A Big Day May 7, 2008

Tomorrow morning we have our big mid pregnancy ultrasound.  Honestly, I’ve never been  more nervous and anxious about an ultrasound.  I think this may partly be because the pregnancy just seems to be flying by.  We are so busy every day and I’ve tried not to dwell on bad stuff.  I feel baby move a lot but I’d probably feel LD more if I were able to just sit and relax sometimes.

The other thing that is making me anxious is finding out the gender.  I really really don’t care one way or the other, but many people are driving me a bit nuts.  Most say it’s a boy, and I can’t help but feel they may be disappointed if it’s a girl.   I’m just ready for it to be 9:30am tomorrow morning.

Shaky April 18, 2008

This morning we were laying in bed and I felt this little shake. The fan started rattling. I figured Erich was moving the bed and it irritated me. Then, the bed started shaking, everything on the dresser started shaking and Erich woke up. An Earthquake in Indiana! It was relatively long, about 30 seconds, considering you are just sitting in bed listening to everything shake around you. It ended up waking up Carmina too. That’s crazy stuff.

A Gift for Baby Alex September 25, 2007

A Gift for Baby Alex
Originally uploaded by Mommy2StaufferBabies

A gift for a sweet sweet Mama who has had a very rough pregnancy and will be bringing her little boy into this world on Tuesday.

Yarn donated by another sweet Mama, Lamar.

First set of Pajammies. Two more pairs of pants and one more shirt to go. She likes them a lot. I like that they are nice and roomy. The sleeves and pant legs do have a bit of growing room cause she seems to be on a length spurt recently. But her hands actually come out of the arms, she’s holding them up for some silly reason.

Custom Pilot Cap September 21, 2007

Custom Pilot Cap
Originally uploaded by Mommy2StaufferBabies

Another hat made for another customer. I liked this hat a lot.

Pachebel Bedtime September 7, 2007

So sweet!

http://video.stumbleupon.com/#p=ab28k5yac4

Pinwheel Sweater August 29, 2007

Pinwheel Sweater
Originally uploaded by Mommy2StaufferBabies

I just finished up this sweater for Carmina. It’s super cute and was relatively quick to knit. (Started Monday evening, worked a bit on Tuesday and finished up this morning.) I added a button to help close it.

It’s also neat because if you flip it around, Magdalena can wear it “bolero” style. You can see pictures of that startig here:

http://flickr.com/photos/esfamily/1269626597/

Rag Quilt

Rag Quilt
Originally uploaded by Mommy2StaufferBabies

Christmas gift for MIL. It could use a bit more “ragging” but I’m not going to do it. I’m gonna put it in a box, wrap it up, and let it wait for Christmas. I feel so on top of things since I’ve finished a Christmas gift in August.

Linus Finished! August 24, 2007

Linus
Originally uploaded by Mommy2StaufferBabies

yay! I do need to add elastic in the waistband, wash them, and sew a size tag in, but other than that FINISHED! (Those things won’t take long!)

This Book Could be Addicting… August 23, 2007

I left the girls with Erich and took off to the library for a few minutes this evening. WOW. I forgot how wonderful it is to browse through the books without someone going through and ripping all the books off the shelf while the other one screams “MOOOOM! She’s taking all the books OFF!”

Anyway, I picked up this book today and wow, I could knit a lot of the stuff in here! Economical and fast! I’ve already seen several things that I like and will probably be doing. The only problem is that my to do list is already so long with knitting for work and for pleasure! We’re trying to scale back Christmas and do only hand made stuff, which I did a lot of last year. THIS year though I’m getting smart and mixing it up. I’m not just doing knit stuff because, while knit is incredibly beautiful, it takes longer. I’ve got a mix of sewing, knitting, and crocheting on my list. I should really nail down the list and stop looking at books though and just stick to the plan! Only 3 months you know!