Goddess Woman: September 2004

Thursday, September 30, 2004

Rhia's party

Rhiannon's birthday party went really well. I posted pictures on her blog of the cake I made her, and some decorations and such. It was fun!

This week, I also did a reading for a friend who is very pregnant - she wanted to know about the impending birth/labor/baby, etc. So I decided to ask the faeries - I asked 3 questions and pulled a card for each question. I asked about the labor, and drew Penelope Dreamweaver, so I told her that labor would be a lot of hard work, take a lot of energy, etc., but that she would handle it well. I then asked if the baby would be here early, and drew Spirit Dancer, so I felt that the baby would come on his own, that she wouldn't have to be induced (she's had to be induced with the last 2 kids). The last question was about her recovery, and drew the Journeyman, which I took to mean that her recovery would be carefree, no issues or worries. I did this on Tuesday, and she went into labor that night (glad I got it done in time!), on her own, so I was right about that. Her labor was long, ~24 hours, but she did great (no worries or c/section or anything), and her recovery thus far has been great (apparently she had a hemmorhage with her last baby, so she was worried about that, though I didn't know). So I'm excited! I was a little nervous putting myself out there (because it's pretty easy to be proved wrong in this instance), so it feels great that I (and the faeries!) were right! :)

I wasn't sure how else to do that reading for her. I haven't used the Faeries' deck to read another person before, but it just felt right. I know it's not a traditional way of doing a reading, but I think it worked for what I was trying to do. I feel pretty good about the readings I've done so far. I feel a real connection this way, like it's something even I can do, if that makes sense. It just feels good to find out I'm good at something witchy. I mean, I don't astral project, or see spirits, or auras, or fairies. I've never had any paranormal experiences at all. I'm still trying to figure out how to raise energy, for Pete's sake!

I just feel most comfortable with the more earthy-type things - learning about and collecting herbs, making different incenses (I've made several incenses, a skin salve, and 2 tinctures now!), and now learning and reading the Tarot. I guess I feel it's a way for me to tap into the Divine (I have a whole Reading Ritual that I do :), and it feels good to get positive feedback in the form of good readings.

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May I have a genius grant?

This is a great article - this foundation gives away $500,000 to recipients who show potential in some category. Like writing, or preserving rag-time, or creating new ways to work with glass, or "opening new paths for controlling inorganic chemical reactions". One lady who won, "studies the history of shared knowledge between medieval Byzantium and its neighbors in the Islamic Middle East".

It's amazing what things we humans are doing out there in the world this very minute. While I am vegging in front of my computer, there is an artist out there who "works to make paintings more three-dimensional and sculptures more painterly". And she just got $500,000 to figure it out. I hope she does, because I'd like to see it.

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Friday, September 24, 2004

To Rhiannon, on her birthday

Dear Rhiannon,
You've grown tall, your hair has gotten long, you've learned to talk to me, you've learned to walk. You've accomplished so much in the past year since your last birthday, and I am intensely proud of you.

Your will has become strong, and even when it goes against my own, I am pleased to see you asserting yourself. I know you are going to be a beautiful challenge for me, and I look forward to every struggle, to every time you speak your mind, even when you know I won't like what you have to say. I love that you don't give up, I love that you know how to take your knocks, I love that you are strong.

Your heart has become tender. I have watched you change from taking love - the hugs, kisses, cuddles - to giving it, happily and frequently. Before leaving you to go to sleep, when you wrap your arms around my neck, tight, so I can't get away, and then give me a kiss, and say "love you" (which sounds so adorable in your language - "wuhvoo"), it makes me feel as though I've gotten something right today. Any anger, any ill feelings of any kind disappear, and I'm filled with your light, your purity, your goodness.

I feel so blessed to have you in my life. I see you imitate me, and it makes me a better person, because I want you to be a better person. I want you to see only goodness in the world. I want you to see only goodness in me. I know this is not possible, but it really makes this old cynic try to make the world a better place, and myself a better mother. For you.

in truest love,
~mama

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Thursday, September 23, 2004

Two years ago today...

I was perched on a birthing stool, and had been pushing for an hour already - Rhiannon was born at 12:38am (less than an hour to go). What a trip.

It's so hard to believe that she will be two years old tomorrow. My water broke on the morning of the 23rd, and I didn't really want her to be born on the 23rd. It just seemed like an "off" day to me. After she was born, I heard one of the midwives tell Dave she was born at 12:38, so I was happy to learn that it had become the 24th during the process.

Rhiannon's birth was the single most amazing experience of my life. It was pure emotion, pure adrenaline, primitive, primal, natural. I labored in a tub of warm water, and I let go and let the water wash over me, let the surges rise and ebb, rise and ebb, until I couldn't tell that there was ever a pause. Each one felt as though it knocked the wind out of me; there's a reason they tell laboring women to breathe. But there was no pain. There were little bursts of panic, when my rational mind tried to control my body, stop the contracting, give me my breath. Then I remembered that my body knew what it was doing, even if I didn't, and that I had to let it do its job. Eventually she was coming; the birthing process was slow, probably for a reason. Her head was molding into a perfect cone as it went, decreasing its girth. My body was squeezing the fluid from her lungs during her long descent, preparing her to breathe air for the very first time. Her head slowly stretched my skin, allowing it time to rest before stretching it some more, making sure not to damage me. Once her head was born, her body came in one fast movement, causing me to gasp with the speed with which I was suddenly emptied. Then I pulled her gently from the water, and looked into my daughter's eyes for the very first time. They were deep and black, and looked right into me. In that moment, I felt the measure of who I was; it was as if I had just glimpsed my own soul in her eyes. And I was never the same.

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Wednesday, September 22, 2004

I feel pretty, oh so pretty...

I went to a party with Sandy Monday night. It was pretty cool. She's friends with the musical director for Cirque du Soleil's "O" show, who threw the party. It was very artsy and trendy, but I enjoyed the people-watching. It was kind of neat being totally out of my element for a change. It was held in a little jazz club/restaurant that's usually closed on Mondays, but the owner is friends with the host, so he opened it for the private party. The jam sessions were AWESOME!!! There were musicians from Celine Dion's band playing, musicians and singers from virtually every Cirque du Soleil show there (Mystere, O, Zumanity), and it was really great. I got to chatting with a bass player from Mystere (Sandy knew him too), who then got up and totally kicked ASS - I was seriously blown away. He was really cool, and we ended up talking for quite a bit. Anyway, I talked to Sandy tonight, and he apparently called her today and told her he thought I was really cool, and was I single?!

*skips off singing...*

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Weirded out

I talked to my Mom this afternoon. She called me... shoot, there are several different stories associated with this.
Story 1: It's my birthday! (which is why my mom was calling me.) I went to the store today, and got to chatting with the checkout guy, and he said it was his birthday today. So I said "Mine too!" - he said he was now 22. I said Oh, yeah? I'm 28. So he says "Well, don't worry, you still look good for your age." I cracked up. For my age? He was serious too, it was kind of sweet, since he was trying to be nice. LOL

Story 2: I wrote my friend, the one who wanted the reading, last night. She wrote to me saying she liked the reading (below), but in the same email she asked for another one, this time asking if she and the other guy were going to be together. It sort of surprised me. I told her no, that it's basically the same question, because the two situations are mutually exclusive. I didn't reply right away, because I was trying to figure out if I should tell her what she needed to hear, and because I was a little miffed, if you want the truth. In the end, I felt like I had to say something. So I told her that she was playing with fire and is very close to seriously fucking up her life and the life of her little girl. I'm the only one she's talking to about this whole "situation", so nobody else is going to tell her to think about what she's doing. I hope she speaks to me again. I won't keep harping on her, and I'll keep my mouth shut from now on, but I couldn't just sit there and not say anything. I was polite, but honest and very blunt. But it had to be said, and I got stuck being the messenger.

Now, Story 3: So I was on the phone with my Mom, and I started telling her the whole situation with my friend. In order to tell the story properly, I told her I had done a Tarot reading for her. So this is the weird part: She goes "Can I get a reading?"! I was speechless for a minute. My mom has recently re-converted to the Xian religion that I am currently trying to recover from. So, obviously, they do not generally get Tarot readings. I was afraid she was going to freak out, actually, figuring I was "communing with the devil" or some such. At the very least, I didn't expect much more of a response than "oh". So yeah, I'm a bit weirded out, but it's cool. :)

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Merry Mabon!

Today is Mabon, the Autumn Equinox. The air is getting crisp (or at least as crisp as it gets in the desert!), the leaves will start turning colors, and it's time to bring in the last harvest. Goddess begins her transformation into the wise Crone, and God prepares to sacrifice himself and pours his essence into the land. Today I will celebrate this turning of the wheel, and help usher in a new season. I'm going to bake some pumpkin bread this afternoon (I have to run to the store, since I'm out of nearly everything), and do a simple ritual tonight. Our local Pagan Pride day is this Saturday, and they're doing a food drive, so I'll bring some donations to that as well.

I feel very Autumn-esque, too. I put some pictures below of my decorating efforts. I've been working on my altar for some time now, and I enjoyed adding some little extras for Mabon. Decorating the house and the altar really does help to get me into the spirit of the holiday, and I'm pleased that my efforts to bring the holidays, and Goddess, into my life have paid off with such rewards.

In other news, we finally sold Dave's motorcycle (again)! Yesterday a kid called up (he's all of 24, and since I turn 28 today, he's a kid. LOL), and said he wanted to take a look at it. So I lit some incense, visualized him coming to look at it, liking it and wanting to take it immediately, for full asking price, and paying cash. It happened exactly like that (except for full asking price - but his offer was within the price range we hoped to get)! I put it out in the sun, started it up, and he said "I really like it! I'll pay cash!" - it was so fast. yay! Then I had to light more incense and give thanks. :)

Enough chattering from me, I should probably get some "real" work done today. Nah, I'll just go to the store and do some baking, with the windows open to catch the lovely cool breeze (and to waft the smells through the neighborhood!).

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My altar, decorated for Mabon (that's my fab new Mabon candle in front :). The wand is made of Rowan, and was hand-made in Glastonbury, with the wood taken from a grove in Avalon. How cool is that?!? :)

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Decorating for Mabon - This is the nook in my front entry. I found a 5-pointed star made from grape vines!

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My herbal hutch!

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herbal hutch closeup

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Tuesday, September 21, 2004

Froud art

Man, I never knew that I could actually get a Brian Froud original painting. Of course, in this instance, GET is theoretical.
*covet covet covet*
*hmmmm, I do have that 401(k) money that's not doing anything important, and after all, retirement is a very long way away.*
*hey, if I'm a "career mom" now, do I even get to retire?*

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Awesome video

I was sent this killer site! It's like a site "trailer", but it's really cool. It has incredible fantasy art, from my favorite artists: Brian Froud, Amy Brown and David Delamare. The site itself looks pretty cool too.

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Sunday, September 19, 2004

Gendercide

"When a son is born,
Let him sleep on the bed,
Clothe him with fine clothes,
And give him jade to play...
When a daughter is born,
Let her sleep on the ground,
Wrap her in common wrappings,
And give broken tiles to play..."
Ancient Chinese "Book of Songs" (1000-700 B.C.)

I just read this article about China's 'missing girls'. Their policy of only allowing one child per family, coupled with their valuing boys much more highly than girls, caused a sort of gendercide over the last 25 years. The elimination of girls has taken several forms: the aborting of female fetuses after ultrasound scans are performed to determine the gender; infanticide (the murder of newborn baby girls); and abandonment (girls are abandoned at a MUCH higher rate than boys). Now they're realizing that they are creating a society composed mostly of young men, who will have little to no chance of marrying. As a result, the trafficking of young women and girls into the country has increased, as well as the potential for prostitution. So not only have they systematically eliminated girls, but they will now further exploit women via prostitution and endentured servitude.
They're trying to change their policy and are now offering financial incentives for women to give birth to girls. So it's great that they're waking up and realizing the ramifications of their actions, but instead of changing their outlook on women, and valuing them as equals and as persons to be revered and venerated, they're merely trying to increase the female population in order to provide wives to the men.
I'm boiling mad right now. Don't even get me started on the orphanages overflowing with beautiful little girls that nobody wants!!!!

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One sick puppy

Doctor Unheimlich has diagnosed me with Jodi's Disorder
Cause:	viral
Symptoms:	euphoria, glowing, loss of libido
Cure:	take four anti-depressants every day for the rest of your life
Enter your name, for your own diagnosis:

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Thursday, September 16, 2004

Warm fuzzies

I just got an email from my friend that I did the reading for:
"They were so right on! I was more amazed after each paragraph I read! It's amazing! It helps to know I have you to trust and count on in my time of need. You're such a beautiful friend! I love you for that...and for just being you too!"

Awwwww. I love it. :)
Nice way to end the day.

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Herbs at my door!

The FedEx guy popped by today, and dropped off a fabulous collection of herbs and oils that I'd ordered. Yay! I've been working on my Mabon knowledge, and am trying to figure out what I'm going to do for it this year. So I've been spending time coming up with incense recipes. :) I made a "Jodi Exclusive" Mabon blend tonight - at least I'll have my killer Mabon candle and some incense to burn.
I also made my first salve this week, with beeswax and calendula oil. I had to redo it today since it was too hard, so I melted it back down and added more oil.

I'm still working on Rhiannon's birthday party. I'm going to do a celestial theme, and make her a crescent moon cake. She's really into the moon right now - she points it out in all her books, besides outside at night. Today she pointed at the sun through the tree and said "Moon!". LOL She was outside with Dave the other evening when we were having major lightning and thunder. This HUGE flash of lightning happened, followed immediately by a massive thunderclap. I thought for sure Dave would bring her in screaming because she'd be so freaked out, but no. He said she jumped, but then started laughing and clapping while it was still going on. My little fearless one! She still talks about it, she has a whole gesture worked out with it, and she says "Thun-doh!" and makes a crashing noise.
Her bedtime story tonight was All I See is Part of Me - "I used to think that I was small... a little body, that was all." It's a really great story for kids about the interconnectedness of all things. Oh, and tonight she pointed out the faces of the spirits in the trees in one of the illustrations, and I had never seen them in how many umpteen times of reading the story. She's incredibly intuitive. *ok, so allow a teensy bit of mother's bias here*

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Wednesday, September 15, 2004

Election Fever

OK, I just realized I was analyzing multiple tables of data regarding recent poll results. Must get help...
Election Scorecard - Where the presidential race stands today.

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Saturday, September 11, 2004

First Reading!

I just got done doing my first Tarot reading for someone other than myself! I'm really excited, I think it was good. I usually have a hard time summing things up, but this time it seemed that all the cards were totally connected. (or maybe I was just able to see the connections easily for the first time? does this mean I'm improving?!) I've spent the most time with the Faeries' Oracle.

<digression>
OMG! In trying to link to the Faeries' Oracle, I went to the Froud's main site, and found something I absolutely MUST have!! Brian Froud's The Runes of Elfland: Visions and Stories from the Faerie Alphabet May I just say that I secretly covet Brian Froud? He is god-like, I swear. I even have a fairy tattoo from one of his books. :)
Wait! I found something else! Two more books I must have! I have A Midsummer Night's Faery Tale, but I didn't know Wendy Froud had written more as a series. Yay! More awesome books for me! *ahem, I mean Rhiannon*
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For some reason, I felt strange using the Faeries' deck to read for someone else, though. I found a more standard deck in a drawer when I got home from MN, the Renaissance Tarot, that I apparently bought years ago in Seattle, and never used. ? I've been getting to know this deck more recently, so decided to give it a try for my friend. It was great! I didn't know you could just use the Major Arcana in a reading, but I did that for the first time too.
I have this friend who is going through some difficulties in her marriage (another guy at work has been a "distraction"), and her question related to staying in the marriage. The cards came out all in agreement - that yes, the marriage can be made even better, but it will take a lot of work, and that the secrets have to stop.

If anyone would care to give an interpretation, I'd like to see it (compare notes, as it were). I did the 10-card Celtic Cross spread, using only Major Arcana.
1. (current influences) 17 - The Star. This is the only one that confused me a bit. I thought maybe it related to possible recent improved circumstances in the relationship.
2. (immediate influences) 4 - The Emperor. I saw this as the other guy
3. (goal or destiny) 3 - The Empress. Marriage & motherhood, loving union.
4. (past influences) 2 - High Priestess. Secrets, things not as they seem.
5. (passing influences) 12 - Hanged Man, reversed. Ignoring intuition has led to bad decisions.
6. (future) 11 - Strength, reversed. Progress and happiness are possible, but it will take a fight.
7. (yourself, your answer) 16 - The Tower. Inner turmoil, current attitudes (toward marriage) will have to be destroyed in order to have growth and progress.
8. (environmental factors) 15 - The Devil. I saw this as the lust and sexual attraction for the other guy, passion.
9. (hopes & fears) 8 - Justice. Marriage - a need for balance, order & clarity in her life.
10. (final result) 7 - The Chariot. They will overcome these problems, but it will take a lot of effort and hard work, it won't be an easy road.

I wrote it up for her (hopefully more clearly than above - at least I used more words :), and sent it off. I'll see what she thinks.

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Wednesday, September 08, 2004

Bloody tongues

Rhiannon had another spill this morning. She had gotten into the tub, and then was trying to get out again. I looked over as she hit the floor, on her back, cracking her head against the side of the tub and the floor. I kept checking her mouth (because the last few times I've thought she wasn't hurt, and then blood comes pouring out of her mouth a little later), and sure enough, it was bleeding. I didn't know what she had cut in there, but then she opened it enough for me to see her tongue, and she had bitten right into it. I get the willies every time I think of it. I'm not good with blood in general, let alone coming from my wee one, and a nasty looking injury. Later I saw that she had bit into the other side as well!! Poor thing. I gave her some homeopathic medicine that's supposed to help with healing, and she's been munching on popsicles (home-made, with apple juice). She's also been crabby, so I know it's bothering her. I've been giving her Tylenol too, to help with the pain.

In MN, she fell down the stairs at my in-laws, hit her forehead on the sharp edge of the wood floor trim, and ended up with four stitches in her head! This was right before she was supposed to be in my sil's wedding. At least Rhia has thick bangs, because you couldn't really see the band-aid.

Our little bruiser

Then she scraped up her thigh on some bricks at my aunt's house, scraped up her other leg on the cement step at the il's, and cut a huge gash in her lip at a playground! The playground story is funny, too. This older girl (4 or 5 years old) was at the playground with her mom while we were there. She got on the sand digger thing, where you use the controls to maneuver the scoop, and she pinched her finger. This was such a big deal that she was whisked off to the car to take care of her wound. While she was getting bandaged up, Rhiannon slipped climbing up the steps on the equipment, bashed her face on the rail, and split her lip wide open. Seriously, she nearly bit a piece off! Blood everywhere - her hands, face, hair, down my shirt, my hands... you get the picture. I mop her up with some napkins and the ice from my soda, and suggest that we head home. Rhiannon snaps her head up, "No! Slide!", and climbs off my lap to go right back to those steps and keep playing. The (s)mother part of me wanted to snatch her up and take her home for some R&R, but I was also incredibly proud of her. I love that strength in her - I would never want to undermine that. She'd already gone down the slide a couple times before the other girl got back from her doctoring session. The other mom probably thought I was some sort of misfit for letting her keep playing, but that's the great thing about parenting - you raise your kid the way you want, and I'll raise mine the way I want, and we can both know we're right.

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Tuesday, September 07, 2004

Cernunnos

Today is a Celtic holiday honoring Cernunnos, my "patron god" so to speak.
This is from my GrannyMoon newsletter:

Horned Dance at Abbotts Bromley, which honors the Horned God, Cernunnos. "The Horned One" is a god of fertility, life, animals, wealth, and the underworld. He was worshipped all over Gaul, and his cult spread into Britain as well. Cernunnos is depicted with the antlers of a stag, sometimes carries a purse filled with coin. The Horned God is born at the winter solstice, marries the goddess at Beltane, and dies at the summer solstice. He alternates with the goddess of the moon in ruling over life and death, continuing the cycle of death, rebirth and reincarnation.

It was relatively easy for me to identify with Goddess, but more difficult to find a God representation. I feel particularly close to Gaia, as Mother Nature, at this point in my life, and Cernunnos to me seems like Father Nature. The Green Man, Pan, etc. I have my eye on a lovely Cernunnos statue for my birthday. :)

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Monday, September 06, 2004

Kids left in cars

People, kids do not belong in cars by themselves! I don't care if you leave the car running so they have air conditioning - A car is not a playpen.

CNN.com - Two girls killed after falling out of car - Sep 6, 2004

Man, that's so amazingly sad. I don't want to go to bed on that note.

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Unpatriotic

I love Slate. This article says everything I think about the whole Bush campaign and presidency. I said "Yes!" out loud at the end. LOL

Imperial President - Opposing Bush becomes unpatriotic. By William Saletan

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Labor Day Weekend

I've had a great weekend. Dave had all 3 days off (!!), which has been awesome. It's been so nice to have him around, and Rhiannon loves it too.

Saturday I went to Cacklefest, and got to see Cerr, Ember, Corey, Judy, Brianne, and Brad. Good times. Cerr and I didn't get much chance to talk about the Faery Trad, but I'm sure we will soon. Ember set up a belly-dancing class for us next Monday! I'm really excited about it, since I've been wanting to learn, but I'd never have the courage to take a regular class. So it's awesome that it will be just a few people that I know and am comfortable with. It makes all the difference, since I didn't get a full dose of the Gracefulness gene. At all. In fact, I think it skipped me completely. LOL
After Cacklefest, I went shopping and picked up some natural beeswax so I can make some salves now (in theory anyway). I need to use oils for it, and I need either fresh herbs to make my own infused oils (which I don't have), or essential oils (which I also don't have). But I have the beeswax! LOL

Yesterday we went to the local Children's Museum - Rhiannon had a blast! We were there for over 2 hours, and she was asleep within 10 minutes of getting in the van. After her nap, we headed out to the Psychic Eye, which is an awesome store!! And it's not too far from us, either. I picked up some more herbs for making incense, and I found an athame!! I didn't think I'd ever have an athame, since the ones I've seen have been way too expensive, but this one was so reasonably priced that I couldn't pass it up. Dave found a really sweet sword, too. Shopping always puts us in a good mood. :)

Today is wide open, but we're all together, so I'm sure it will be great. :)

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Growing up

Kids are so amazing. When people say "they grow up so fast", it's so true. It's not like you notice every day how they're changing. It's gradual for a long time, which lulls you into a sense of continuity, that things will stay the same for a while. Then, without warning, the changes all seem to come at once, and the child is suddenly so different that you're wondering where the previous stage went and when it ended.
Rhiannon has changed so much in the past couple of weeks, it's honestly astounding. A month ago she was just starting to put two words together. Now she's doing it all the time, and sometimes she uses complete sentences. She's talking so much, and she makes me laugh every day with the things she comes up with.
She's also weaning herself - a month ago she was nursing 3x/day consistently, and now she's pretty much done. I started encouraging her to give up a nursing session here and there, and she really gave it up without too much of a fight. She's nursed twice in the last week. This is a kid who I thought would be asking to nurse until she was 5!! LOL I was going to start to wean her by the time she was 2.5, if she hadn't already. But I started to feel like I wanted her to be done, so I helped her give up the morning nursing session while we were in MN, and then worked on the night-time and nap-time ones when we got home. She fought those one time each, and now she's content with our new go-to-sleep routine - where we cuddle and read stories and she drinks milk from her sippy cup.

Anyway, it just seems like she's made so many changes in just a few weeks. She seems to be just growing up - emotionally maturing, not just physically growing - so fast now. I'm so proud of her, and would never wish her to return to the baby phase, but sometimes I miss the baby she used to be. But I feel so truly blessed to bear witness to this process - watching her blossom and become her own self.

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Thursday, September 02, 2004

Dragon

You are a green dragon. YOu dwell in the forest and
you love peace. You don't often bother yourself
with human affairs but you love to help when
needed.

Which Dragon resides in your soul? (cool pictures!)
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Rhiannon's birthday present

I'm so excited! We found this for Rhiannon's birthday, and think it's so awesome: Woodsy Tree House

We're also getting her a wooden sewing machine - she can turn the wheel and make the "needle" go up and down on the fabric, and it spools and unspools the thread. So now she has something to do when I'm sewing too!

I love toys! Particularly the cool, wooden ones that inspire imaginative play, as opposed to the slick plastic ones that do everything for the kid! :)

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