Andrew turned 33 this last week. To celebrate both his birthday *and* Genevieves rolling over milestone, he took the week off of work to get cracking on childproofing our house. (We will NOT be caugh...
Its been busy around these parts. First, I finished DangerMouses mini garter yoke cardigan; a smaller version of one I knit for myself out of my handspun yarn. Unfortunately, it was just in time for ...
In the last four months, I have learned that sometimes you snuggle because its fun, sometimes you snuggle because your baby needs snuggles, and sometimes you snuggle because *you* need it. Friday was...
Today, Genevieve is four months old. I can easily say that in the last four months, my life has done a complete 180º. Being a Mom isnt easy, and not all of my days are good days. But the good moments...
I wish I could take credit for this; alas, its thanks to following SomebunnysLove on Pinterest. Kimberly has incredible taste in food, and I swear Im gaining weight just following her pins.From Chef ...
This weekend was challenging, and I am the only one to blame for it. Before I get into the challenging bit, heres something that is going really well:Oatmeal CVM from Patti Sexton, Monterey Wool Auct...
I have completely lost my mind. We announced the SPAKAL (SPin-Along-Knit-A-Long, pronounced "spackle") on the podcast, and I declared that I would not *only* spin a sweater on my spinning whe...
There has been lots of baby talk on here as of late. Im still amazed at how much time and attention tiny people (who seem to spend most of their time sleeping) require. Lest you fear that I have fors...
On Monday, I had a Parenting Win. At 11 weeks, Genevieve is 24 1/2" long, and 12 lbs, 14 oz. She is tall, like Andrew, and has some good meat on her bones. I cant find the percentiles, but I assu...
Ive been spending a lot of my time taking pictures of Genevieve. About a month ago, I took pictures of her on the Love Blanket TM that a few of our podcast listeners made for her. Diaper cover ...
This last weekend, we took Genevieve out to her first Stitches West.Three generations, picture courtesy of WonderMikeI was thinking about this picture, and what I kept coming back to is that half of ...
Waaaaaay before I was old enough to even consider having children of my own, I used to babysit for Aunt Constances kids. She would talk about being a mom, and how she dealt with some of the challenge...
Being a mom is the most demanding thing Ive ever done. I adore Genevieve, but there are more than a few moments where I feel utterly incompetent and wonder what Ive gotten myself into. Fortunately, I...
On January 3rd at 4:07PM, I gave birth to our daughter.Genevieve Danger, day 1: 6lbs 11 oz, 19" longShes utterly fantastic. Its insane how much I love her. She makes the most amazing faces,...
A few years ago, Andrew and I figured out how to juggle the holidays so that neither of our families felt jilted. We would follow German tradition and do the bulk of our celebrating on Christmas eve,...
There are 9 days left until 2012. It appears that I will not be finishing Andrews sweater before the ball drops. I cant even begin to tell you how disappointed I am that I wont be meeting this goal.A...
As I mentioned in the previous post, part of how Im spending my time is watching TV. There are some pretty good shows on this season, along with some old favorites.Most notably, Andrew and I have bee...
Last week, I was put on modified bed rest. I wont go into details because - frankly speaking - this whole pregnancy business can be pretty gross extremely magical. What this really means is Im spendi...
I cant believe its mid-December and I havent talked about Jasmin 2012 yet.The theme for Jasmin 2012 this year is "balance". (Special thanks to AmyDe for the suggestion, I couldnt think of a s...
The fact that we will be parents in under 2 months is starting to sink in. Proof?Add caption We have nightlights all over the house now. (Specifically, these ones.) It makes our house feel more like ...
Knitting and spinning arent happening too much for me much these days. Thank *goodness* I have the Cricket loom!Some manly gingham, in Jade Sapphire 2-ply cashmere.I started this scarf a while ago, s...
I mentioned in an earlier post that Andrew painted in anticipation of our Grownup FurnitureTM. Part of painting included dismantling our very well-loved bed, and sleeping in our guest room.When we bo...
Dear Readers;This holiday season, please, stop killing yourselves. If you need an excuse, please please PLEASE, make it your gift to me. Stephanie is knitting mittens for an army, Alison always expre...
Andrew has gotten the nesting bug something fierce. Hes had it since August, when we were listening to the PregTASTIC podcast on the way up to Uncle Andys memorial. One of the contributors on the sho...
Knitting a sweater for a giant man is fast work. Did you all just faint?Let me backtrack.If you recall, Im knitting Andrew the Baseball Jersey from Knits Men Want, out of my handspun.Photo from the b...
Me: Do you ever remember a time when we were growing up when you werent exhausted?Mom: [Uncomfortably long pause] ... Thats not the part I remember.Me: Is that because you were too sleep deprived to ...
Andrew: What makes Kosher salt Kosher?Mom (simultaneously): How its slaughtered.Me (simultaneously): They say a prayer over it.Andrew: [Pause] You two are seriously unhelpful.Mom & Me: [Hysterica...
My Mom has a friend named Mary Ellen, and when Mom tells people about Mary Ellen, the first thing she says is "Mary Ellen always has something nice to say about everyone."Impressive, right? A...
A dish of Excitement Stew for your Sunday brunch: - The new Michael Bublé Christmas album. I got it in the mail a few days ago and *almost* broke the "no Christmas music before Black Friday" ...
One of the perks of living so close to my parents is that we have the same mailman. Ron the Mailman has been delivering the mail in our area for over 20 years, which is kind of awesome. He has watche...
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