Gobble Gobble

Hope everyone had a great thanksgiving! We have our christmas tree up (already!), and Norah couldn't be happier! Our fridge is full of leftovers that I DIDN'T cook (thanks mom!!!), there is a little boy dancing around in my belly, and I finally have some of that lovely yarn on the needles for the first time:

Hope everyone else is as feeling as thankful as I am! :)

*5*

Happy 5th blogiversary to me! Gosh has it been that long??? :-) I don't have any knitting to show you right now (infants sure do demand a lot of attention!), but here's a picture of my little pumpkin being super adorable. Again, thanks to anyone out there who actually reads this blog!

Where I have I been?

Why I was off having the cutest little baby in the world, of course!

Welcome Norah Jo <3 10-12-10 8lbs, 2oz & 21"

We love her and she already has been wearing her knitwear!!!! :-) (hat in above photo made by her Auntie Mare!)

For all you knitting friends...

OK: Here's my comprehensive list of what I have knit for my baby. This is to show you that NO I have not knit her everything under the sun already, and I am not going to be able to! I am really excited to have anyone who wants to make something for my lil girl :-) Seriously! Please don't think it won't be welcome!!!!!

1. Peace Sign Bib


2. Cabled Baby Bib (Rav link)


3. "Leapfrog" cabled baby pants


4. Modern Baby Bonnet (Rav link)


still have to sew the buttons on:

5. Autumn Leaves sweater



And most recently:

6. Baby bell bottoms
I don't have a picture yet because I only have about an inch knit on these!!!! They are going to be a nice deep purple!

So ya see girls???? I am seriously slacking! My SIL and I have plans to knit a blankie for my girl, and I think another one of my friends said she is going to knit a blankie, but I am definitely missing some things! Can anyone say booties? Or dresses? or little gloves? or more hats? I mean sheesh! :) Soooooo if you are thinking about it, just keep in mind 0-6 months will be winter, and 6-12 months will be summer! I have to keep reminding myself that too :) Hopefully my girl won't be a giant and outgrow all this cute teeny little stuff I am gathering for her.

Baby news....

It's a GIRL! Bring on the pink and purple yarn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



(baby is facing you, head on the left, abdomen on the right! the blob by her head is her arm!)

Baby knitting so far...

Wow where did April go??? I can't believe we're down to the last week already! I really haven't been doing that much knitting lately. I am guessing that will pick up a notch in a month or so when we find out the sex of our lil babe. Then I have a zillion things to knit!!!! I've been trying to do some unisex things, like a white bonnet and some bibs...






That last one still needs a button!

As far as what else I can do now, I am casting on for some baby pants, and maybe some booties next? I just can't wait to find out what our little one will be!!!! :-)

Matinee Jacket

Greg's cousin is expecting his first kid, a baby girl, this year! The baby shower is this weekend and my SIL and I have been teaming up to work on some handknits. She agreed to do a hat and booties and I tackled a sweater. Thanks to my MIL, I had the awesome book "Vintage Knits for Modern Babies" to flip through, and I found a cute pattern - the Matinee Jacket!



It turned out pretty cute! Mare (my SIL) picked out the yarn color (vanna's choice brand), and I found the adorable ducky buttons. :) Can't wait to have their cousin open our gift!!!!!!!


(the extra 2 are for Mare to use on her booties!)

Bunnies and babylegs

I whipped up these cute little bunnies over the weekend to gift to my nephews on Easter Sunday!


They turned out pretty cute. The blue one is for Cash and the brown one is for Holden. It was a good Easter!!!! The sun was shining, fairly warm out, and I helped hide hundreds of eggs for all of greg's little cousins and family members to find!


Also last night I cast on for some knitted babylegs (baby legwarmers):


(using leftover balls of Cascade 220)

Have a good wednesday... halfway to the weekend! Woot!