I did it! I finally finished the second fair isle sweater for big sister Arden. Here it is with the smaller version I made for Hadley. I made this one size larger than the pattern was written, which involved a lot of figuring, so I’m really happy with how it turned out. Don’tcha just love the {…Continue Reading}
Whew! It’s been over two weeks since my last post. I guess I’ve been a bit busy with these two cuties… And I’ve been knitting every chance I get to finish the fair isle sweater for Arden that I started to match Hadley’s 3-6 month one that she’s threatening to outgrow any day… Then my {…Continue Reading}
Our sweet little Hadley has reached her first milestone – one month! After initial concerns about failing to gain weight after leaving the hospital, she’s made up for it in fine form and at her one month check was 11 pounds, 4 ounces and 23 inches long. Both measurements put her in the 97th percentile {…Continue Reading}
Arden’s daycare had their Halloween party on the 31st, and I stuck around to help out and take some pictures. This is the only one I can share without other kids identifiable in it, but it was a great party with lots of activities. This is the first time I’ve seen Arden use scissors, and I thought she {…Continue Reading}
It’s beginning to look like fall around here in the mitten state. We have two apple trees in our yard, and this is the first year we’ve harvested the apples. Normally it’s just a free-for-all for the squirrels and our dogs. We think the dogs have a conspiracy with the squirrels as they will pull the apples from the {…Continue Reading}
It’s been nearly three weeks since Hadley arrived into our lives. My body is recovering well, and we’re all doing remarkably well with sleep and routines. We were monitoring her weight gain closely for the first couple of weeks because she lost a couple more ounces between being discharged from the hospital and her well baby {…Continue Reading}
Hadley Marie arrived on her due date of Oct 3 at 10:14 PM. I was scheduled for an induction the next day, but after having contractions throughout most of the day, I had called my husband and asked him to come home around 3:30 PM. I tried laying down to be sure the contractions were {…Continue Reading}
Over the course of a couple of days, I managed to get fabric for four of my kid’s duffel bags cut out and two of them sewn. I’m calling the striped version the Jack duffel after my nephew who’s birthday prompted the creation of the first bag. This one is listed in my Etsy shop – {…Continue Reading}
We had taken the shots of me and my gigantic belly while Arden was napping. Since she’s been a little bit under the weather and pretty crabby, I wanted to at least be sure we got some pictures of Baby #2 before she arrived. When Arden woke from her nap, she was in a pretty {…Continue Reading}
Things are really getting down to the wire around here in baby growing land, and trust me – I’m feeling it! I’ve really slowed down lately: becoming so cumbersome with belly. I shouldn’t complain though, at this point in Arden’s pregnancy, I had been on bed rest for a couple of weeks with gestational hypertension. {…Continue Reading}
