Busy Little Man!

We have two videos to post tonight! My little guy has been pretty busy of late.

First of all, he is taking steps! It's been about a week now, starting with 1-2 steps, then balancing in place, and now he is up to 7-8 steps at most! It's so fun to watch him learn!

Here's your sneak preview (it's not his best attempts, but he gets camera-shy, apparently)


He's also been babbling...mostly Da Da Da Da...guess we know what his first word will be!


He's such a cutie - and I'm not biased at all!

He's been sleeping a lot lately - not sure whether that's a teething thing or a growth spurt thing...I guess time will tell. We had a good weekend - hope you all had a good one too!

Chel

Baby Mittens

This is a pair of baby mittens I knitted up for a friend. I co 24 sts, rib for a bit (about 2"?), then stockinette stitch for about 3", k2tog around, k 1 rd, k2tog around, draw yarn through sts. Then I crocheted a chain to link the two mittens. I use a similar pair for Toby and I love the way they work! Even if he manages to get them off, at least we haven't lost them yet!

Infant Sweater

This has been a work in progress for the last week or so. The pattern is a Debbie Bliss from my baby knits for Beginners book, in size 0-3 months. I love the way it turned out! I did it on size 7 and 8 straight needles, but would love to try this in the round or at least in two pieces rather than 4. This is a gift for a friend.

Funnies

Some people have to read the paper to get the funnies, but we have the live version right here! Toby is starting to be a real Ham, and it can be hilarious to watch his antics! He figured out how to play peekaboo, and will randomly pull anything in front of his face to play with you! He gets so excited to play!





This morning I was trying to get a shower in, and since Curtis is fine-tuning the shower door caulking, we are using Toby's bathroom this week. I gave Toby a load of toys and shut him in, then jumped in the shower. I get good and shampooed up when I feel a cold breeze...open my eyes to find Toby, proud as can be and squinting through all the water hitting his face - he'd figured out how to find mama behind that shower curtain thing! I had to change his clothes because he was utterly soaked! It was so cute, there was no way I could be mad at him! So much for taking a shower while he's awake though!

I never shared our pics from the zoo 2 weeks ago (At least I don't think I did...sorry if these are repeats!)

Here is Curtis and Toby - I love this pic!

Toby and Mama - not the best pic of either of us, but oh well.

And one in the high chair that I just love!

Ok, well stinker should be up from his nap any minute now so I gotta run!

Chel

Graduation Day!

Our boy has graduated from the baby tub to the big tub!!! I'll admit, I have held off on this one for awhile because I was not ready to see him in the big boy tub, but he's spent the better part of his last few baths trying to climb out, so it was Time.

For old time's sake, here he is in his old tub (this was taken in July)




And here he is tonight. Yes, he was fascinated with the whole spout/ drain thing. In fact, I didn't even know the knob on top of the drain came off, but the little stinker unscrewed it at some point (I'm not even sure when; it's a wonder he didn't eat it!).

He had a blast, and Lex spent the whole time staring over the side of the tub, maybe jealous that he wasn't in the tub?

Toby's started taking more steps - he can do 2-3 at a time now, and he's starting to get the idea! I have no idea if he'll be walking soon or if he's still got a ways to go, but he is definitely working on it!

Well, I want to catch CSI so I'm off the computer for now!

Chel

Baby hat and socks

I finished this duo last night.

The booties and hat were knit on size 3 dpn. The socks were made following a basic sock pattern: co 24 sts, rib, make eyelets, guestimate lenghts. For the hat I co 72 sts, knit in the round for about 5 inches, then k2tog around, k 1 round, repeat these two rows until only as few sts are left to draw through yarn and bind off, weaving in all threads. I sort of made up both these patterns on my own.

New Blog~

I've started this blog to document my many different projects and to keep track of patterns and yarns. Most of my projects are knit, but I'm sure some sewing and general crafts will make an occasional appearance. I am trying to use up some of my extensive yarn stash, and I have TONS of new babies coming, so I'm feverishly trying to make some cute little baby gifts! There are so many people pregnant right now!

First on the plate is a pair of longies I finished knitting last week. I used Cascade wool and size 7 dpn for the entire piece (no circulars). I used the Cargo Pants pattern from knitty - http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEsummer05/PATTcargo.html but did not include the pocket. This pair was made size large around and size medium in length. They are light blue and were given to a friend. Sorry no pic, I forgot to take one before sending them off! Oh, and it took just over 1 ball of the Cascade to complete them.

Now I am working on a pair of booties and matching hat from the remaining Cascade wool. I promise to update (this time with pics!) when I finish those!

Chel