A smiling baby girl.

I ordered some new yarn from a recommended online discount store. I can't wait for the box to arrive! Who doesn't love getting packages in the mail? If it ever arrives (did I mention I have a hard time waiting?) I'm going to try to make the cabled footies in this book. I learned how to cable knit this past weekend and now I'd love to put the new skill to work.
In other random news, I love Trader Joe's and both babies have already peed on our new couch.

time to craft? not really.

Outside of caring for children and cleaning, I mean trying to clean my home...I haven't had much time to craft anything fun. I always go to knittting because it is such a portable craft. No need to go to the sewing room. Phoebe was in need of a winter hat. The ones I knit her before she was born have already grown small. (She was bigger than I expected). So I knit her this little pompom hat yesterday using two strands of this yarn I've had forever. I had a vision for what I was trying to make,..but I think part of the fun of making something is seeing what your idea actually becomes. I think I had cables in mind, but since I don't even know how to cable,...that wasn't possible. It ended up being jumbo ribs. Cute enough in my opinion. I threw in the pompom for good measure.



Well the time has come to purchase a new couch. We threw out the old with the rubbish on Thursday morning. Which means we have been without seating. And will continue this wqay unless we make it to Ikea Saturday morning. This is the guy we have in mind.
Of course we'd like to do some comfort testing and really make a final decision on a color.
Then there are always a ton of other things to get at Ikea. :)

some new goods

My sisters visit with us sadly ends tomorrow. But we have certainly gotten our fair share of shopping and baby holding/spoiling.

Here are some new shoes for the little ones.


A new coat for me.


myy lap in a pair of pants I've been wanting
and some fabric for a project I'm going to do,

Hopefully I'll have some pictures of the finished job sometime soon.

bedtime

Surprise!

Things have been going pretty smoothly around here. And the transition from 1 to 2 is a little less difficult than expected. Sam is in love with his new baby sister, and we love her two.
My dear sister Alexis shipped herself across the country to come to be with us for Phoebe's baptism this coming Sunday. She is throwing me a baby shower tonight! And all this with out my prior knowledge. Goodness. I'm so excited and happy about it all. I tried taking some new pictures of the babe but didn't realize till I left the house that I had no CF card. :(
I'll try again tomorrow. And hopefully with that picture I'll have some to show of the clothes I"ll buy. Us girls like to shop.

Have a good weekend.

ox

It's a girl!

Phoebe Mae
8 pounds 1 ounce
19 3/4 inches
born 6:20AM January 9, 2008


Both mom and baby are doing well.



I'm sure Grace will want to update later.
-Joel

using up some time

I have two words on my mind. Merino wool. How did I not know about this yarn! I am now currently buying it exclusively. I used it to make my greenway fingerless gloves.
And decided the baby would benefit from a sweater. Which I did not use a pattern for. (the outcome will determine whether or not a finished picture will make it into this blog) So far so good, but you know how things can "happen" at the end of projects. Here is the yarn and needles in the sweater.
I feel in love with the color. I thought it would work equally well for a male or female nugget. We are still coming to a conclusion on names. So its a good thing the baby is taking its time. But, I'm not sure how much more I can stretch so I hope its not too comfortable. We can't wait to see you baby.

not quite yet

I haven't reached my due date yet... but since Sam came nine days early I can't help but wonder what this baby is waiting for. I'm knitting a scarf for him. (no I don't know that it is a boy or girl I'm just going with him for the sake of avoiding it) And looking at wonderful fabrics at purlsoho.com. I'd love to make these fingerless gloves next. The pattern is on the purlbee. I'm sure there is plenty winter left to enjoy with them. And this striped romper from the little fashion gallery is so cute. I might want to make an extra tote to carry the childrens things in it. Some of these fabrics could come in handy there. But I think I might need to re-figure my crafting time.

2008

Happy new year!

Christmas was wonderful here. Joel and I had a wonderful 4th anniversary celebratory night out. Dates are so precious to us because they are so few and far between. This was one for the books.
We got to try a well recommended spot. Everything was delicious.
In our short time together we have had so much joy, and so much to hold on to and be thankful for. Sam and the new little one on the way. Speaking of which, we are beyond excited. The birthing tub is set, and ready to go. Baby clothes are washed and set, just waiting for a sign as to when we can expect our newest member. Until then we are laying low. Enjoying our last few days as three.

Merry Christmas