sunday mornin' stroll

shana came over the other day and took some pics of koruna. had to share.

17 weeks

this bebechild is 5 inches head to rump.  honestly some days, between work and running around with koruna, i sometimes forget that i'm pregnant.  i'm grateful for the little kicks i'm feeling now - they are lovely reminders that i am not alone in this body.

aurelia

my awesome niece, aurelia, and i got to do some hangin' last week.  she took a spill and broke her elbow recently, so she has a cast for 3 weeks.  ian took the opportunity to draw aurelia her own little bird tattoo.

i love it, of course.

15 weeks

15 weeks in and we've grown so much.

we are planning to have this beloved bebechild at home.  i say "planning to" because our plans for koruna's birth didn't pan out.  she was breech and we had to search the state of texas for a doctor that would let us birth her naturally.  (you can see my previous post on that here) we had to swim against the stream on that one and our much-loved next door neighbor, brielle, encouraged and guided us through that struggle.  she then traveled to koruna's birth and was our doula.

and this time around she is our midwife!  score!  in addition to absolutely adoring her, i get to walk next door for my prenatal appointments.   and she came over this weekend and let my beloved in-laws hear the baby's heartbeat.  AND we found flowers on my doorstep the other day with a note scrawled on one of our bricks.

it was a "feel better" gift from kaya, brielle's daughter.  i'm a happy mama.

and i do feel better.  i'm still feeling sick, but i've heard the bebechild's heartbeat twice.  and i've just started feeling eetybeety kicks.

we're moving right along....

ian's show

the opening of New Art in Austin: 15 to Watch was friday night at AMOA.  i had been telling koruna about it all week, so she's been getting excited with me.  we even painted our toenails for the event.

usually, ian's art goes straight to his gallery in nyc as soon as it's completed, so i'm thrilled that we get to have some pieces right here in austin for a little while.

i sometimes have a difficult time letting go of ian's pieces, but i take comfort in knowing that they will likely outlive us all.  i like to think that they hold ian in their memories. i like to imagine that because i want him to live forever.