Saturday, November 20, 2010

more pics of Sage and Ashlee





We made some sauerkraut last weekend and it is fermenting right now, that is what all the mess and jars are of. It has been a Halder family tradition forever so we bought a cabbage shredder this year and are keeping the tradition alive! It is one of our favorites. I also learned how to make soap! I friend of ours took a class and brought all her stuff to the farm and taught me how to make soap. We made a Milk and Honey batch using milk from the sheep and unpasteurized honey from my uncles bees. We added no fragrance so they smell like graham crackers ( probably from the honey ). They are sitting downstairs right now to cure for a few weeks so we will see how they turn out in a few weeks. I will try to post a pic of that too! Ash is enjoying his sister and I am learning valuable lessons on patience with two! And valuable lessons in "not getting anything done". We are all doing good though.

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Sage has arrived!


Sage has some wild hair!
Daddy and Ash cooking up some pumpkin for homebrew.
the picture below is of Ashlee and the ones above are of Sage.

So, Sage Jarret Halder arrived October 31, 2010 at 9:20pm. She came into this world weighing 8lb even and she was 21 inches long. Labor was fast and we were able to have a natural delivery again. She looks very similar to Ashlee when he was first born, but she has a little bit more hair and it is a little darker. We will see what happens when she grows into it. I put a pic of Ash next to the pic of Sage. See the similarities. Sage is a great sleeper, great pooper and a great eater. She loves her brother and Daddy always kisses her cheeks and makes her cranky with his beard I imagine. She loves it though.