Finishing up Assignment 1 :)

1. Someone with the same craft as you: honoria beckett
2. Someone who was born in the same month as you: Phelia Ballycastle
3. Someone from a different country: lizzie wychwood
4. A new HSKS Family member: nicky lovely
5. Someone who has been in 3 or more HSKS swaps: wisteria lovegood
6. Someone who has a bigger stash than you!: fleur sweeting
7. Someone who both knits and crochets: hermione bagnold
8. Someone who has the same favorite color as you: Delantrophy Griey
9. Someone who has the same favorite season/holiday as you: siobhan mooney
10. Someone who has the same favorite fiber as you: lavender diggory-dolohov

HSKS 12 week 1

So I am back as Minerva Wood for another round of the fabulous HSKS swap. I'm still waiting to see which family I get sorted into but until then I figured I would help people out by adding my answers to this weeks blog post questions. :)

1. Someone with the same craft as you (either those listed above or another one). knitting
2. Someone who was born in the same month as you. may
3. Someone from a different country. USA
4. A new HSKS Family member. this is my fourth hsks
5. Someone who has been in 3 or more HSKS swaps. as i said above this will be my fourth
6. Someone who has a bigger stash than you! (And if your stash is the biggest, proudly say so! my stash is pretty tame
7. Someone who both knits and crochets. I can only crochet accents to my knitting
8. Someone who has the same favorite color as you. green and blue
9. Someone who has the same favorite season/holiday as you. halloween and christmas
10. Someone who has the same favorite fiber as you. i use a lot of merino wool but i do like cashmere and i love alpaca

I hope my answers have been helpful for everyone. I will post again with the answers I come up with later. :)

September already?

Where does the time go? Well my yoga training went well. Evie was great for J and we all survived 2 full days of mommy being absent. It was good for all of us. J got to see what a day in the life of a mom is like, Evie got a chance to miss me and I got to remember that its ok to leave even if I don't want to. As I said it was a good experience.

Evie went on her first car trip home to Ohio. It was a long drive there and back. It was a quick trip to celebrate my cousins wedding. It was a lot of fun. Evie got to meet my mom's family, all of her aunts and uncles and she got to spend some time with her grandparents. Next time we get to Columbus it will be for her aunt Jenna's wedding. So that should be a lot of fun. She will be 5 months then. She is growing so fast. She rolled over from her back to her stomach on tuesday. She has been doing it at least once a day since then. I can't believe she did it. I am so excited to see her crawl or even army crawl. I'm not particular. Shes just amazing. Her next great feat will hopefully be sleeping through the night. She's only done it once and we have not had a repeat performance since, boo. Oh well everything in its time. Its easy to say, hard to live.

Anyway I am off to work on my Vivian cardigan while she naps. Plus at some point I have to go in search of Ziggy's collar. He came home without it this morning, sneaky little kitty.

Ah the good life...

Isn't she the cutest thing you've ever seen? Yeah I thought so, lol. I love my little girl and she is getting so big its crazy. I have to leave her for the first time for a whole day on Saturday and Sunday to go to a yoga training. I'm a little freaked out. I don't want to leave her. Not gonna lie I might cry. I'm sure J will be fine but its a whole new experience for all of us. So heres hoping it goes well. She turns 16 weeks on Saturday! eeek.

Ziggy got a kitty door about 2 weeks ago. He's still not sure about the whole thing. It's actually kind of funny to watch him stare at it, bat it and then finally go through it once he realizes we aren't going to open the door for him, lol. I hope he adjusts soon though.

This is my Icelandic Star cardigan. All it needs are a few buttons and a good washing and its done. It doesn't fit right now but once the baby weight is off and I am done breastfeeding it should all be good.

In other knitting news I am working on my Vivian cardigan. Hopefully I will send the other yarn back tomorrow. Its been a pain in the butt trying to remember to do what I need to, to ship the yarn back for a new color. I hope they still have the color I want so I don't have to choose a new one. Anyway the hubs is home and I am gonna go grab some food. More updates later, probably after this crazy weekend. :)

Is it fall yet?

I find myself impatiently asking this question during every unbearably hot day. Lately though the weather hasn't been too bad. A little warm but overall we have had several overcast days. I am just excited for the fall. All the warm clothes, the fires, camping and more reasons to knit, not that I need any. ;)

Evelyn is growing so much everyday its hard to believe. I love every crazy day with her. The teething sucks but she seems to be doing pretty well. I love her.

In knitting news. I got my yarn in for both of my new cardigans I would like to make. Unfortunately I don't really like one of the colors so I am going to send one cardigan worth of yarn back to switch it for another color. Oh well. I am almost done with the Icelandic Star cardigan. I just have to sew on the buttons and wash it once and its ready to wear. Too bad it doesn't fit around my chest right now. Oh well after I am done breastfeeding it shouldn't be a problem....I hope. Otherwise I will just find a new home for it. Its nice looking but I really liked the knitting part more so than the need to wear it. :) I'll post a picture later after I buy some buttons.

My car is a mess right now. It's not running and I am back to driving Betty again. J has been working on it for 2 nights now and has stayed up until midnight trying to figure out whats wrong with it. Boo. I hope he gets it running soon. We have so much traveling coming up and I figured we would take my car but its probably not going to work out that way.

Its been a busy day today. I went to my cycle class, grocery shopping. I have to teach tonight, go to a yoga meeting for this seminar and come home and crash. So I gotta get going because I need to leave for my class.

The Weekend....

It comes and goes but doesn't really seem all that different from the week days for me. Probably

because my full time job is raising Evie. Its still nice to have though because my husband is around and I love being able to spend time with him. So on to knitting content....

I finished the Sleepy Monkey Blanket for my friend who is having her baby later this month. :)

Evie modeled for me. :)

front

back

We went to a cookout tonight and had a good time eating and chatting. Evie did pretty well throughout up until the end when she was ready for bed as I am now. So I am headed to bed. :)

A break....

From the heat. Not from Evie, lol. Mother nature has finally decided to let up on this nasty heatwave we've been in. Its been cool or nice for at least 3 days now AND we've gotten some rain. We have really needed it too. My lawn is turning green again. It longer crunches when you walk on it. Going outside is no longer a horrible experience. Yay!

Today has been a pretty long day. As usual Evie needs to sleep and as usual she fights it. This has been the pattern all weekend and for the past 3 nights I have not slept well. I can't wait until she is 6 months and we are done breastfeeding and she is eating other things to keep her full. She needs to start sleeping through the night like yesterday. She also needs to be doing this in her own bed because I for one am sick of sharing. I don't sleep well and she does not share space well. Oh well its been 3 months so far so whats a few more right? What can I say I'm a sucker for that toothless grin. :)

I am suppose to pump everyday so I can save up a good supply for my weekend training at the end of the month. That way Justin can stay here and feed her while I'm gone. I have my fingers crossed that I will be able to meet this goal and that she continues to get a little easier everyday. Otherwise its going to be the longest weekend of J's life, lol.

As far as knitting goes I've done a couple rows on the baby blanket for baby bean. I am hoping that I get it done before he arrives. I'm pretty sure I will though. Unless she delivers way early I should be good.

I'm off we are going to Target and Starbucks. Maybe even the bookstore so I can get out of the house.