Roar.

This week's pictures are brought to you by Greta the bear!
Ours is and always will be the kid masquerading as an animal. The last 2 weeks she was a bunny, this week she is a bear, and the future is wide open to a new whim.
We are also sure that when she has all of her proper faculties about her she will be allowed to dress herself. This means that in a large crowd of kids you will be able to peg Greta as the one wearing a skirt on her head and 3 pairs of shoes.
To go along with her appearance Greta has adopted a bear sized appetite. She just guzzled 6 oz in 5 minutes, and has an appetite for 8 oz most of the time!
Granted this doesn't mean much to most people who live in the real world or have been out of baby land for a while. But it has been a hefty change around here, and it all kinds of fun to see her eating and growing so well.
I am relieved at any rate that I am better at growing children than I am at plants. For as much as I love flowers and herbs you wouldn't know it by their dried up carcasses and week long life span. I am in the process right now of killing a lovely orchid that makes our piano look very distinguished.
Now, if my flowers were as darling as my Greta, I don't think we would be having this problem at all.

3 Months!

Happy 3 month birthday Greta Cherie!

This week she has been learning all sorts of valuable lessons, and why not? She is 3 months old which is the ideal time to start learning valuable lessons.
Like while multitasking is an important skill, it is wise not to over commit yourself. For example stuffing one fist in your mouth can be a fun treat, try and stuff both and you will end up with neither. (also your parents will laugh at you and take pictures.)
She has also begun the drooling phase of life, leaving her shirts nice and soggy about 70% of the time, and not minding too much 100% of the time.

12 week update!

This weekend Greta went to her first birthday party in Silverdale for her good friend (although she doesn't know it yet) Audrey. Audrey is one of the large batch of girls my friends have produced. All of which look almost everything like their fathers and none like my friends themselves, and were born in the same time span of a year or so. (Greta is also a part of this prosperous batch.)
The season for weddings is over, there are no more bridal showers, and even baby shower invitations have slowed down, now it is all about baby birthdays...and I feel 40.
Here are Greta's 12 week pictures. We took them in the car on the way back from her first party.


This week has marked a lot of growth for Greta! She has been more vocal, expressive, and curious about her surroundings. Today after eyeing Megs necklace for a good while she reached out and grabbed it (!) then just a little later she picked up a toy (!!) and put it in her mouth (!!!) This may seem like a small task to most, but seeing your baby who looks surprised when she hits herself in the face with her own arm do something so intentional is sooo exciting!
And to top it all off Greta has had two 8 hour night time sleeps this week.
So, it's safe to say that 12 weeks has been pretty good to us and our little Greta Girl.

Talk Talk Talk!

Talking Even More - 11 weeks

Sandwich day!

The sandwich is a subtle art form. There are few who respect it and even fewer who are truly masters.
Today we went to visit the legendary Salumi to see if the sandwich kings and foodies call the best in the world really exists.
A brief history: Salumi is owned and operated by Mario Batalli's dad and family. It is an italian sub/meat shop open only a few hours a day, a few days a week, where all of the meats are cured in the store, and their cheeses and breads are made fresh and local.
The shop is the size of your closet with meats hanging from the ceiling and a queue outside and around the corner to get in.
And having eaten there today I can see why.
Nom!
I consider myself a student of the sandwich, and I could write my masters thesis at Salumi. The meat was singularly unique, the mozzarella smoothy sweet, grilled peppers and onions mingled with delicate tapenades, on fresh baked bread the size of your face. It was sandwich nirvana.
Also, it was Greta's first trip downtown!


And although she only had milks for lunch, I would like to think that some of today's sandwich was appreciated by her, and that we have made life long friends.

Hello Grey Day!

Hello!
So I will give you all a sneak peak into what I have been up to lately. This last December Meg and I decided to start up our own etsy page. And we have been thinking and tinkering around with ideas since then. (When I'm not tinkering around with Barley business, which I am definitely doing full time.)
It has always been a 'what if' of my to make cards. I probably made more cards in my college career than I did homework and it makes me oh-so-happy to boot! We are calling our line of work.
Because Meg and I both love our Seattle grey days enough to greet them with a smile, and let it inspire us to create.
We have been working several days a week coming up with pretty creations for our cards. And this little birdie made me so happy and is one of the few things I haven't eventually grown to hate so I thought I would post it for you.
She has some other tree friends to go along with her in a similar style.And hopefully soon they will all be together on our etsy page for someone else to take home! I am specializing in handmade ink/acrylic/paper cards and postcards sent in matted frames for framing or sending.
And Meg is working on a line of vintage silhouette greeting and note cards.
It is a whole lot of fun, and I will keep everyone posted on our progress and eventually our first shop update!