. necessarily.
in fact, i'm not so sure what we were. but, at least we gave the dressing up bit a shot. shabby as it was.








in pregnancy days: this pregnancy remains surreal.
i thought it was setting in. it was setting in--during the days of nausea and discomfort. but the constant reminder leaves me now that i'm feeling near great again. (still tired, though that's part of me, anyway.) so eager to see this babe and alasdair interact. so eager to see this babe at all. to know if it's a boy or girl---THREE weeks!!!