LisaHurwitzArt: January 2009

yup. that's basically how it is these days.....my baby and all the baby stuff that having a baby entails...my husband, the boys, the dogs and cats....my house that i feel will never be clean again, the wash that never ends and then...oh yes....my studio that i can't seem to spend enough time in...hmmmm....wonder why.

the whole collage thing leads me to what i have been doing in the studio besides painting....that's right. collaging. i know i know....mama turning all martha stewart crafty....but it's just a little deviation from painting. so much fun and easy to do in every room in the house (easier to get a little paper and glue off the couch and fingers than cadmium red oils).

i took all of the sketches from the girls i drew from my "waiting room" painting" (which by the way is JUST about done) and cut them out like little paper dolls. silly how much fun i had. then, the fun part was picking out allof the fabric i LOVE LOVE LOVE and instead of painting my version of it (which takes FOREVER) i simply cut it out. woo hoo...so so sweet. i also just used oils and guache for the faces and little body parts that stick out of the fabric. the fabric i chose is all AMY BUTLER.

then, there's this one:

this one is pretty much completed the same way...from my "sleeping sadie" painting, but a bit more on the sketchy side. i like things sketchy...

i'm going to move on to my family and our first real snow day in philly...and eli's first snow ever.
of course we went sledding! even though we live in the city we live a stones throw from the most beautiful park and woods on the east coast... fairmount park . anyway, we have a secret spot right near our house that hardly any one knows about...the SWEETEST sledding hill!!! here's some higlights:

nate and henry were in heaven....first run of the day....

daddy joined in....

i don't know who had more fun....

me, eli (in pouch) and henry standing on the sidelines...

last run....and time to go get hot chocolate...my favorite part.

gotta end my entry with my little eli sleeping after a hard day sledding:

ugh....i can't take his littleness!!! going to go cuddle with my boys and watch some scooby doo....

xo Lisa.

yay! finally....Eli Wells Root has arrived. and here he is.....

and the hospital shot:

let's back up to where it all began:

planned c-section, no real surprise since it was my THIRD. but....never turns out the way you think. i arrived at the hospital on time, and thinking i had hours to wait...but they asked "wanna go right now?" um....YEAH!!! so they start scurrying about, IV's in arm, asking all the questions...then the question came out: "have you eaten anything?" well, yes actually. i couldn't resist that one bit of cookie when i woke that morning. what difference could it make? well. a big one. they wouldn't let me have the c-section till 3 hours later. a bit of cookie. the nurses were like, "you had to tell?"

whatever. i did enjoy that cookie. so 3 hours of my mom telling me she told me so, and jeff telling every nurse and doctor what a stubborn mama i am...i was just hungry!! so finally, on with the scrubs and off we went:

ok. then, it wasn't so much fun anymore. it was a nightmare. ugh. that spinal man...really threw my body for a loop to say the least. first you have to deal with having no feeling in your lower body...so freaky. then, it was like the pin ball machine effect. every where it went, my body was like, what the f#@! is going on???? my head was in a vice, i kept feeling like i was passing out....and my husband wasn't even there yet!! man, i'm having flash backs as i'm writing this. finally jeff came and my crazy ass anesthesiologist was pouring magic potions in my IV to work it all out....i was ok for a while....and Eli came out...all was beautiful for the moment:

THEN....all sorts of weird things went on....i was zooming in and out of consiousness...jeff freaked out a bit, he almost passed out...and i felt like total shit. why can't it just be easy aye??? i actually felt quite horrible for quite some time after. it SUCKED. i couldn't see anyone....they kept telling me it was normal (WHATEVER!!) and it would wear off in an hour or so...well the clock stuck. and i felt like i was dying. fun stuff. needless to say, it did wear off, and i was just swell and dandy. but let me tell you....JEFF ARE YOU LISTENING??? I AM SOOOOOOOO DONE. never ever ever want to go through that again!!! got my three boys and i am way blessed. now here are the happy pix once again:

henry and eli's first meeting.....so sweet....

a bit unsure....don't worry henry...YOU are still my baby....always.

for nate....love at first sight.

then he wouldn't let go....

daddy nate and eli....

then, it was just me and my boys....finally. (and my big fat belly...but hey, i JUST gave birth!)

ALL of my boys!! ah.....our family is complete.

it's just so nice to be home and getting on with our life....outside of my raging hormones, all is well in the root household. (for those of you who don't know, that's my married name!) nate and henry rule...nate especially is my right hand man with helping out....even in the wee hours of the night.

i'm JUST starting to paint again, once nate starts school on monday, i will be back in the studio on a regular basis....i CAN'T WAIT!!!

here are the boys hovering over eli at breakfast ....a norm these days.