stephen colbert with maurice sendak

Oh my GOODNESS, this two-part interview with Maurice Sendak on The Colbert Report this week absolutely slayed me. The genius of these two together is just beyond. A combination so wrong that is is somehow deliciously, hilariously right.

a quote for your thursday

“Do not grow old, no matter how long you live.

Never cease to stand like curious children

before the Great Mystery into which we were born.”

- Albert Einstein

Quote found here

Image found here

day on breastfeeding

Woman in white cape, breastfeeding a baby

(Beatrice Baxter Ruyl feeding Ruth Ruyl), 1905.

By F. Holland Day.

The Louise Imogen Guiney Collection, Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division.

baby sleep positions

We love co-sleeping, and are looking forward to bedsharing as a family of five (!!!) but I would be lying if I said I didn't get a chuckle out of this series of illustrations posted over at How To Be A Dad. If you've ever gotten a foot in the face in the middle of the night, or wondered if you would ever sleep cuddled up to your partner again, you have to click over and read the hilarious descriptions of "The Stalker", "The Neck Scarf", "Booby Trap", and "H is for Hell" for yourself.

PS: On a more serious note, here's what the Directors of the Mother-Baby Behavioral Sleep Laboratory at the University of Notre Dame have to say about cosleeping and bedsharing.

kilim boots

How fabulous are these boots handmade with vintage Kilims?

I seriously covet them.

Birth Story of the Week: In the Front Seat of a Ford Focus

Clocking in at less than a minute of footage, this is one of the shortest, yet one of the most powerful birth videos I've ever posted! Amazing.

PS: Have I really neglected this series since the end of October??? I have to get back into it...I miss the stories!

snow in suburbia

Our first snow since having our own yard! So far, so fun ;)

birth mix

I've started to think about compiling my birth playlist for the impending arrival of baby #3!

So far, tunes on my mind include (in no particular order according to mood or vibe or genre):

Under Pressure

Something's Got a Hold on Me

Got to Get You Into My Life

Give it up or Turn it Loose

Push It

Diggin' on you

Folding Chair

Lean on Me

These Arms of Mine

No Ordinary Love

Love is the Seventh Wave

All is Love

I Concentrate on You

What songs buoy you in labor? I would love to hear your thoughts, suggestions, and stories of how you used music in childbirth! Check out this awesome radio broadcast on the topic ;)

gauguin on breastfeeding

The Offering, Paul Gauguin, circa 1902

Oil on canvas, 68 x 78 cm

Buhrle Collection, Zurich, Switzerland

Another of my favorite depictions of breastfeeding by Gauguin, here.

forget feminist ryan gosling

OMG, Porn for Pregnant Ladies has me DYING. So funny. Read them all, over at the brilliant Pregnant Chicken.

DIY love

Honestly...WTF always posts the best DIY projects. I am in love with these easy-peasy braided bead bracelets. Aren't they so great?

easy vegetarian recipes

Last week I ran across a yummy-looking collection of vegetarian recipes and so far I've tried out these two with great success: Rigatoni with Goat Cheese and Layered Eggplant and Polenta Casserole. They were both easy, hearty, and delicious -- and the casserole even had my eggplant-averse husband going for seconds! Mmmmmmm. Have you tried any new recipes lately?