The hardwood floors are now the color of a warm, golden croissant, the base boards are in and are a lovely crisp white against our walls of color in each room, and the last of the painting should be done this week.  The finished basement is now a lovely soft, dove gray while Elijah's room is the color or sea-foam and the guest room is a creamy latte.  I wander into these rooms and sigh with delight...I cannot wait to get everything put away.  We have started moving furniture back in and things are starting to come together.  I have yet to complete the curtains for the down-stairs, I hope to this week and once we get the remaining furniture in I will finally be able to put things away and in their place.  Decorating day-dreaming is common for me these days while feeding Little Man...and listening to the lovely sounds of Leona Naess, David Gray, and Coldplay.  He is going to have superb music taste if I do say so myself.
But I am ever so tired...yup, it's nearly 3 am and I have spent the last three plus hours trying to get Little Man in a happy place so he will go to sleep...he eats, fusses, wants more, fusses while eating, pulls off and gets milk everywhere, I pump so that he doesn't get continue to get a shower of milk, he eats again, dozes off only to create an incredibly messy diaper, scares himself awake and we start the process all over again...but, Shhhhhhhhhh, he seems to be drifting off and now despite my six plus weeks of sleep deprivation I am wide awake and hungry.  I cannot wait for several hours of uninterrupted sleep, but this is such a short window in his life and it will fly by so quickly that I am willing to wait so as not to wish time away and I know that things will come along fast enough.  So I decided to blog a bit all the while listening to the very cool yet slightly creepy sounds of Bard Owls in our back yard calling to each other...the "Who-Cooks-For-You" sounds they make allow for easy identification, but the creepy part is the occasional blood-curdling scream the they emit while hunting or should I say catching their prey.  So it's me and the owls...I think there must be at least three out there bantering.  Just getting together for a little dinner and conversation perhaps?  Who needs TV when there is such a world to be experienced?
This whole time in my life has been (and is) incredible, yet scary, but more wonderful everyday.  I am a very blessed woman to have the best man in the world (sorry ladies, I have got him...not that I am biased or anything)...He works so hard and comes home and takes good care of me and Little Man.  He encourages me to sleep, Makes me peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, doesn't fault the lack of good meals or food in the house, willingly picks up things at the store and puts up with my piles in every room of half completed projects and tasks, though he does rib me about how pile oriented I am.  He hugs me constantly and tells me I'm doing a great job and that he loves me, gives me good advice, and has indulged me in spending hours getting caught up on the show Lost.  HE also loves Elijah to bits...he can't wait to get his hands on him when he gets home each day and gives him up only to let him eat.  It is wonderful to watch him interact with his son and to see the love and joy on his face...I am very lucky and so is Little Man.
Well, well, sleep is starting to weigh on my eyelids and so I shall succumb...Sweet Dreams all...

I am in love with Little Man's feet and toes...I am tickled to my core when the toes curl up tight when I play with them, or spread wide in his slumber.  They are the most precious little piggies!  He has his Daddy's feet, the shape is the same and I am fascinated by the oh so tiny nails on each toe, plus the smooth soft skin feels simply wonderful against mine.

We have had lots of family come and go the last several weeks and it has been wonderful to have the help.  We are starting to get furniture moved in and I have been busy making curtains and putting things in their place in-between Elijah feedings.  And I am thrilled about Spring being on it's way!  We had some wonderful, warm weather last week, I can't wait for it to be nice enough to take Elijah for walks in his stroller.  Mostly we still spend most of our time at home, sleeping, reading ( to him and to myself, I have been able to read more this past month then in a long time.  I read while I nurse), sewing and knitting.  I am trying to get back into my old mode with cooking etc., but I find myself so uninspired...does anyone have any tried and true fast and easy recipes they would like to share?  I would love to get some help...