God was being very kind to us midwesterners when He made citrus season smack dab in the middle of winter. All of your favorite pithy fruits are currently dripping with deliciousness, so you better jump on that bandwagon before the season is over. There are a lot of great winter fruit salads recipes floating around out there, we took our cue from this one, modifying it slightly and combining pineapple, grapefruit, oranges, blood oranges and pomegranate seeds (by the way, I found this video explaining how to deseed a pomegranate without making your kitchen look like the scene of a mass murder very helpful). The salad was jewel-like and delicious and you should try it!

1. First it snowed on and off for days, beautifully (yay!). . . and then it rained. . .

2. So we've been starting to dream, subtly, of spring, and to beautify our indoor space a little more to ward off the winter blues (that, and taking loads of vitamin D!)

3. I've started on my first knitting project, which is a little bit riddled with mistakes, but it is for Indy and last time I checked she won't notice that the middle of the project suddenly gained four too many stitches. . . somehow. . .

4. This girl: with her new words everyday and her awesome potty-using skills (other than, perhaps, the time she came upstairs and handed Nana a small turd).

5. And this! I'll be 20 weeks (halfway to baby number 2) tomorrow.

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6. Our first try at making homemade pho - it was good, less fennel and more beef bones next time, though.

7. The 3 some days that we had no hot water (yes, I did not shower that whole time).

8. The 3 weeks that our building washing machine was broken, and the new coin-op machines that our landlord just brought in to replace the previously free laundry facilites. Cloth-diapering mama = no happy.

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