Today was mostly a do-all-you-can-to-stay-warm-day! When I woke up at 8 AM and checked the temps online, it was 4F with a wind chill of -13F!!! I just wanted to crawl back in my warm bed with my new pillow and sleep the day away. But with 3 children...I couldn't do that. The house was looking like a herd of elephants stampeded through and the kitchen sink was overflowing...and that needed to be remedied. But I felt quite drained early on...just because I'm pregnant. So not a whole lot was accomplished...just enough to make the house somewhat presentable.
I ended up avoiding the kitchen until later in the day...it was freezing!! I snuggled on the couch, wrapped in blankets with Caitlin while she watched some cartoons. I worked on my latest knitting project, an adult hat made from my handspun yarn. I decided on a very simple stripe pattern...7 rows of a rusty, sparkly Corriedale wool blend yarn and 2 rows of light fawn alpaca. I'm finishing up the crown of the hat tonight. I haven't decided if I will wear it, give it as a gift or list it on Etsy. When it's complete, I'll post a photo.
I'm so very glad I took up knitting...and have been doing it long enough that I can make really nice things! I enjoy knitting for others and now with a baby on the way, I can't wait to make more little things like thumbless mitts and hats and maybe I'll even venture out and try a sweater! Thank goodness for patterns for no-seam sweaters...I really do despise seaming!
Today was my best friend's youngest daughter's birthday party...she turned 12 on the 13th. It was a full house and very loud, but it was nice. Danielle received some very nice things and a little cash to go shopping on her own. She's a good kid...and she's extremely excited about our new baby on the way. She loves babies and I know she will help me out a lot.
On another note, I actually felt yucky for much of the day...but not nauseous. Right now, I'm hungry, but NOTHING is appealing but water. Maybe a little is knowing Sean will be gone to Connecticut for a week starting tomorrow afternoon. I'm not worried, I just really miss him when he's gone for more than a day. :( It's not the same just talking on the phone...we love to watch a movie or read in the evenings, just being together after the kids are in bed...that's OUR time...and I relish it!
I don't want to babble on, so I'll go finish up that hat and then fall asleep soundly! The photos above are just a few of the ones I'd like to frame for the nursery if Mini Who is a girl. Enjoy...they were taken either here or at my MIL's over the past 2 summers.
