little feet, big sky

When it rains, it pours, right?

My mother drove down for the weekend. I can’t begin to describe how nice it was to have her here. Kinda weird, in fact, considering that we’ve never been that close. She spent Friday night with my sister, who’s also going through some rough crap, and came back here yesterday. We didn’t do much, just sort of hung around through Spice’s afternoon fussies, but her presence was invaluble. Right around 5pm when I broke down exhausted and crying.

I have a cold, so she whipped up a ginger and coriander tea for me and took the baby unless I needed to feed her. She also made sure I ate, stuffing me with rice and curry, which I swore between mouthfuls was the best thing I’d ever tasted. She helped me get to bed with Spice early, a godsend since I ended up getting up every three hours to ease Spice’s congestion. Oh, and lots of motherly advice was dispensed and which I was actually grateful for.

And then she left this morning. After making me french toast. *sigh*

As if that wasn’t enough of a mood killer, I promptly managed to slip and fall down our metal staircase, which has resulted in a nasty bump on my arm and the spouse banning me from heavy lifting. At least it’s not broken, but the pain is just one more thing I don’t need right now. :-(

I miss my mommy.

Sometimes, I just like swaggy things – you know, things that are probably not neccessary to get the job done, but make it a hell of a lot more fun/interesting/easy. Like using a small ice cream scoop to make perfect drops of cookie dough. Or a hand blender to puree a soup right in the pot.

That’s how I keep eyeing these nursing tops by . I live in tank tops, especially ones with the built-in shelf “bra”, and I think these would be perfect while nursing.

There’s a little clasp halfway between your breast and shoulder that releases and your breast pokes out from a hole in a second layer. That second layer has a bit of support and the flap in front has a mesh lining for holding nursing pads.

They have a variety of tank tops ($34 -$39), including long tank tops (I like those), a long-sleeved shirt ($44), a knee-length slip dress ($44), and even a tankini 2-pc. swimsuit ($54). Shipping seems reasonable at $5 within the U.S., though they do seem to have a signature-required policy for 4 or more items.