I love reading blogs and I love your blog! I do follow Instagram, too, but I prefer blogs.

Congratulations!!

I love it! I think the shark cake turned out fabulously. My kids have the same sewing book and my son just made the drawstring bag - so fun to see a different version! I love the adorable shark that K made, too, and Freddie and the overalls. The birthday boy himself could not be cuter.

I love it!

I had two voracious night nursers as well. I night weaned both of them around 15 months using this method: http://drjaygordon.com/attachment/sleeppattern.ht... and we still continued co-sleeping and I continued nursing in the mornings, to sleep, and during the day. I never thought night weaning would work, but Dr. Gordon's method did work successfully with both of them and after one rough week each, we were all much, much happier and better rested. I hope you can find a good solution!

Nicole - I just wanted to comment that I grew up in Northern California, which is beautiful, and I live in upstate NY right now (I think you grew up here?) and have for the past 15 years. I certainly love the green and lushness, and all the water. However, I went to college and lived in Northern Arizona for six years. The landscape there is very similar to your pictures of Idaho. I feel like the Arizona forest and high desert had more impact on me than anything here in NY (despite the fact that we live in the foothills of the beautiful Adirondacks) and I really, really miss it. There's just some sort of spiritual connection to the huge rocks and wide open sky and landscape that cannot be matched anywhere else. And there is an ABUNDANCE of wildlife and plant life; I was so surprised to find so much life in such a dry climate. Also, I'm not sure if Idaho gets the monsoon rains in July like Arizona does, but if so, everything will green up and look beautiful. Another plus of living in the high desert: when my husband and I moved from Flagstaff to NY, it took us a full year to adjust to not seeing the sun every day. Now, when we have beautiful, crystal clear blue days with no humidity (a rarity here), we call them "Flagstaff days" - definitely not something to be taken for granted! I wish you luck and happiness with your move. I know you are giving up a lot leaving Oregon, but I think you will find so much adventure and many good things in Idaho.

These look wonderful! My kids would love them.

Oh, this is just so adorable!

yes, she'll be 5 in September. I showed her C's skirt and she said she'd like one for her 5 birthday, too.

So many beautiful things! I absolutely love the chicken - I may have to make one for my chicken-loving son. The skirt and sweater are so pretty. I especially love the tangerine flowers, although I know my daughter would love the Rapunzel print. I can't believe C is 5! She and my daughter are 5 months apart, and my daughter looks quite a bit like C. I've been reading your blog since they were both very little, and it's been fun to watch C grow up!