Jon and Mel's Farm

Tuesday, March 06, 2012

My Breakfast Inspiration

This is the beautiful smiling face I am blessed to wake up to every morning. In the 4 short months we've had her she has changed my life. She is such a joy & has a very sweet and gentle disposition. She also was severely tongue-tied, lost 16% of her birth weight in the first 10 days of her life, basically couldn't nurse & had her tongue clipped at 1 month of age.
We have been working to get her to gain weight & to nurse exclusively. She is finally down to 6 ounces of formula a day & I still have to pump. It takes a great portion of my day to feed her. She doesn't give a lot of cues to hunger...demanding very little, yet still content.

Soooo all this led to the purchase of 2 little books:

A Special Week

Valentine's Week is a special week for our family, because it is the week our family began. I still remember 17 years ago preparing for our wedding on February 18th, 1995.

This year we decided to make a week of celebration. The party began by renting a cabin at a state park for a couple of nights and enjoying the water park. We spent most of our time relaxing together in front of the wood stove (which might need to be on the list of must-haves in our home when we build!), playing games, listening to our favorite CD's and Josh on the guitar. Jonathan bought me a box of beautiful truffles for Valentine's Day and I bought us Mr. and Mrs. mugs for our nightly cuppa tea :) The special heart hair-do added a nice girly touch to the day.

The week ended with a date with my best friend (& Ellie), and then dedicating Eliana to the Lord on Sunday. It was like most of our days: full of life, love, activity, food, fun, & just a little craziness! I'm sure we neither one had any idea what we were in for 17 years ago when we said "I do", but I know now, more than ever, just how much God loves, provides, teaches, and blesses us! He is so good and I am so thankful for the gift of my husband and children!

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

It's Maple Time on the Farm

Jon & the boys tapped our trees on February 4th. We put in 10 taps. Thanks to some friends there is a bunch of firewood chopped so the sap is being cooked down outside. So far we've canned about 2 gallons of syrup. We haven't had our celebratory pancake meal yet, but everyone is looking forward to it! I love living in the country & watching my husband & boys working hard to raise/process food for our family! I'm feeling very thankful today for our decision to move here and the benefits it has meant for our whole family.