Monday, July 30, 2007

IT'S A BOY!!!

Well it is official, Connie and Kevin have a new little boy. 9 lbs 8 oz, born on Friday morning. Mom and baby are doing fine, I will post a pic if I get permission from the new mommy.....

Welcome to our family baby Ryder! (otherwise known as Gigantor aka Zompitez Plendor, or Zompy for short).

Sunday, July 22, 2007

An older FO

Finally I can post an older finished object that I made for my dearest friends birthday. I've been sitting on this one for a while now, itching to show it to you all. It is the Vintage Bubble Bag (a pattern I got from a friend at work), and is made with Cascade 220 in a dark brown, and Noro Silk Garden. The bag is knit holding two strands of yarn together through out (one casacade 220, and one Noro). Then it is felted in the washing machine until it is a decent size. Here is before I felted it:


and here is after:



It is hard to see the difference, but I assure you, the prior felting bag was huge!!! The after bag is much smaller. Next time I will put a ruler next to it in the shot so you can see better. I would have liked to felt it even more in order to lose some of the stitch definition that you can still see, but I was afraid the bag would get too small.


Happy Birthday Connie! I love you!


PS Connie's baby has not come out yet...we are still waiting and it is over a week past it's due date! Let's send her some labor vibes......

Monday, July 16, 2007

First Sock

Voila! The beginnings of my first sock.



This is Lorna's Laces Shepherd Sock in Mixed Berry. Such pretty colors! I've never knit with anything so small before. The yarn is fingering weight, and the itsy bitsy bamboo needles are size 2.25mm. They feel like they are going to snap in my hands! I'm not very far yet, but am finding socks are a great project when you have kids and have to keep setting it down!

No baby from Connie and Kevin yet. Connie's due date was on Saturday, and I can barely contain my excitement for this baby to arrive! I think Connie is pretty ready too, she's had enough, and is feeling really uncomfortable. I'll keep you posted and let you know as soon as there is news! I have to go get fitted for my bridesmaid dress now, unfortunately I've gained a few since I ordered it, so hopefully it won't need too many alterations! See ya!

Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Just a quick post....

I have noticed in my time browsing blogs on the internet that many people have made the Mason Dixon Baby Kimono, but nobody has actually ever seen a baby in it. Well all that is about to change as I present to you my nephew Gage, who is actually wearing the sweater.



Yes, he has almost grown out of it and he is only 9lbs. Next time I will have to add some extra rows to the arms, Robin tells me she can barely get his little hands through the sleeves, the rest doesn't fit to badly.

Not too bad for my first baby sweater, eh?

Friday, July 6, 2007

Harrison Hot Springs

We had such a great weekend. After a very hectic week full of preparations for our vacation, we finally arrived in Harrison Hot Springs for a relaxing long weekend. I've never been there before and enjoyed every minute of it. We rented little cabins on the lake, and spent most of our time on the beach, playing in the sand and water. I couldn't ask for a nicer get away. And the weather was awesome! When we arrived in Harrison, the sun was out, and it was hot, so the first thing the kids wanted to do was jump in the pool...



According to Aidan, it was FREEZING, but of course kids can't feel the cold, so Maeghan and Owen were happy as clams!

Then, not an hour later, the weather was like this....



What is it about Maeghan eating yogurt in the rain? I seem to recall another post referring to the same thing!

Over the weekend we perfected the art of baby monitors again...we were a little rusty, not using ours at all anymore...but once the kids were in bed in all the separate cabins, out came all the baby monitors, and the drinks, and the parents enjoyed some down time outside. The kids slept pretty well while we were there, thank goodness, and this is what we returned to after a particularly enjoyable evening.



Relaxing on the beach was definately the best part of our days, Aidan was the head hot-tub builder for the kids...



Of course, the best part of building a sand hot-tub is breaking it afterwards and watching all of the water woosh out.

Harrison Hot Springs really goes all out for Canada Day, and we had a fantastic time dancing in the streets with Grandpa to live music.



The kids just wanted to keep on Congo-ing, long after Grandpa dropped off the Congo line and I had to go chasing after them so I wouldn't lose them in the throng of people. Maeghan could have danced all night. We managed to tear her away just in time to get back to our beach, set up chairs and watch a fabulous fireworks display. It was a great end to the night.

Now we are home, back to reality, lot's of laundry, cleaning, and unfortunately...ants. They have swarmed our front walk, and I'm scared they are going to start coming in the house, so I've laid out tons of traps, hopefully that will do it. Hope you also had a great long-weekend, I can't wait for the next one...somebody's getting married!!!!