Bath Time and Daddy

Amelia is beginning to like bath time!  She's only crying towards the end while I'm trying to scrub her down.  She also only feels ok when she is holding onto a finger but tonight she actually let go a couple of times and was kicking her legs.   I think she'll be splashing in the water soon!

Daddy has to go back to work tomorrow.  It's going to be strange not having him home.  He's been home for the past five weeks which has been awesome!  We haven't been together this much for a very long time and I wondered if we would get on each others nerves by the end but it didn't happen.  Both Amelia and I love having him around.  Not only can I pass her to him so I can do house chores and get in a shower, she has really come to love snuggling him.  I love seeing her interact with him just as much as she does with me.  This week while at my mother's house, she heard his voice and kept craning her neck trying to find him.  It was too cute.

Spring is really here!

Some shots around the yard:

Tulips

Rhubarb

Strawberries

We have also planted our onions, potatoes, and garlic outside and started everything else inside in milk jugs.

Knitting update

The talia vest turned out to be very tricky for me.  I had to rip it out a couple of times and now that I'm more than 30 rows in I realize that I didn't work the ribbing edge along the front correctly.  There is no way I'm ripping out that much (there are 168 stitches per row.)  Hopefully I can pickup along the edge and add my own ribbing edge at the end....

Amelia is 1 month old!

I can't believe she is already over one month old!  I know people always say that time goes by very quickly especially when you have children but I didn't think it would be this crazy. 

We had several firsts last week:
* She smiled at me very intentionally.  Totally love it!  She actually is trying to smile at me a lot since then, maybe it's because I get so excited when she does.
* We read our first book, "Goodnight Minnesota." She seemed to like it and studied the pictures.  Since then I've added reading books at bedtime. 
* We went on our first out of town shopping trip with Grandma.  She was wonderful!  She did a great job in the car and hardly said anything all day.  We were able to go to Joanns in Shokapee, Eagle Creek quilt shop, and the Yarn Garage. 
* She cried and screamed from 7-11:30 two nights in a row.  The first night was before our shopping trip and the next night was after our shopping day.  What a horrible part of parenting!  There was just no way to soothe her and get her to calm down.  I knew that she was hungry but I couldn't get her to latch on and the only thing we ended up doing was waiting for her to wear herself out.  :-(
* I instilled a bedtime routine after this.  Now we try to beat that 7:30 freak out.  After dinner we read a couple of books.  Then I either give her a bath or wash her face and she gets in her pjs.  I shut the blinds making the room dark and play ocean sounds from a crib music box.  Then she nurses until she falls asleep and I put her in her crib.  This seems to be working better, although it takes me awhile to actually get her in her crib I'm definitely enjoying bedtimes without crying. 
* Our last first: She is enjoying bathes more and more. 

Weekend Happenings

Amelia had her second real bath.  She absolutely hated the first one but this time she thought maybe she would like it.  She looked all around like what is happening to me.  Then I had to wash her face and the fun ended.

Friday my friend Hilary came over to visit and we asked her to be Amelia's Godmother.  I think she's pretty excited to be her Godmother.  Now I have to set the date.

Last night Amelia couldn't breathe so I had to bring out the dreaded bulb syringe.  She screamed the whole time and it took awhile to get the boogers out.  By the time we were done she was very upset and so was I so I let her sleep with us.  I hate that thing!  I think what bothers me even more is that I can't tell her I'm doing it to make her feel better in the end.

We had some exciting news from my brother.  He sold his house!  They've had it on the market for 6 months and I know my sil is glad to not have to keep it "ready to show" clean.  They have a month to pack up and find a new home.   

On the knitting front I took a break from the vest and made a cowl or infinity scarf.  I used Berroco Weekend yarn and I love how it turned out.  It was a great fast project.

Weekly Projects

I've been obsessed with knitting vests lately. I think it's because I'm hoping to be able to wear them immediately and have them fit over my postpartum belly. So far knitting is the only crafty thing I'm able to accomplish which is only possible because Amelia loves to be in the Moby wrap which allows my hands to be free.

I finished knitting this vest from knitty. I used Rowan chunky tweed and love how it turned out. After I block it I'll post a picture of my vest. I like to think this vest proves that I'm a true crafter at heart because it was my "nesting" thing. Apparently some women have the overwhelming urge to clean just before going into labor. Not me, I really had to knit and finished about half of the back the day before going to the hospital.




I started another knitty vest. For this one I'm using Alpaca from a local farm. The owner of the farm is actually one of Lucas' coworkers and I'm really liking how lightweight the yarn is knitting up.

It's a Girl!

We had a baby girl and I can't believe she's almost a month old! Of course I think she's the cutest thing in the world and she truly has been a very good baby. I can't believe how blessed I am.