Birthday Month

Well now that my birthday month is over, I guess it is time for an update. I had an absolutely wonderful birthday month - and I celebrated with friends and family just about that long too! I think the festivities officially began the day before my bday with my bday lunch with work friends, then pre-birthday dinner with my grandparents at Iron Starr. They came to take us out to eat that evening. Then the next morning, my work friends brought a whole bunch of delicious breakfast food because I was only working a half day because my sweet hubby planned a weekend away for us at a bed and breakfast in Arkansas. I had been looking forward to that for months! We stayed at the Beland Manor which was located just across the Oklahoma border in Ft. Smith. My favorite part of the weekend was the massage that we got Saturday morning right after breakfast. We dont get those nearly enough!! We continued our eating festivities and had dinner at a great little Spanish/Cuban restaurant one night and ate at a German restaurant the other night. Both of which were delicious. We didnt do a lot of shopping but I did get to go to the yarn store there in town and we also played frisbee golf at their park which is always fun! We also watched some movies, relaxed in our room and I was often sitting in the rocker by our fireplace in the room! So that was my first celebration weekend!

Then, the weekend after that, the Meredith clan came to visit us! They made it just in time before we got all the snow that weekend. Luckily we only lost power in the middle of the night or that really would have cramped our style on Saturday! We did a lot of hanging around the house which is always nice. We cooked some delicious food, watched tons of movies and played with some of my new bday gifts too. I got a super awesome Italian Cook Book from Deanna, a few clothing items and a new Wii game called Just Dance from John and Monica and then a surprise present that is not here just yet from everyone which is: a new laptop!!!!!!!!!! (But since this post was originally written, my laptop came in and this is the official new post from my new lappy)! Matt got a super good deal since he is a student at OU and surprised me with it since I always steal his :) We had tons of fun with the new Wii game (which included forcing the boys to play) and just enjoyed being with family and not having too many plans to attend to. And we again managed to eat out a time or two that weekend too!

And then, the weekend after that (last weekend), we got to go to Tulsa and spend time with my family! Shay just moved to a new apt and we went and helped her get all set up in there. And everyone knows how much I LOVE organizing and moving things!!!!!!!!!!! We did tons of shopping but Shay certainly won the spending contest by a factor of 10 or more :) Matt and Janoah got to play frisbee golf, Lucy got to play at the little dog park near by alot, we met up with my grandparents, had delicious desserts from Whole Foods, and got to meet up with some dear friends that we haven't seen in almost 3 years! Way too long! Shay got me a whole bunch of knitting books with tons of cute ideas in them and mom got me a kit to make knitted boots and all of the ZOE group cds that I didnt have and have wanted for a long while!

I am so incredibly blessed to have friends and family that love and care for me so much! They do way more for me than I deserve and I love them very much! I am sure I dont say that enough too!!! Thank you everyone for all the special things you gave me for my bday and for spending time with me and for loving me so much. I love you all and very much!!!!

**sorry for the lack of pictures, I didnt take very many with my camera but I got a few from the John and Monica

more knitting stuff

I promise I will write another post not about knitting sometime but I havent got the pics still and I wanted at least a few before posting my bday update. So until then, here are some more pics of my knitted stuff from last week. The first hat is the first billed hat that I have made and I am pretty happy with it. I think that the next hat I make I wante the bill to be a little more angled but in general I am happy with this one. It was supposed to be for a one year old but I think it will be more like a toddler sized hat. The second hat is an elf hat for newborn pics. I dont like it as well because I think even strips would look better but I am still pleased with it in general. They always look a little funny laying flat but they are super cute on the tiny babies!

new knits

Okay, I have a couple of catch up posts that I need to write but I dont have pics yet so they will have to wait. Until then, here are some of the most recent things I have been knitting. I made this little hat on my bday weekend and the booties last weekend. As I have mentioned in previous posts, the lighting changes a lot when I take pics because of the flash and ambient light so sorry about that. It makes it hard to tell the colors of everything in some of the pics I think.

And I am trying to get some more stork baskets, pods, hammocks and cocoons together to use for pics when baby Ava is born and some of my other friends babies that are to be born soon as well! The one below is very girly but I am going to make some more neutral ones and boy-ish ones too.



And here is a hat that I made last night for my friends one year old girl but I have a few flower options that I cant decide on. I think I will just make 3 hats so that I can use all of the flowers!!



I kind of think the pink flower is too big for the size of the hat but some people like big flowers on things!

Thats all for now!

random picture day!

I have been meaning to post these pics for a long time because I took them forever ago but have forgotten. This is Jackie with a lot of his friends! It looks like he is giving them the stink eye for being on his back!

And this is Lucy with lots of her toy friends. It is kind of a bad picture but you get the idea!

I love my pets! They make our lives interesting!

Spring Cocoons

These are the newest things I knitted this last week. They are photo props for baby photos. I have lots of friends about to have babies so I wanted to make some stuff to have available if they want to use and also to get some pictures for future advertising. I love these colors for the spring time!

Here is a picture of all 3 of them:

A baby boy cocoon (or it could be for a girl too I suppose). It is folded down like a shirt but I think it is long enough that it would fit over the baby's head and still be folded under the arms.

This is the pea pod that could be for a boy or girl. You lay the baby inside it like it is an open pea pod. I forgot to take a picture this way but it could be cuffed as well.

And this is the baby girl cocoon (definately not for a baby boy)! Something is wrong with the picture formatting because it put them in here sideways. Sorry about that. Just pretend I was trying to be artistic!

Baby boy booties/hat

Here is the newest set from last week. Matt gave me the idea for the blue pom pom on the hat.

I really enjoy making these baby sets, and they dont take me too long to make. These will definitely be on the website/etsy site. So far I have only made newborn sets but will also make 6 months and 1 year sizes too. To all my friends having babies soon, I hope you are a fan of knitted stuff because it is likely I will make you a set for your baby-to-be :)

babysitting fun!

Last week, Matt and I got to hang out with Olivia while Katie and Ryan went out for Ryan's bday. We had loads of fun and Olivia really enjoyed interacting with Lucy as always. She only got mad at me when I tried to make her go to sleep, she won that battle the first time! After I conceded, we then we came back out into the living room and played with Lucy and Jack for another hour and she was perfectly content. I guess she is just a partaay girl! At least she slept good the whole night I hear so that her parents could enjoy some much needed sleep I am sure :)

Matt tried to get her smiling but it didnt work out. You cant really tell in this pic, but Olivia has a big wad of my hair in her mouth!! At least none stayed in there though!