Homecoming outfit in our new home

Drew on the day we were discharged from the hospital,

8 days old
Drew, 4 months old
June 2010October 2010

I just love comparing photos from then to now...it makes me smile to see how much Drew has grown. This little homecoming outfit is not going to fit for much longer, so he is wearing it a lot this week. The cold, rainy weather is a perfect excuse to dress my little love in this sweet layette.

Sock it to me

One sock down, one to go. Jim commented that it's hard to believe people made all their own socks long ago...not sure if I would have had the patience for that...

Finished projects--yay!

Every mama needs a little time to herself to do something non-mom related...to be creative...for awhile, Drew was going to bed at the same time as us, so I had to sneak in those "me" moments when I could!
Now that Drew is going to bed (in his crib!) at 7:30pm, I have more time to myself! It's so nice to be able to pick up some of my knitting projects again--and finish them! Knitting calms me and relaxes me. I love to have a project on the needles that I just don't want to put down. The picture below is of my skinny neckwarmer. It's knit in a twisted Malabrigo yarn. I finished it off with a bright green button. Erica and I did this project as a knit-a-long--she made the same one! Send me a pic of yours, Erica!

I look tired, I know. Hey, I'm still catching up on 3 months of sleep. :)

The next project I worked on was a bow tie scarf/scarflet/ascot (it has many names on Ravelry!) for my mom. I used the Spud & Chloe sweater yarn that Mom won for me in Susan B. Anderson's giveaway! The color is lipstick--it will look great on her. The pattern is called "Anthro-inspired scarflet." It was designed to mimic a scarf at the store Anthropologie.

What else do I have on my needles?

Well, I've decided to tackle socks! I don't think I'll become one of those sock-loving knitters who only wears her own knitted socks, but I did think I should make at least one pair. I've started on the first one, and so far, so good! I've made baby socks, so it's not much different. I'm using a beautiful cashmere merino blend yarn from "The Neighborhood Fibre Company."

I also picked up some rusty orange yarn for a pumpkin hat for Drew, as well as some variegated brown yarn for a little bear hat!

My new knitting corner

I'm so glad to have my knitting corner set up in our new house! When my mom was in town this weekend, she found a hat stand at Home Goods that's very similar to the one Susan B. Anderson has! (You can see a few hats displayed on it in her most current blogpost. Click HERE.) So excited! How cute does my "Frenchie" hat look there? A little inspiration for me. It just makes my kitchen seem so much more homey to have my knitting supplies out....it's the little things that make us happy. :)

P.S. I got some gorgeous superwash merino/cashmere/nylon sock fingering weight yarn today!! Going to tackle a new project--socks!

To knit or to sleep...

Well, since I haven't blogged about knitting in so long, I thought I'd take a little inspiration from Susan B. Anderson and show you what my crafting corner looks like right now. I took the below photo today. You can see that much of my knitting corner has been taken over by baby books....about sleep!! So trying to create more sleep for us all has taken precedence over creating new knitted garments. But that's not to say that knitting has been totally out of the picture. When Erica was in town, we picked up the same yarn and pattern to make a skinny cabled neckwarmer. I don't have a ton of time to knit with Drew, but I do get a few free minutes here and there! My neckwarmer will be finished bit by bit! Erica, how does yours look? Let's see a picture of your crafting corner!

Oh, and check out the beautiful white bowl that my yarn is in! My mom got it for me from an Etsy shop. I love it!! It's such a lovely way to show off my work in progress.

He's here!

Baby Andrew James arrived on June 3rd, 2010 at 10:45am. He weighed 9 lbs 11 oz and was 22.5 in. long--a big boy! I was so proud to have him wear my knitted hats during our time in the hospital instead of the issued hospital hat. He looked so cute and everyone who came to visit loved his hats! Below are a few photos of Drew in his knitted hats.

I dressed Drew in his homecoming outfit on the day we were discharged from the hospital, but it was too big on him! That really surprised me, because he was so big and the pattern indicated that the set would fit a newborn! Maybe it will fit him in September when the nights start to get cool again. I do love how soft the yarn is and how sweet it looks.

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