Archives: December2007

• christmas, vacations, visitors and other assorted things

  i haven’t had a vacation this long for quite a while. it’s nice. calm before the storm, one could say.
  my sister, her husband, baby aj and their nutso dog came up for christmas after all – we wern’t sure if they would, with aj just 12 days old. it worked out perfectly though, honestly. they came up on saturday, and we pulled out some of the stuff people have been nice enough to lend us so far – a swing, [...]

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  for pog
  she knows why. i saw this last night at the mall and was like wow, that shirt was absolutely made for someone i know!

• just 6 lbs

  it’s funny what weight gain can sometimes look like i’ve gained about 15lbs to date with this pregnancy, and this is the difference:
  me @ 12 weeks, 5-6lbs ago (i gained about 9 right away):

  me on sunday @ 27w1d:

  as always with pictures i post you can click the thumbnail to see the bigger pic!
  i was just uploading this and it just strikes me as rather wtf! i mean i know there’s a baby in there, but man.

• in other news

  my knitting has certainly re-taken off. i’ve finished a long-sat on project (your blanket is ready, miss tamara!):

  as well as my sister’s blanket for aj:

  i’ve got a bunch of things on deck – ravelry has caused me to be ultraorganized with all things knit, and as such it remotivates me. the sheer volume of awesome stuff others are making truly creates a difficult environment for me NOT to knit in i just cannot wait to be able [...]

• auntie update, 28w appt, and general christmas cheer

  so we stayed with steph and mike and aj until yesterday at around 1pm – my parents were en route, but thanks to the snowy/icy northeast, they kept getting their flights cancelled (they finally made it around 7pm). i hope we were able to give them at least some help – it was nice to be able to be there for them, and man is that kid adorable. it all went by so fast, and it really [...]