growing oona and a growing list of stuff

What OOna and mom have now:

• 10 onesies (mostly 3-6 months)
• 6 baby blankets (ranging in sizes)
• cradle
• stroller
• 3 stuffed animals (frog, bear, puppy)
• 1 bib
• 1 burp blanket
• 3 shirt/pant tops
• 2 pair socks
• 1 cradle mattress sheet
• 1 boppy nursing pillow and cover

What she'll likely need (still adding to this list):

• Baby wraps
• More bibs
• Infant Car Carrier (we have stroller adapter for this one)
• BundleMe bag
• Baby Medical Set
• Bumbo Baby Sitter (green)
• Hushamok sling (green)

Stuff we daydream about:

• Nova Natural products
• Lucky Wang kimono onesies
• Blabla sock dolls
• Ugly Dolls
• Tea collection clothing
• Petit Bateau clothing
• Baby Bonkie swaddles
• Oeuf knits
• Discount Babystyle Outlet

28 weeks and counting...

We went for an ultrasound yesterday to check Oona's heart in detail. Not really the best office visit we've had. We drove to a scanning facility in Yonkers and were there 2 1/2 hours for a simple ultrasound. The temperature was 85 and dry. Keely and I were wilting and looked liked we were ready to pass out when the doctor came in after the second hour. I definitely missed sitting in the nice midwife lounge. I passed the time reading Baby Catcher, something I'm hoping to try in a couple months.

We won't go back there, though we did get one good picture of Oona's developing face. She was 2 pounds 11 ounces yesterday. All four chambers of her heart looked well developed. Her heartbeat was strong around 130 bpm. They did lots of other checks on her organs but we'll likely wait to go over the details with our midwife. We just wanted to get out of that oppressive office. She's looking good though. No major issues to speak of.

Oona party

In order to get one last party in before all the leaves dropped and before Keely turns into an even larger version of herself, we had a combo Fall Harvest party and Oona celebration this past weekend. Basically, Oona's local community all showed up to help us recognize Keely's hard work growing this girl and to help us get ready for the big event. Some pics are posted here, but what's not posted is all the "stuff for Oona" we received. Grandma McPhearson even managed to send out a wooden truck from a collection of my original baby stuff in good 'ole Hoosierland. We firmly believe it takes a community to help along any human in life, and Oona's community is strong, generous, loving, and frankly amazing. We are lucky to have such great friends and family.


Lots of wine and good fall harvest food and drinks of course. A hand picked Bordeaux wine tasting from 1995 to 2004, with St. Germain-champagne cocktails to start. We went all out for this one. The cheeses and fruit may have been the best part, all local and stellar.

Thanks to Polly and John for the super duper stroller. And thanks to everyone for everything Oona related. I'll be updating the list of Oona stuff shortly.

A little notice

You may or may not know this about Keely, but she is constantly checking out design websites and blogs, and lately interior design webspaces. What that also means is our decorating occasionally ends up on some webspace here or there. We have slowly been reworking the nursery/guest room now that our new bedroom/attic is finished. Apartmenttherapy.com just posted a story on our nursery here.

A little while back we were also redesigning our office space and apartment therapy posted a short story on that decorating job as well. You can see the evolution of the interior space, but also Keely's art. Look closely and you'll notice the tree went from a line drawing to a painting.

27 Weeks!

Oona turned 27 weeks yesterday. That means, not only can she hear quite well and is getting used to sounds, song, us talking, but she can open and close her eyes already. She's upwards of two pounds, and if you asking Keel, in a super growth spurt. This baby's gettin' big!

You can see more info on Oona's progress here.

Fun Fact: Doctors attend 92 percent of all U.S. births. Midwives attend only 8 percent. We are planning our delivery with a midwifery clinic called Full Circle Family Care. They are devoted to holistic and complete women's care. The bonus of this place, the only one in the tri-county area, is that they also provide pre-natal yoga classes, acupuncture, chiropractic care, counseling, GYN, and more. We are very happy with the quality and attention that Keely gets here. What's more, their hospital affiliation is with Phelps Memorial, in Sleep Hollow. This means Oona will be born in the town Washington Irving lived in when he wrote The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. I can see Oona dressed up for Halloween already with a giant flaming pumpkin on her head.

Keel's recent pumpkin

Last night Keel went to another pre-natal yoga class at Full Circle with our good friend Shannon, who is also pregnant (with her second), only a few weeks ahead of Keel. The same Full Circle yoga teacher is now teaching a class at Stone Barns. It's a small midwifery world.