WINGDING REVIEW

You may have noticed that you didn't receive a save-the-date magnet in the mail for Josh and my nuptials.  Don't worry the postman didn't steal it and we probably still like you.  After much reevaluating we have decided to forgo having a "wedding" this summer like we had intended.  Obviously we have had a lot of new things going on this year and it was becoming more of a stress than something to be excited about.  We both agree that having a marriage certificate isn't what is most important to us, at all actually.  We think that being together and trying to learn from one another for the last six years has shown you all that we are committed.

We are very excited about our little trio and we are still planning to celebrate, most likely next summer.  We will l keep you posted!  And, pending Obamacare, we may or may not make it official.  Ha.

STRINGLANDS

SAILOR RAINIER STRINGFELLOW

Because we will always gravitate toward the shadow of this mountain where we have thrived with the ones we love.

Sailor Rainier is doing really well.  She was born at 12:01 AM on Friday March 5th, weighing in at 8 pounds 8.5 ounces and 20.7 inches long, not too bad for being 14 days late.  Actually, to be precise, she was born 47 seconds passed the hour barely claiming her own birthday.  Josh's is the 4th.  She is a very cuddly little snorttler.  Labor was much easier than pregnancy but she was very worth it, as if you haven't heard that before.  I could echo all the little cliche things that first time parents say but I won't, I do feel them though.  I will say, I just gained a new best friend.

Taken on the way home from the hospital, sunniest day this year!

Lindsey

Bandana Frock

I made Sailor a bandana dress tonight.  Josh bought a sewing machine at a garage sale last summer and since he isn't using it I am attempting to.  This was my first success.  I tried looking for a pattern or tutorial online but I didn't have much luck so I just went for it.

 A few years ago I inherited a box of sewing supplies from my great grandma Margaret, tonight when I was rifling through it I found some vintage ivory ribbon from the 70's.  So here you go Sailor, love your great great grandma Margaret.  

gobsmacked

My sense of humor is sometimes misconceived, ha.  https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbGtuSh2UfwfykSUINFEnSyr3ujW4jACeNz_Lz_GsjkUVPDCAn11atRiHsJ9iG7U7BnXeVfEfcUdmiLZZ_deSr2br-iXtHAgImicdQosWHWz0Xl0aKAEb5z__eq-Ia_631glrii8aYrJSb/s1600-h/makeover.jpg

Oh Etsy.. AMBULANT FLOP

Finally posted some things for sale on Etsy.  They are all vintage items, sorry no works of art yet.  The Bonhomie Bullpen isn't finished..  I know good excuse, huh?  Anyway, I plan to have Josh have it up and running by the time Sailor is here.  Which is 11 days, or so, mind you.  I am about to freak out, I have decided to stay home a little bit more on account of my meanness.  Being huge, zit faced, and water retentive can make a person severely bitter and angry.  Especially if the only things that fit on your huge feet are your boyfriend's slippers.

I have a totally new respect for pregnant women.  Be very nice to them.  Be aware of their demeanor, do they look as though they want to be touched or talked to?  Do they look like they believe in wives tales and do you think they haven't heard that one yet?  Maybe they do, and maybe they haven't, just be aware.  A woman told me today that my feet were going to stay at least a size or two bigger than they were.  Awesome...

Josh and I are eager for Sailor to be here.  And I am sure he can't wait for me to not be pregnant just as much as I can't wait.  We both often go into her room and stare at all her tiny things.  We have a lot of plans for her this year and we hope she is ready to hit the ground running.

Here is a link to my Etsy account I called it AMBULANT FLOP, check it out and let me know if you have one too!!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/theitinerant

14 Days Left.

This is taking forever.  These days are holding on for dear life.  We both want to be free, so let's just give up this battle and call a truce.  I have been nice enough to research every damn vaccine in the USA and you have been nice enough to not scar me with stretch marks.  I think that is fair?  I will even promise not to dress you up in anything too stupid or embarrassing in public?  Actually that goes for both of us,  I won't dress like a frumpster either.

Sailor's NEW Pendleton Diaper Backpack:

Of course a StringParty girl needs a bookshelf:

Malt-O-Meal and Sailor's Potential Look-A-Like.

I think I am probably the only person in this time zone eating Malt-O-Meal right now.  I am eating from a fancy bowl that I purchased in Paris if that is any classier.  At least I didn't eat the last of my Toblerone stocking stuffer that I have been harboring in the back of the cupboard.

I have mostly just been staring at adult women this entire time thinking that Sailor might be represented in some passing stranger.  Probably not likely.  There was one girl in Portland that looked EXACTLY like Josh, in a pretty girl version, she worked at Por Que No.  The only thing different was that she was my height.  I was stuck on her for a while but now I am over her an onto my next potential look-a-like.  This one is actually a baby and her picture has been stuck in my head for months!!  I will let you know when Sailor is about three months old.

Here she is:
http://www.americanapparel.com/4083.html?cid=45

Sailor's 30 DAY EVICTION NOTICE and Shower Soiree

The property at LINDSEY AUCKLAND together with all ribs, uterus, sciatic nerves, bladder, stomach and other organs used in connection with said premises, will terminate on February 18th, 2010, and you are now hereby required to surrender all retained water and fat of said premises to the undersigned on that day.
Dated on the 20th of January, 2010.

Failure to vacate will empower further action with Castor Oil Industries.

Lindsey Auckland
LANDLORD


Thank you to all that attended Sailor's shower or sent the generous gifts.  I don't think she could possibly need anything else.  She now has a drawer in the bathroom and the kitchen and her room is overflowing!

I know that baby showers are meant to be all about humiliation for the big fat swollen girl, so thank you to all of you who participated in deterring some of the focus by embroidering on Sailor's garments!  Thankfully that idea came to me when I was having anxiety thinking about having to play ridiculous games.

The Bureau is Complete..

I know I said Monday but that wasn't a very accurate guess on my part.  I hate when people call themselves perfectionists because it sounds ridiculous, as if they are capable of perfection.  I would say I am more of a finicky weirdo.  Having admitted that, you might be able to imagine how long it took me to pick out and decide on knobs, choose paint, actually do the painting, sand, repaint, have Josh sand, assemble, line the drawers with wood grain paper, and position.  To be called frugal is a cherished compliment so I will tell you this with boastfulness in my fingers, the dresser was $9 at the new Puyallup Goodwill, the knobs $34 at Anthropologie, paint $8, and contact paper $6.  A grand total of $57.  Since I am in the mood for confession I will say that the original price tag on the dresser, being from the early 1900s, was marked at $40.  I found that to be outlandish, so I did what any self respecting Goodwill shopper would do and asked the local furniture associate how much it was.  She knowingly said $9 of course.  Apparently she wasn't working when the dresser was tagged.  I feel a bit better having confessed.  I am also eating ice cream from the carton right now.  I am not going to brush my hair before I go to bed even though I just got out of the shower.  I listened to the same Deer Tick song like 13 times in a row today ("Art Isn't Real").    I bought a Dirt Devil this afternoon because my cleaning/lint/dust obsession is turning out to be quite bizarre (hopefully gestational).  Now all I have to do is finish the rest of the room with a little help, SARAH!

Lindsey Lamaze. 

Room Additions

First jewelry box from G. Ma Char-Anthro.

Sailor has been nice enough to let Josh stow his toys in her room. (Red leather cowboy boots courtesy of Megan Murphy-Koreski)


L. AuckFellow

Another Project.

Sailor needs a dresser, so she is getting one.   I just have to sand it and knob it.  I sanded tonight.  Estimated finish, Monday.

Linds

2010.

We had a little gathering at our new house with most of our closest friends and a few pair of stray local parents.  I made an impulse purchase the night before so we now have surround sound, whoooo!  There were platters of hors d'oeuvres, a few heated social arguments, and a lost crack head.  Overall I think a good time was claimed.  It looked like this....

Hostess