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MAZIE SLEPT THROUGH THE NIGHT!!
Friday, April 18th, 2008
AND YES, I’M YELLING AT YOU!
This was the first time ever ever ever that Mazie hasn’t woken up at 3:30 am for food!
I don’t want to jinx anything…but what if she starts sleeping through the night more and more often?
What if I get more than 3 hours’ sleep in a row on a regular basis?!
Can you imagine the productivity?
Can you imagine how much nicer I’ll be to my friends and family?!
It’s almost scary to even talk about it!
WOW.
The alarm went off at 6:30 and we were like, wait, did we set it wrong? Because Mazie’s tummy is like a clock…right at 3:30 every night, she wakes up. Once in the night, Nate woke up and checked to see if she was breathing, she was so quiet. (She was.) I’m trying to remember my yesterday and what all I did differently…and I think she may just be growing up!
Aw. My Big Girl!!
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Mazie’s 3 months old today!
Friday, April 11th, 2008
And so serious!
She knows how to smile now, but something has to be reeeeeEEEEeeeally good to get one.
I’m wearing my Sunset Cardigan Experiment, made from the yarn I dyed back on October. I’m really really happy with how it came out. It looks awesome with my new empire-waist summer dresses. I made it that length and with that lower body flare-out so that I could wear it while I was still pregnant. It’s great in that I *did* wear it back then, but I don’t feel like it’s “Maternity” now.
…aside…I’ve got to go through my closet and put all my maternity stuff in a Rubbermaid to go in the garage. I’d put it on eBay, except that I’m *hoping* to have another baby before TOO long and that stuff is expen$ive. If there’s one demographic that pays a LOT for EVERYTHING it’s pregnant people. Anyway…I’m leaving this sweater out, because I still love it and wear it quite a lot.
So the YARN. I bought a 1 kg cone of Blue Faced Leicester to make baby soakers out of but liked it too much to use it to soak up urine. It works out to about $37 / lb if you buy it that way. BFL is so soft and really has a great sheen. It’s a long staple yarn, so won’t pill as easily as Merino, say. It takes dye really nicely, too.
ANYWAY…
I dyed it myself in the crock pot using cake dye. All 4 little skeins that I did are slightly different, so I designed the sweater in sections so that the color diffs wouldn’t be so obvious. If I re-did it, the only thing I’d change would be to do the button bands on a smaller needle. They’re a little wavy, but good enough for “just me.”
I started a sweater out of the green/purple stuff, but it’s not done yet. Just knitting it in my “spare” (ha ha) time.
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Happy Easter!
Sunday, March 23rd, 2008
Mazie’s wearing a dress that her G’ma Japel gave her…that SHE wore as a little girl! How neat is that?! It fits her perfectly. I wasn’t sure whether I should get Mazie an Easter Basket this year, since she’s too little to have any idea what’s going on. As you can tell, we decided to go ahead. It’s her first Easter!
On another note…Oh Man! I love spring break!
I taught on Wednesday last week, and then we had Friday off. Wednesday was their mid-term exam, so I’ve got LOTS of grading to do, but nothing to prepare for a few days. School doesn’t start again until the 31st.
I’m hoping to finalize all of my class materials for Knitting in the Heartland, get the exams all graded, and finish up my SWTC patterns. Lofty goals, I know, but Mom will (hopefully) help me with Mazie so that I can have a few hours every day to accomplish stuff.
Yesterday, my friends Becky and Marjorie came over for a yarn-winding party.
It really does make a tedious job more tolerable to have other people around. They’re both working on Vivian Hoxbro shadow knitting kits. Marjorie’s making the shawl and Becky’s doing the vest. *I* want to shadow knit!
Did I tell you that I finished my Sanpoku? I’ve worn it a few times to teach, and I really like it. It’s a nice thing to grab when it’s a little cool, but I don’t need a whole sweater. It’s pretty much fronts and sleeves, with a little strip across the back. I’ll see if I can get a pic. I feel like I’ve already written this, but the Comfort is a great yarn! (I made the largest size and went up to a 9 for the needle.)
I want to get a new camera. I’ve got the Canon PowerShot SD 600, and I’d like to move up to a 35 mm digital. Any suggestions? Ideally, I’d like a gently used one to start out with.
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We go for walks
Friday, March 21st, 2008
Lately, we’ve been doing a LOT of walking. We get up, change diaper, eat, get dressed, get the stroller out, and go for a walk. We usually go for about an hour at a time. Some days we go out in the morning, then when Grandma comes over in the afternoon, we go out again.
On days that I teach, we walk down to the coffee shop for lunch after my class.
It’s only a few blocks, so we’ve figured out a very round-about route through the neighborhood to get there and back. We also found a back way to the fabric store!
Yesterday we walked all the way to the used bookstore to find Mazie some books. I’ve been telling her stories at bedtime, but I can’t remember how they all end. I know generally how The Three Bears goes…I need to refresh my memory on some other ones.
I found a couple of really interesting Fairy Tale books. I liked to read Fairy Tales well into my 20s…Maybe Mazie will enjoy them, too. Here’s the older one, from the 20s:
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Happy St. Paddy’s Day!
Monday, March 17th, 2008
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Does this count as “knitting content?”
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
Mazie was exactly 2 months old yesterday. She already weighs 12.5 lbs and is 23.5 inches tall!
She holds up her own head most of the time, smiles, giggles a little bit and chatters to us and to her toys.
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I never promised you a (knit-and-felted) rose garden
Thursday, February 28th, 2008
So, ok. I’m realizing that it’s probably better if I just go ahead and blog than “not blog because I’ll just blog about the baby.”
If I don’t write about what’s happening here day to day, I’ll not end up blogging at all. And that’s just Boring!
Here’s what’s going on:
Knitting:
I’m writing up the patterns for two garments for SWTC. This is my main project at the moment, and I snatch time for it when my mom can come over and hold Mazie. She’s not sleeping all day any more, so she needs to be entertained, and Grandma is happy to do that! My vision is to have these done by Monday.
I’ve also picked up my Sanpoku again.
I have a few minutes every night at like 10 to work on it. It’s great for zoning out and getting ready for the night time wake-ups. I’m not sure when I’ll finish this. My LYS isn’t carrying my colorway (Olive 9781), and I ran out of yarn! (Not because of the yardage listed in the pattern.) I’m subbing Comfort, and it’s hanked up differently. The pattern calls for 11 or 12 hanks, and the called-for yarn (Touche) is in small hanks, while the Comfort is in big balls (I’ll get some interesting spam for using that phrase)…and I lazily guessed at how many yards I’d need total.
Should have taken the .5 seconds to do the math and bought what I needed at the time. I ordered more yarn, so whenever that gets here I can finish it. I’ve finished two sleeves, and may have enough for the back, which is on the needles now.
I also finished this sweater:
It’s a size 2T and is a trade, going to a woman on the diaper-sewing board that I read. She’s making me a few diapers in exchange. Knit from Malabrigo worsted in “Midnight Blue.”
Do you like it? We made the buttons, too.
Here’s the back:
**See the lighter stripe at the bottom? Be a better knitter than me and alternate your hanks!**
In other news, we just had a stay-at-home day. I was going to campus, but we just weren’t able to get everyone ready (me, mom, Mazie) so we didn’t make it. Tomorrow.
My Mom and Mazie:
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Mazie in the sun
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
Mazie in her new shades:
We went for a walk to the coffee shop yesterday, with Mazie in her front-facing carrier. She really enjoyed getting out.
Yesterday was my sister’s last day here, and it’s sad and lonely without her. I’m so glad that she got to meet Mazie, and that they like each other so much!
I hope we see you again soon, Tonya!
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mittens
Saturday, January 26th, 2008
Here’s Mazie in one of her cloth diapers and a pair of mittens that her grandma Linda (my mom) knit for her.
She’s doing so well with her cloth diapers! It’s really easy to keep up with wawshing them, and my husband even finds them easy to maneuver. So we’ll keep it up! 
Life with Mazie is just great. She’s nocturnal, she’s a good eater, good sleeper…just like her Mom and Dad.
We’re finishing up a BIG project over here chez Glam, and then after this weekend blog posting SHOULD go back to normal. (Cross your fingers) including un-censored, flagrant, and frequent actual knitting content.
I’ve got a bunch of that Organic Cotton from Elann that I’m dreaming of making something out of…
I’ve just received my copy of Sensual Knits from Yahaira, and can’t wait to dig into that, too!!
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Checking in!
Saturday, January 5th, 2008
We had out last regular appointment with our midwife on Friday. The baby will be born a week from Monday (the 14th), can you believe it?
She’s predicted to weigh in at about 8.5 to 9 pounds! All of her measurements are in at least the 85th percentile, size-wise, with her head in the 97th percentile!
All in all, it’s been a very strange physical experience. I never did get over my morning sickness. I *still* throw up about 2 or 3 times a week, and even more often lately, as there gets to be even less room in there. I’m also completely swollen! My hands, mostly, which makes knitting kind of hurt, but also my face and my feet. They’ve checked for high blood pressure, but everything is within the “normal” range, so it’s nothing they’ll do anything about…just one of those things.
Now that school’s out for the semester, I’ve also just given up on trying to wear non-pajamas! I’ve got a bunch of yoga pants and solid-color PJ bottoms that have become staples, along with dresses over leggings. And…thank God for Crocs. I NEVER pictured myself as a croc-wearer…but they have saved my LIFE. They’ve been the only shoes that have enough support AND cushion for me to wear them to walk around in. The Birkenstocks have great support, but no cushion. I’ve gained almost 45 pounds! I’ve reached a weight that I NEVER thought I’d see. My poor skinny feet are just not used to this!
SO…it’s been tough, bodies are weird and amazing things. But it’s definitely something I’d do again. When I feel the baby move and respond to my voice…it’s all worth it.
At the same time…I’m glad the birth is “scheduled,” because I don’t know if I could deal with this baby coming any later than 9 days from now!!