Why am I here?
Wait, say that part about "bring her home" again?
Guys, come check it out!
Kisses!
Double fisting it, bebeh style.
No, really, let's talk about this bringing her home thing again.
Dear TV and Movie Producers, THIS is what babies look like when they are first born.
She was very awake but not screaming at all, just a few baby yells
She actually came out so so fast her head didn't even get cone shaped. Unfortunately it left her with bruises on her face so she looks a little blue.
Such big eyes you have!
Family picture (minus one toddler)
Dude, how cute does my Uff Da headband make me look? This picture is shockingly flattering too - I assure you I have a lot more in which I look puffy and tired.
Caroline Noelle, December 19, 2010
2:39 am
8 lbs 5 oz, 20.5 inches long
Monday:
E uninstalled the horrible, ineffective, much hated dishwasher to prepare for the awesome shiny new one!
Tuesday:
Good Morning adorable toddler in the clearance winter pj's from Target! They're so big on him but SO cute.
Helping daddy install the NEW SHINY DISHWASHER. Guys, it is the BEST update we have made in the whole house. So much faster and quieter and actually CLEANS the dishes!
Wednesday:
Playing in the new playroom/nursery. Love the Ikea chalkboard.
I was making fun of E for using the Keurig to make blueberry lemon tea and his reaction was "READ THE MUG"
Thursday:
Well Dog, that's what you GET for sitting on the couch when you're not supposed to. Now you're furniture.
He was so excited to see his baby swing again he didn't even care the motor isn't strong enough to work,
Pants off for the pants-off OB visit. And I thought it was going to be uneventful.
Friday:
We made it to Stroller Strides! Just in time to see Santa arrive at work.
My mom managed to find the EXACT kind of advent calendar I wanted for Little Evan. We're just a little late on opening the doors :)
Last thing I saw as I went upstairs for my last night at home as a mother of 1. I can't wait to bring a baby home to this!
Saturday:
I think poor Little Evan is trying to convince me he is more than enough baby for one house. Too late buddy!
And here I am! Checked in to L&D, wearing my super sexy hospital robe and planning to have a baby sometime in the next few hours.
What a week! Are you impressed I’m posting from my hospital room? Love the free wifi in this place! Link up with your own photos below and grab the code through Amy over at A Good Life.
I was going to post just a couple of these but I CANNOT PICK which ones I like the best so here’s the most epic, ridiculously long photo post ever. Kade from KBG Photography took over 600 shots on Saturday and gave me a disk with 370 edited photos less than 24 hours after our session. How’s that for amazing turn-around? If you’re here in Eastern Connecticut I HIGHLY recommend using her for family photos – she was fantastic with Little Evan, even when he was being…difficult. Check out her website or like her on Facebook to see all the great shoots she’s done. (And thanks to April for suggesting her!) I’m so glad I was able to get these taken, even if my stupid kidneys forced us to reschedule. Thank you so much Kade!
And Mom/Mom Davis/Other Relatives, I have a release form saying I’m allowed to print as many of these as I want so if you need new family pics for the walls just let me know!
Belly handprints: Fail. But still cute!
He did NOT want to love the belly.
He had no problem loving the belly :)
My super pale belly is...kind of creepy. But the kid is cute!
Little Evan is trying to escape. But we'll call it hugging.
For the record, those are my pre-pregnancy jeans unbuttoned/with a Bella Band. They still totally fit over my butt at 38 weeks pregnant, something I am ridiculously proud of.
I don’t think I can find words to describe how much I enjoy knitting. It’s sort of silly to think that something that’s been around for hundreds (thousands?) of years can still feel so cool and so new and so fun every time I pick up my needles. At any given moment I probably have four or five different items in progress with the yarn & patterns ready for another half dozen…and then I get on Ravelry.com and end up starting three more projects I had no idea I even wanted to make before I saw them right. that. instant. There’s a reason my Christmas knitting is way behind schedule and it’s not because I don’t knit every chance I get.
There’s just something about yarn – the colors, the textures, the way it feels on my hands – that I cannot resist. Yarn stores have replaced bookstores as the most dangerous place on the planet for my wallet. And then! Turning it into things! Things I can wear! Or other people can wear! It’s like magic! I’m shocked every single time I put on something I made with my own two hands and think “this used to just be yarn and now it is a HAT. HOW did that happen?!” Despite the image I’m trying to project here on the blog with my crafts and projects and creativeness I suck at almost all forms of domesticity. I’m still not good with fabric and terrified of my sewing machine – I’ll leave that to my amazing, talented, awesome, inspiring blog friends – but me and knitting? Amazingly, we’re BFF’S.
Want to see what I’ve been doing instead of finishing the nursery/new bedroom/cleaning/cooking/wrapping presents/deep breathing exercises/taking care of my family? I’m not going to spoil anyone’s Christmas here, so this is just the stuff I’ve finished recently that I’m NOT giving as gifts.
These coffee coozies take almost no yarn and no time so I still plan to make a zillion more before Christmas.
Super easy and comfortable fingerless gloves made from one skein of something really fancy, like baby alpaca and silk (I lost the wrapper so I can't remember exactly). I also lost the other glove, but by "lost" I mean "it's in the hall closet somewhere and I will definitely find it as soon as I get up off this couch."
Bebeh pixie hats. I made three (four? five?) more of these and sent them to friends who were/are expecting babies soon. The yarn is ridiculous - and inexpensive - but it makes for great newborn pictures.
This may never make it onto a baby, because I sort of made up the pattern and it MIGHT be too small for an actual infant, but if it fits? OMFG TEH CUTE!
More fingerless gloves (can you tell I'm afraid to knit fingers?) But they work great when I'm taking pictures or trying to buckle car seats so I'm going with it. These were the Mom's Night Out project Megan wrote the pattern for, designed to be easy enough for even a real beginner.
And this. THIS is me accepting the fact that I am totally having a Christmas baby who will be wearing this pretty much from the moment she's born. I'm OK with that. p.s. I totally made up this pattern too, based loosely on the pixie hat. I'm pretty proud.
And now, back to the knitting.
