A look at Baby S...

We had our 22 week ultrasound on March 27th and were able to see how Baby S is developing. According to measurements taken he weighed a whopping 1lb 5 oz. He still has a ways to grow! Here is a cute picture we were able to get of him. He looks as if he is saluting.

I have a pair of baby slippers finished for him and a pair of tube socks in progress along with a hat in progress. I can't wait to post a 36 week picture because it will mean that he is almost here!!

Just wanted to add a little note to this. I just found that MomSue is back to blogging! I am so happy you can find her here if you haven't already found her but used to follow MommieSueKnits. She is now the Cody Country Knitter. She also posted this video which if you click the link you can see what I think most knitters already knew just couldn't prove it!

December really?

I can't believe its been so long since I posted last. It was way back in December!! Well I will blame it on my first trimester. It was not very pleasant but it was well worth it knowing I will be holding my baby in a few months. While I was going through the first three months, I didn't want to do a dang thing especially knitting. The only time I knit any stitches was when I met up with the Purlin' Peaches which are now in a brand new group on ravelry called Wandering Georgia Sheep.


Anyway back to the main reason I am posting today --- we found out Friday that we are expecting the arrival of a baby BOY come July 26th or somewhere in that neighborhood. The doctor told us during the visit that there was no mistaking he was a boy because he was very proud. He even went to the extent on showing us the difference between what makes him a boy and his umbilical cord so that there would not be any doubts. Our next appointment is on March 27th; we will get to do an anatomy scan then. I hope to have pictures to show next time.

With this new news I have gotten back some of the urge to knit now. I plan on making Baby S a knit hat for winter, Felix's cardigan and of course his very own knit socks. I also intend to make a couple of practical things like some burp clothes and some knit nursing pads along with a nursing shawl. Or at least that is the plan, none of these things have come into being yet they are still just balls of yarn.

The magic day is .......

July 26th is when baby is supposed to make his/her arrival. I tell you what. I am not sure if any of us could possibly get more excited about this baby's arrival. G & I went to the doctor Friday (Dec. th) and was able to hear its heartbeat. Talk about something truely amazing.
My mom and I have been nonstop on shopping for maternity clothes. We got a steal today when we went to Belks and caught a very good sale. I was able to get 3 maternity tops and 1 pair of pants for only $21 and some change. I have a hard time finding pants normally due to being tall and plus sized, so its going to be even more challenging now.

Thank you so much for the congrats and nice messages. It means the world to me. I haven't knitted a single stitch over the past week but I intend on getting busy this week. I have a couple of projects I must get done before Christmas so that I can start on knitting things for our baby. I am in the process of modifying Felix's cardigan into a sleep sack pattern. I also want to knit several burp clothes and baby wash clothes. I also plan to start on some leg warmers too. I have so much I want to get done. I just hope I can get a few items done before the baby gets here.

My mom is so wonderful; she is going to come over one weekend when G is at work and help me get the house better suited for baby's arrival. We have to move somethings out of the bedroom like my hope chest so that we can get the crib in. I also need to rearrange somethings to make room for the rocking chair too. I hope to post a picture of the sonogram soon. I have to get it scanned into the computer.


Thankfuls:
1. I am thankful for being able to hear my baby's heartbeat.
2. I am thankful for great sales.
3. I am thankful for being able to spend time with my mom and my dad this weekend.

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!!

I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving and that all of your family is safe and warm. I know that not everyone gets to be with their family but for those that do I hope it is a great one.

I finished yet another baby sweater for baby Micah who hasn't gotten here yet but the countdown is on. He has dropped into position so his mom is just waiting for him to decide when he's coming out.

I found out last week that G and I are PREGNANT!! This week we are at five weeks and I go for my first prenatal visit on Dec. 5th. Everyone is so excited and happy. G can't wait to go to the doctor with me.

I have started on baby things now and hope to increase my knitting arsenal so that I can knit something besides just a blanket and a sweater for the little one that is on the way.

Thankfuls:
1. I am thankful that baby Micah's mother liked the little cardigan I made for her.
2. I am thankful that God has decided to bless us with a child.
3. I am thankful that my family, especially my husband, is so excited for us.

Expectant moms beware!

I may end up giving you all cardigans for your babies!!! (Well maybe not all but it might get close!)

Let me tell you I have found the easiest baby cardigan to ever make! It is called Felix's Cardigan and it is so EASY! I had previously chose the Baby Surprise Jacket for my first "clothing" item but as simple as it was I just couldn't get the pattern and with all those charts to follow I was just overwhelmed. Which led me to search Ravelry far and wide to find this pattern. I LOVE IT! I will be keeping the first one because well it is my first sweater/cardigan. I highly recommend this pattern to anyone who is sort of antsy about making a clothing item. With all the baby yarn I have stashed (when my life wasn't so busy I was making baby hats and giving them away) I think I will start making a lot of these little guys. They are just so fun and it has only taken me three evenings to get this far and I am a slow knitter. Below are a couple of pictures of the first one in progress--- I still need to add sleeves and buttons to it.




This sweater will only end up costing me about $0.53 because I bought the yarn on clearance for $0.50! Plus I have a button stash my grandmother gave me for Christmas one year and I have all the buttons already I just need to three out.
This one will be going in my hope chest since it is my first one but the next two or three will definitely be gifts for people I know that are having babies.
I have also been working on my toe up socks. Heaven knows, I think I will try to covert every pattern I want to knit into toe ups because it just easier in my opinion. I just need to perfect my sewn bind off a little bit more and definitely learn how to do the picot bind off.
Here is an updated picture of the Hedwig patterned socks --- I'm still on the first one, but I have turned the heel. I have been busy making a lot of dishclothes for co-workers at work for birthdays and Christmas.



Thankfuls:

1. I am thankful for learning this incredible new pattern.
2. I am thankful that my coworkers have loved their new dishclothes.
3. I am thankful for clearances.

Another sock in progress and no knead bread

I felt like baking some last weekend and I took a chance at the FAMOUS no knead bread that was in NY Times some time back. It was also featured in Mother Earth News magazine (which I LOVE!) and a fellow Purlin' Peach has also tried so I said why not.

I love to bake but just about anything beyond cakes and brownies and I am lost. I feel like this was a minor accomplishment due to the state of things. First off, because I am a novice at this, I didn't realize, you needed to keep the resting dough at least 70 degrees Fahrenheit so it didn't really rise as well as it could have. Secondly once I had folded it per the directions it failed to rise the second time during the resting stage which produced a really tough but edible bread. G didn't care for it but I thought it was great with some butter! I plan to attempt this again tomorrow. My dough is resting right now in the (turned off) oven so that it will stay a constant temperature.
Here are some pictures:


I have started on another pair of socks. I have frogged my first attempt at the Hedwig pattern due to just not really liking the way things were going cuff down. Once frogged, I just started again except going toe-up. I think once I get to the point where I need to bind off I will get one of the more experienced knitters of the Peaches to help me with the Picot bind off.

The only thing I do not like about this colorway is due to the way it decided to pool you can't really see the pattern in the picture. It's somewhat better in person. I still think that they will be a great pair of socks.

Please do not forget to go vote this coming Tuesday! I personally can't wait until we get some of these officials elected so that I can have them removed from the television. One thing I hate about election years -- all those damn campaign commercials on TV! Granted we don't watch a lot of TV; however, I have been tempted just to watch a DVD or something just so I can avoid seeing all the politicians every night.


3 Thankfuls
1. I am thankful for the courage to try new things.
2. I am thankful for October to be finally over (things have been really hectic this month at work).
3. I am thankful toe up socks -- they are just easier to me.

I have some photos to share!!

My wonderful husband G has agreed to buy me a new camera for Christmas! I am so excited. I do have a few pictures to post that I have taken with his camera now that I have wrangled it from him. Thanks for the comments on my new car and thanks for the Anniversary wishes. We still have yet to find nice people when we go somewhere that are willing to take pictures of us together so most everything is just a picture of each of us.
Here is a picture of my new car (just a month old and needs a washing!)


A few of us ladies from Purlin' Peaches got together a couple weekends ago and had a dying day. I didn't have a camera with me but we all had a blast. It was a lot of fun and a very long day.
Here are the two sock blanks I dyed. The striped one will become a pair of socks and I do believe the other will become fingerless gloves for myself (if there is any left over the rest will be ankle socks)
We (the Purlin' Peaches) decided to call the crazy looking one the Jackson Pollock colorway as Batty has pointed out in the comment section it looks similar to his paintings.
I can't wait to see what the random one looks like as a ball of yarn. I think I will go wind them up once I finish this post. I have started my Christmas knitting and have gotten a couple of thing completed. I will be knitting my aunts a couple of dish clothes (my Aunt B can't stop raving aobut them) and a mitered hand towel out of the new Mason Dixon book. I also plan to knit my immediate supervisors at work a couple of mitered hand towels too.

Thankfuls:
1. I am thankful that we will be electing a new president next month.
2. I am thankful that I had the experience of dying my own yarn.
3. I am thankful for the friendships I have made through Ravelry and the blogging world.